This course focuses on conquest, colonization, and associated cultural change along the peripheries of Europe prior to the late fifteenth-century 'discovery' of the Americas. Central themes include the Carolingian conquest of the Saxons, English colonialism in the Celtic world, German migration to eastern Europe, the Spanish Reconquest, and the crusaders and colonists in the eastern Mediterranean.
Prerequisite: No fewer than 6 credits in recognized lower level History courses.