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History of Western Thought, 500-1300

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21H.411
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2004English
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This course examines the development of the western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire through the High Middle Ages. Our basic premise will be that the triumph of Christianity in the west was not the inevitable outcome it might appear from hindsight. Our attention will therefore be focused not only on the development of Christian thought and practice, but on its challengers as well.

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