Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of theory.

French

To introduce students in a critical way to a thorough understanding of the functioning of the medieval societies and cultures. The course proposes to grasp their complexity and diversity, as well as the lasting influence of certain mechanisms or structures until today. More specifically, the course aims to introduce students to the political history of the Middle Ages.

For the Bachelor in History :

For the Bachelor in Information and Communication :

For the Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Letters : General :

For the Bachelor in Modern Languages and Letters: German, Dutch and English :

For the Bachelor in Philosophy :

For the Bachelor in Economics and Management :

For the Bachelor in Political Sciences: General :

For the Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology :

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The course focuses on the political history of the Middle Ages, considered from three points of view: a history of power relations, internal and external, a history of political culture, a history of institutions and law. We are trying to locate and identify the mechanisms and structures that are set up since the end of the Antiquity to the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, some of which are crucial for understanding the world today. The geopolitical framework considered includes the Latin West, the Byzantine East and the Arab-Muslim East. The student will ask a number of assumptions about the European identity.
The following chapters are covered:
I. The Middle Ages questions,
II. The political genesis of the Middle Ages (The Roman changing world and the Barbarians ; the first barbarian kingdoms and Justinian ; the Merovingian kingdoms until 751 ; the Arab conquest face the Roman Empire and Persia, 632-750),
III. Carolingian world, its margins and its neighbors (birth and character of the Carolingian world, the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad 750-1258 and its competitors, Byzantium, the birth of an "average Greek age," ca 600-867, the second "golden age of Byzantine" 867-1081, the Bulgarian Empire),
IV. The rise of monarchies in the West, 10th-13th centuries: a new world,
V."In the East, much new" (Seljuks, Mamelukes and ayoubides the political expansion of the West, 11th-15th centuries: crusades and the Latin states of the East Rise of the Ottoman Empire. and late Byzantine world),
VI. Monarchies of the late Middle Ages and the genesis of the modern State.

Lecture based on documents (handout) and projections.

Oral examination (with written preparation).

See bibliography of the syllabus.

Syllabus including a thematic bibliography.
Documents (maps, texts, diagrams) distributed during the course syllabus and the accompanying framework.

The course is given every other year (even years).