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Required Readings:
Thorndike, Chap. IV ; Dill, Roman Society in the Last Cen
tury of the Western Empire, 245-281, (Second edition).
Optional Readings:
Munro, D. C., The Middle Ages, Chap. I. Hodgkin, T.,
Italy and Her Invaders, Vol. II, Book III, Chap. IX; Bury, J.
B. History of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I, Chaps. Ill, IV.
5. Written Exercise.
On required readings and lectures. Outline maps of Eu
rope and the Roman Empire required.
6. The Barbarian World.
(A) Sources for Early German History.
(B) Social Life. Family manners and customs, no
bility and slavery.
(C) Political Life, Assembly, King, Comitatus.
(D) Legal Procedure, Wergeld, Sib, Feud, Outlawry.
(E) The Goths, Vandals and Huns.
Required Readings:
Thorndike, Chap. II, Henderson, Short History of Ger
many, Vol. L, Chap. I.
Optional Readings:
Translations and Reprints of the University of Pennsyl
vania, Vol. VI, No. Ill, P. 2-16; Cambridge Medieval History,
Vol. L, Chaps. IX, X, XI, XII.
7. The Barbarian Invasions.
(A) Causes and Character.
(B) Visigoths, Adrianople, 378.
(C) The Sack of Rome, 410 ( Alaric).
(D) The Huns, 451, Chalons.
(E) The Vandals, 455; Rome.
(F) The End of the Empire in the West. 476.
Required Readings:
Thorndike, Chap. V., Robinson, J. II. The History of
Western Europe, 25-43; Robinson, Readings, Vol. L, Chap. III.
Optional Readings:
Adams, Civilization, Chap. IV, V. Emerton, Introduction,
Chaps. VII, IX, Munro, D. C., Middle Ages, Chap. IV, V.
8. The Barbarian Kingdoms.
(A) Ostrogoths in Italy Under Theodoric.
(B) The Lombards.
(C) The Vandals in Spain and Africa.
(D) The Burgundians.
(E) The Franks.
Required Readings:
Thorndike, Chap. VII, Munro and Sellery, Medieval Civili-