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History - Spain and Europe: Classical Antiquity to the Beginning of the Modern World
University of Barcelona (UB)
Barcelona, Spain
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History
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100
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Spanish
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1
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20
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One semester of college level Spanish is recommended
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TERM 2 : Spain, within the framework of Medieval Europe
OBJECTIVES
The second term will enable students to confront the new reality that the Mediterranean world showcases after the Islamic expansion in North Africa, the conquest of Spain and the domination of part of the Mediterranean. The transformations and changes that took place within the European framework will be analyzed, including the formation of the Carolingian empire, the ascent of the Papacy, the rise of cities and the appearance of Universities., as well as the new mentalities in the Romanesque world, the Gothic and first Humanism. Special attention will be paid to the Hispanic world and guided visits to city of Barcelona will be carried out, as example ofa low-Medieval city, with the splendour of the Gothic.
COURSE CONTENT
1. Islam and its expansion within the Mediterranean area. Al-andalus.
2. Politics, society, economy and urban life in Andalusian Islamic times.
3. Carolingian Europe. Spain: Christian kingdoms of the North.
4. The great European expansion (XI-XIII centuries). The new monarchies.
Medieval plenitude in Spain: Christian kingdoms against Islam.
5. The Low Medieval crises. The Iberian Peninsula kingdoms and their tensions.
6. The results of the crises. The arrival of the first Humanism.
READING LIST
Geografía e Historia de España y de los Países Hispánicos, IBÉRICA, (1989), Barcelona, Vicens Vives.
ARIÉ, R., (1982), Historia de España III. La España musulmana (s. VIII-XV), Barcelona, Labor.
CHEJNE, A.G., (1980), Historia de España musulmana, Madrid, Cátedra.
DUFOURCQ, Ch.E. - GAUTIER-DALCHÉ, J., (1983) Historia económica y social de la España cristiana en la Edad Media, Barcelona, El Albir. IRADIEL, P. - MORETA, S. - SARASA, E., (1989), Historia Medieval de la España cristiana, Madrid, Cát
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