Wright State University
History 101 - honors
Western World - Ancient and Medieval

Christopher Oldstone-Moore
Fall 2008

Office:  368 Millett
Office Hours: MWF 1:30-2:30
Phone: 775-2172
email: christopher.oldstone-moore@wright.edu

Requirements 

Date	Session	Reading	Assignment	Art
Mon. Sept 8	Introduction: Selection of Historical Figures		Find Website
Wed. Sep 10	Mesoptamian Legacy	Perry, chap. 1 Code of Hammurabi	Question	Ziggurat at Ur Stele of Hammurabi
Fri. Sep 12	Emergence of the Hebrews	Perry, ch. 2 to p. 29 Book of Exodus	Question	Jerusalem Temple
Mon. Sep 15	Religious Revolution	Perry, ch. 2 from p. 29 II Samuel	Question
Wed. Sep 17	Greek Polis	Perry, ch. 3 to p. 41	Question	Kouros, Kore
Fri. Sep 19	Greatness of Athens	Perry, ch. 3: 41-46; 55-57	Question	Doryphoros Parthenon
Mon. Sep 22	Discussion on Thucydides	Thucydides: Speech of Pericles Melian Dialogue	Question
Wed. Sep 24	Trial of Socrates	Plato:  Apology of Socrates
Fri. Sep 26	Intellectual Revolution	Perry, ch. 3: 46-55	Biographical Brief Due
Mon. Sep 29
Wed. Oct 1	Hellenistic World	Perry, ch. 3: 58-67	Question	Venus de Milo  Nike Laocoön
Fri. Oct 3	Roman Republic & Crisis of the Republic	Perry, ch. 4 to p.81 Suetonius: Caesar Plutarch: Cato	Questions	Patrician and Busts
Mon. Oct 6	Roman Republic in Retrospect	John Adams: Defense of the Constitutions of the United States	Questions
Wed. Oct 8	Trial of Julius Caesar
Fri. Oct 10	EXAM I
Mon. Oct 13	Genius of the Roman Empire	Perry, 82-89	Question	Augustus statue Colosseum Pantheon
Wed. Oct 15	Christian Rome	Perry, ch. 4: 89-93 ch. 5 to p. 110	Question	Sarcophagus
Fri. Oct 17	Byzantium and Islam	Perry, 119-22	Question	Hagia Sophia Dome of the Rock
Mon. Oct 20	Europe Emerges	Perry, 122-37	Question	Charlemagne's Chapel
Wed. Oct 22	Chivalry	Song of Roland	Question	Tournament
Fri. Oct 24	Discussion of Courtly Love	Lancelot	Question
Mon. Oct 27	Trial of the Lovers
Wed. Oct 29	Spiritual Revolution	Perry, 137-38	Question	Berlinghieri: St. Francis
Fri. Oct 31	Trial of Emperor Henry	Pope Gregory VII: Dictatus Papae and Ban on Investitures Henry's Reply German Bishops vs. Pope
Mon. Nov 3			Essay Due
Wed. Nov 5	Crusades	Perry, 138-45	Question
Fri. Nov 7	Discussion of Medieval Ideas	Perry, ch. 7: 149-157 Hildegard and St. Thomas	Questions	Saint-Chapelle Chartres
Mon. Nov 10	Rise of Kingdoms	Magna Carta		Tower of London Lorenzetti's Siena
Mon. Nov 12	Crisis of Late Middle Ages Hundred Years' War	Perry, 160-63	Question	Traini's Triumph of Death
Fri. Nov 14	Trial of Joan of Arc	Trial Record
Wed. Nov 19	EXAM II at 1 pm