HIST 640A Readings Med. England
This course provides an introduction to recent scholarship on medieval England, focusing on the period between about 1000 and 1500. We will examine the most important thematic areas and scholarly controversies in the field. In the political sphere, we will look at the impact of the Norman Conquest, the relationship between England and its neighbors within the British Isles, the development of the English legal system, and the rise of Parliament. We will also examine religious life (both within the institutional church and more broadly among the laity), economic change, aristocratic culture, gender relations, and urbanization.