HIS329H1

Central Middle Ages (900-1215)

A chronological survey from 900 -- the decline and end of the Carolingian Empire, the last waves of Vikings, and the foundation of Cluny --, up to 1215, with the Battle of Bouvines, the more formal organization of the first universities and the construction of the Gothic cathedrals. The main question will be: what happens when there is no real central power?