Introduction
John Arnold: What is medieval history?, 2008, Oxford. Polity Press. 125 pp.
Political and power culture in early medieval Europe
ed. by. Lester K. Little and Barbara H. Rosenwein: Debating the Middle Ages: Issues and readings, 1998. Blackwell. pp. 107-210; 104 pp.
Gerd Althoff: Family, Friends and Followers: Political and Social Bonds in Early Medieval Europe , 2004. Cambridge University Press. 164 pp.
Transformations in Medieval Europe
R.I. Moore: The First European Revolution, c. 970-1215 , 2000, Oxford. Blackwell. 200 pp.
Kingship: Religious and political aspects
Nora Berend: “Introduction”, Christianization and the rise of Christian monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus’, c. 900-1200, 2007. Cambridge University Press. ed. by Nora Berend, 1-46; 46 pp.
Hans Jacob Orning: Unpredictability and Presence: Norwegian Kingship in the High Middle Ages , 2008, Leiden. Brill. Introduction, Conclusion; 80 pp.
Historiography
Sverre Bagge: Kings, politics and power and the right order of the world in German historiography, c. 950-1150 , 2002, Leiden. Brill. Introduction, ch. 5, Conclusion; 93 pp.
Christian culture and the Making of Europe
R.I. Moore: The Formation of the Persecuting Society: Authority and Deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250, 2nd ed., 2007, Malden. Blackwell. ca. 200 pp.
Lars Boje Mortensen: “Introduction”, The Making of Christian Myths in the Periphery of Latin Christendom (c. 1000-13000), edited by Lars Boje Mortensen, 2006, Copenhagen. Museum Tusculanum Press. 7-16: 10 pp.
Primary sources will be distributed in the lectures