The Medieval City: City Air Makes One Free The Culture of Cities Wednesday, February 1/2006 SOSC 2730
Selected Civilizations
The Medieval City: City Air Makes One Free
Reading Mumford Chapter 9 Cloister & Community
Transition Roman empire decline political institutions fail Christian church fills the void pressures from outside the empire overwhelm it
Barbarian Invasions migration wealth Roman empire unable to hold back any longer
Social Order hierarchical, absolutist feudal responsibilities inheritance consequences
Dark Age? not as dark as sometimes portrayed Charlemange Holy Roman Emperor Christmas Day, 800