Dr. Richard Barton TR 12:30-1:45  Room: McIver 227

Office: 212 McIver Office phone: 334-5203 Office Hours: MWF 10:00-10:50, and by appointment

Course Description

Honors and History 221

Requirements (books, assignments)

How to Read Primary Sources

Schedule of Classes and Readings

Reading Guides and Homework Assignments
            Reading Guide Week 1: the Roman Heritage (click here)
            Reading Guide Week 2: Early Christianity (click here)
            Reading Guide Week 3: the Germanic Heritage (click here)
            Reading Guide Week 3, part 2: the Franks (click here)
            Reading Guide Week 4: Salic Law and the Benedictine Rule (click here)
            Reading Guide, Weeks 5-6: Saints and the Carolingians (click here)
            Reading Guide, Week 7: Vikings and Lordship (click here)

Formal Assignments:
            First Paper Topic (World of the Franks) (click here)

On-Line Texts and Other Recently Added Information:
                Readings for August 31 (World of the Church Fathers) (click here)
                Readings for October 5 (Lordship and Peasants) (click here)
                Readings for October 19 (the Rise of Towns) (click here)
                Readings for November 2 (Assize of Clarendon) (click here)
                Readings for November 16 (Two Lives of St Francis) (click here)
                Readings for November 28 (Boccaccio describes the Plague) (click here)
 

Tips to Writing History Essays
 

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