Illuminating the Dark Ages: Europe 500-1000

Dates: September 27 - October 18, 2023
Meets: W from 10:00 AM to 12 N
 Location: Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
Cost:  $50.00

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Date Day Time
09/27/2023Wednesday10 AM to 12 N
10/04/2023Wednesday10 AM to 12 N
10/11/2023Wednesday10 AM to 12 N
10/18/2023Wednesday10 AM to 12 N

Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2023-2024 OLLI at MSU Membership

Description

A sequel to the 2021 course, "What Can We Learn from the Fall of Rome?" this course will explore how, during the Dark Ages, imperial order disintegrates into feudalism and Western Europe fragments. While the Church succeeded in maintaining a form of unifying Roman culture and education, power centers shifted from urban palaces to rural castles, and national identities emerged and began to shape society.

The previous course is not required to fully participate and enjoy "Illuminating the Dark Ages: Europe 500-1000."

Course Takeaways

After the end of the Roman order in Western Europe, there was no sharp cleavage between "barbarians" and "Romans." Ethnicity was a social construct, not genetic. Individuals had multiple "identities," some of which were of their own choice. Cultures evolved and borrowed from one another, usually slowly but sometimes quickly. As numerous monarchies evolved, the stability of each partly depended on when they acquired a fixed rule of succession.

Scholarships

Apply for a needs-based scholarship to take this offering.

Meet the Instructor

Fee:  $50.00

Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church

2152 Graf St
Bozeman, MT 59718
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Bruce McNab

Bruce McNab is a retired Episcopal priest and adjunct seminary professor. He trained as a cultural historian at Princeton University and the Institute of Historical Research in London. His two fields of specialization were Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages. He co-edited and contributed to the book "Order and Innovation in the Middle Ages," published by the Princeton University Press in 1976.
Date Day Time Location
09/27/2023Wednesday10 AM to 12 N Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
10/04/2023Wednesday10 AM to 12 N Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
10/11/2023Wednesday10 AM to 12 N Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
10/18/2023Wednesday10 AM to 12 N Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church