HIST 303 Late Antiquity

A study of the transformation of the Roman world from the third to seventh-centuries AD, examining the end of the ancient world and the birth of new medieval societies in Europe and the Mediterranean. The course gives attention to such topics as the Christianization of the Roman Empire, shifting boundaries of empire and political structures, changes in society and economy, transformation of town and countryside, Germanic migrations, the rise of the papacy, and the emergence of Islam.