Schedule

Week	Topic
1	i. The Pax Romana ii. The Origins of Christianity and the early centuries iii. The Conversion of Constantine
2	i. The Christian Empire ii. Monks and Fathers iii. Heretics and Councils
3	i. The Barbarians and their establishment within the Late Roman Empire ii. Justinian and Theodora
4	i. The establishment of Christianity in Ireland and Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries ii. The contribution of the Irish and Anglo-Saxons to the preservation of culture in Early Medieval Europe
5	i. Muhammad and Islam ii. The Arab Conquests. Islamic culture and Religion: East goes West – jihad
6	i. The Early Carolingians ii. Charlemagne/Carolus Magnus/Karl der Grosse/Charles the Great iii. Louis the Pious/Ludwig der Frommen/ Louis le Debonnaire iv. Pirenne’s Thesis
7	i. The later Carolingians and the triple invasions of the Muslims (Saracens), Norsemen and Magyars ii. The emergence of the kingdoms of Western Europe (England, Capetian France, the Holy Roman Empire, the Investiture Contest iii. Overview of the course

Citation: Breen, A. (2008, July 28). Schedule. Retrieved November 06, 2014, from UMass Boston OpenCourseware Web site: http://ocw.umb.edu/history/the-dark-ages/schedule.