TAR313

School of Humanities \ History

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Compulsory

Turkish

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History department; all departments

European History from Antiquity to the End of the 15th Century

AKIN, Hayda; A Wise Woman from the Middle Ages, Azize Hildegard of Bingen, Dharma Publishing, Istanbul, 2005. BLOCH, Marc; Feudal Society, trans. Mehmet Ali Kiliçbay, Savaş Publishing, Ankara, 1983. DAVIES, Norman; European History, Imge Publishing, Ankara, 2011. DUBY, Georges; Medieval People and Culture, trans. Mehmet Ali Kiliçbay, Imge Publishing, Ankara, 1995. GÖZE, Ayferi; Political Thought and Government, Beta Publishing, Istanbul, 2011. J. LEE, Stephen; Sections from European History 1494-1789, trans. Ertürk Demirel, Dost Bookstore, Ankara, 2004. JEAUNEAU, Édouard; Medieval Philosophy, trans. Betül Çotuksöken, 2nd Edition, İletişim Yay., Istanbul, 2006. LE GOFF, Jacques; Medieval Western Civilization, trans. Hanife Güven, Uğur Güven, Dokuz Eylül Yay., Izmir, 1999. OZCELIK, Selçuk; "Political and Economic Nature of European Feudalism", Istanbul University Faculty of Law Journal, XVI, Issue 1-2, pp.320-360, Istanbul, 1950. PIRENNE, Henri; Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe, trans. Uygur Kocabaşoğlu, Alan Yay., Istanbul, 1983. - Medieval Cities, Their Origins and the Revival of Trade, trans. Şadan Karadeniz, Dost Bookstore Yay., Istanbul, 1982. ROBERTS, JM; European History, trans. Fethi Aytuna, Inkılap Yay., Istanbul, 2010. RUNCIMAN, Steven; The Crusades, 3rd vol., trans. Fikret Işıltan, Turkish Historical Society Pub., Ankara, 1986-87. SEIGNOBOS, Charles; Comparative History of European Nations, trans. Semih Tiryakioğlu, Varlık Yay., Istanbul, 1960. SPIES, Otto; The Influence of Eastern Culture on Europe, trans. Neşet Ersoy, Ankara, 1979.

The aim of this course is to examine the historical development of Europe, which began to form as a distinctive political and cultural identity in the late 4th century and came of age at the end of the 8th century, leaving behind a centuries-long preparation process within itself, and forming the West, until the end of the 15th century. In this historical process, to recognize the foundations on which the essence and values evoked by the concept of today's Europe and the Western identity emerging from it are based, and to evaluate how this civilization developed until Renaissance Humanism.

1. The civilizations that developed in Europe from the Ancient Age to the Middle Ages, the states, empires and feudal structures will be examined and the contributions of Europe to world history will be evaluated.

Week 1: Introduction to European History
Week 2: Fall of Rome Rise of Christianity
Week 3: Legacy of Rome: Islamic Civilization, Byzantium, and Western Europe
Week 4: The High Middle Ages: Emergence and Clarification of Political, Social, and Religious Structure
Week 5: Feudal Kingdoms
Week 6: Society and Religion in the Middle Ages: The Rise of the Latin Church and the Papacy
Week 7: Midterm Exam
Week 8: Economic Development and the Rise of Cities
Week 9: Social Life in the Middle Ages: Nobles and Laymen
Week 10: The Long Fourteenth Century: Plague, Wars, and Social Change
Week 11: The Renaissance: Political Transformation and Intellectual Awakening
Week 12: The Reformation: The Fall of the Churches' Monopoly on Religious Thought

• Midterm Exam 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Participation 10 %
• Presentation 10 %
• Homework 10 %