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II. |
Byzantine
Christendom: Building on the Roman Past |
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A. |
The
Byzantine
State |
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1. |
A smaller but more organized
Roman Empire |
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2. |
Wealth and splendor of the
court |
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3. |
Under attack from the West and East, 1085–1453 |
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B. |
The
Byzantine
Church and Christian Divergence |
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1. |
Caesaropapism |
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2. |
Intense internal theological
debates |
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3. |
Orthodox/Catholic divide |
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4. |
Impact of the Crusades |
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C. |
Byzantium and the
World |
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1. |
Conflicts with Persians,
Arabs, and Turks |
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2. |
Long-distance trade, coins,
and silk production |
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3. |
Preservation of Greek
learning |
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4. |
Slavic world and Cyrillic
script |
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D. |
The Conversion of
Russia |
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1. |
Kievan Rus |
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2. |
Prince Vladimir of
Kiev |
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3. |
Doctrine of a “third
Rome” |
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III. |
Western
Christendom: Rebuilding in the Wake of Roman Collapse |
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A. |
Political Life in
Western Europe, 500–1000 |
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1. |
What was lost with the fall
of
Rome? |
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2. |
What aspects of
Rome survived? |
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3. |
Charlemagne as a Roman
emperor, 800 |
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B. |
Society and the Church |
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1. |
Feudalism and
Serfdom |
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2. |
Role of the
Roman Catholic Church |
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3. |
Spreading the
faith |
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4. |
Conflicts
between church and state |
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C. |
Accelerating
Change in the West |
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1. |
New security after 1000 |
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2. |
High Middle Ages (1000–1300) |
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3. |
Revival of long-distance
trade |
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4. |
Urbanization and
specialization of labor |
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5. |
Territorial kingdoms, Italian
city-states, and German principalities |
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6. |
Rise and fall of
opportunities for women |
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D. |
Europe
Outward Bound: The Crusading Tradition |
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1. |
Merchants, diplomats, and
missionaries |
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2. |
Christian piety and warrior
values |
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3. |
Seizure of
Jerusalem, 1099 |
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4. |
Crusader states, 1099–1291 |
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5. |
Iberia,
Baltic Sea,
Byzantium, and
Russia |
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6. |
Less important than Turks and
Mongols |
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7. |
Cross-cultural trade,
technology transfer, and intellectual exchange |
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8. |
Hardening of boundaries |
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IV. |
The West in
Comparative Perspective |
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A. |
Catching Up |
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1. |
Backwards
Europe |
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2. |
New trade initiatives |
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3. |
Agricultural breakthroughs |
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4. |
Wind and water mills |
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5. |
Gunpowder and maritime
technology |
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B. |
Pluralism in
Politics |
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1. |
A system of competing states |
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2. |
Gunpowder revolution |
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3. |
States, the church, and the
nobility |
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4. |
Merchant independence |
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C. |
Reason and Faith |
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1. |
Connections to Greek thought |
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2. |
Autonomous universities |
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3. |
A new interest in rational
thought |
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4. |
Search for Greek texts |
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5. |
Comparisons with
Byzantium and the Islamic
World |