Università Roma Tre

The Western Early Middle Ages: societies and institutions. Major topics of class: the end of the Roman Empire and the making of Barbarian kingdoms; regional similarities and differences: Italy, France, Iberian Peninsula, and British Islands; Carolingian hegemony and non-Carolingian Europe; new equilibria: kingdoms, principalities, lords and peasants in the 10th century.

Profile of Medieval History. Major topics of class: the world of Late Antiquity and its end; Roman-Barbarian kingdoms; Lombards and Byzantines in Italy; the Franks: from kingdoms to imperial success; early medieval Christianity: bishops and monks; fief, curtis, lordship; agrarian economy and trading from the Early to the Late Middle Ages; Church reform in the 11th century; Italian communes; European kingdoms (10th - 13th centuries); culture and religious experiences between the 12th and the 14th century; the crisis of the 13th century; signorie and regional states in Italy, national monarchies in Europe.