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Introduction, Chap. X, XII.
B. The Middle Ages.
17. Charlemagne and His Empire.
(A) Charlemagne, 800-814.
(B) The Empire and its Extent.
(C) Art and learning.
(D) Government.
(E) Relations of the church.
(F) His place in history.
Required Readings:
Thorndike, 208-213, Thatcher and Schvill,, 126-139. Cam
bridge Medieval History, II, Chaps. XIX, XXL
Optional Readings:
Adams, Civilization, Chap II; Oman, Bark Ages, Chap.
XX-XXII. Bryce, Holy Roman Empire, Chap. IV, V. Exercise
in Thorndike, 124. Hodgkins, T., Charles the Great, Chap. XI.
Eginhard, Life of Chas. The Great.
18. The Dissolution of Charlemagne’s Empire.
(A) Forces tending to disruption.
(B) Division of the Empire, Treaties of Verdun,
843 and Mersen, 870.
(C) Empire of Otto I; Comparison with Charle
magne’s Empire.
Required Readings:
Thorndike, P. 212-213. 261-263; Emerton, Medieval Eu
rope, 9-40, 42-88.
Optional Reading:
Thatcher and Schwill, Chap. IV. Adams, Civilization,
170-193.
19. Invasions of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries.
(A) The Northmen.
(B) England during the time of Alfred.
(C) Russia.
(D) The Saracens, Magyars, and people of Eastern
Europe.
Required Readings:
Thorndike. Chap. XII.
Haskins, The Normans in European History, Chap. II.
Optional Reading:
Robinson, Readings, Vol. I, 157-168. Mayor, An Economic
History of Russia. Beazley, Dawn of Modern Geography,
Vol. I, Chap. II. Keary, C. F., The Vikings in Western Chris
tendom, Chap. V, IX.