A PORTION OF THE ABOVE CLASS RESERVED FOR MAJORS
ABOVE CLASS OPEN TO GRADUATES ONLY

Rome in the Middle Ages (for the purposes of this class, 300-1307)
was many things:  the seat of the papacy, a relatively large urban
concentration of people, a focus of pilgrimage, the former capital
of the Roman empire.  One can study its monuments, its topography,
its social and political history, and the history of its symbolic
meaning.  This class will serve as an introduction to these various
aspects of medieval Rome and the ways that modern scholars study
them, through readings in both primary and secondary literature, and
consideration of the monuments and archaeology of the medieval
city.  Course requirements will be active participation, several
short presentations, a 12-15 page paper and a presentation on the
paper topic.