2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HS 472 - Seminar: Frontiers and Frontier Peoples in the Middle Ages

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.  Medieval Europeans were surrounded by peoples who were not like them. Encounters between the Europeans and those living on the frontiers were frequent. They occurred for different reasons, including warfare, conversion, pilgrimage, exploration, and tourism. This seminar studies the interaction of each group separately. Frontier peoples include Germanic barbarians, Huns, Scots-Irish, Auars/Magyars, Vikings, Andalusian Muslims, Mongols, Cathars, Livonians, Hussites, Tartars, and Ottomans. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. IM



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