Medieval History
Autumn 2011
The Barbarian West c.400 – c.1000
This introductory level course examines the political history of continental Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the first millennium. Topics covered include the ‘decline and fall’ of the late Western Roman Empire, the sub-Roman west and the Germanic successors states – Franks, Burgundians, Vandals, Ostrogoths and Visigoths, the Papacy in transition – Gregory the Great and sixth-century Italy, Gaul under the Merovingians, Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire, Ottonian Germany and the birth of the Holy Roman Empire, and tenth century France – ‘failure of the state and feudal anarchy’?
Recommended reading (for publication in brochure):
Collins, R., Early Medieval Europe 300 – 1000, Palgrave MacMillan, 2010
Davis, R. H. C., A History of Medieval Europe from Constatine to St Louis, Longman, 2005
Storey, J. ed., Charlemagne – Empire and Society, Manchester University Press, 2005
Day: Fridays Time: 11am – 1.00 pm.
5 sessions, starting 7 October - 4th November 2011
Venue:
Vestry Room,
St Peter’s House,
Oxford Road (Precinct Centre),
Manchester,
M13 9GH
| Price | Concessions |
Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
|---|---|---|---|
£40 |
n/a |
8 |
15 |
Send booking to:
Dr Damian J. Tyler,
63 Cuckoo Lane,
Whitefield,
Manchester,
M45 6WD
Email: dagoberht@hotmail.com
From William I to Edward I:
English History 1066 - 1307
This introductory level course examines the England of the Norman and Angevin dynasties. Topics covered include William of Normandy, the Norman conquest and its impact, Domesday Book; disputed succession, - King Stephen, Empress Matilda and ‘the Anarchy;’ Henry II and the ‘Angevin Empire,’ King John and Magna Carta, Henry III, the barons’s revolt and the origins of Parliament and Edward I, Wales and Scotland.
Recommended reading (for publication in brochure):
Barlow, F, The Feudal Kingdom of England - 1042 - 1216, London, 1961
R. Bartlett, England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075 - 1225, Oxford University Press, 2002
A Harding, England in the Thirteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Day: Fridays Time: 11am – 1.00 pm.
5 sessions, starting 11 November - 16th December 2011
Venue:
Vestry Room,
St Peter’s House,
Oxford Road (Precinct Centre),
Manchester,
M13 9GH
| Price | Concessions |
Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
|---|---|---|---|
£40 |
n/a |
8 |
15 |
Send booking to:
Dr Damian J. Tyler,
63 Cuckoo Lane,
Whitefield,
Manchester,
M45 6WD
Email: dagoberht@hotmail.com