March 18th Readings and Preparation

Readings:

  • SH 290-292; 295-300; 312-316.
  • SMR, 8.2, “The effects of the plague: Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (1349-1353)”; 8.3 “Warding off the plague through processions: Ibn Battuta, Travels (before 1368)”

Slides:

#19-Famine and Disease in the 14th century

March 20th Readings and Slides

Readings:

  • SH, 305=312.
  • SMR 8.5 “Chivalric and non-chivalric models: Froissart, Chronicles (c. 1400″; 8.7 “National Feeling: Jeanne d’Arc, Letter to the English (1429)”

Slides:

#20-100 Years War

Assignments and Online Discussion

  • Group One (last name A-G) will do their online discussion engagement by Saturday March 16th at midnight. Please respond to the prompt posted on the chatboard.
  • Group Two (last name H-Z) will do their online discussion engagement by Monday March 20th at midnight. Please respond to the prompt posted on the chatboard.