Schedule

• January
• February
• March
• April

January

Wednesday, January 29
The Late Roman World
Readings: Averil Cameron, The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity (entire).
Our first task is to establish an overview of the era. If you are lost when you begin reading, start instead with relevant chapters in Chester Starr, A History of the Ancient World on reserve. This is a particularly easy read as textbooks go.

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February

Wednesday, February 12
Gender Issues (pt. 2)
Readings: Peter Brown, Body and Society (entire).

Wednesday, February 19
Roman Frontiers
Readings: Hugh Elton, Frontiers of the Roman Empire (entire)
and Morton Fried, "The Myth of Tribe," Natural History, 84, no.4 (April 1975) pp. 12-20.

Wednesday, February 26
"Invasions"?
Readings: Thomas Burns, Barbarians within the Gates of Rome (entire).

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March

Spring Break

Wednesday, March 26
Aspects of Synthesis: Religion
Readings: James C. Russell, Germanization of Christianity (entire), an exceptionally controversial work because of his assumptions and methods. You may wish to compare Russell with Henry Mayr-Harding, The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England, 3rd ed., 1991, a standard in the field.

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April

Wednesday, April 9
Aspects of Synthesis: The Law
Readings: K.F. Drew, Laws of the Salian Franks (entire).

Wednesday, April 16
A Frank on the Franks (pt.1)
Readings: Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, Bks. 1-3,
and Patrick Geary, Before France and Germany, pp.77-149.

Wednesday, April 23
A Frank on the Franks (pt.2)
Readings: Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, Bks. 8-10.
Take home question given out in class.
Take Home Final Exam due in my office by 3:00P, Monday, 5 May.

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