The fall of the Roman Empire : Chap 1-3 (Semester 1- 2015)

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Celts

Supplemental reading :

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare : a book about a young boy who experiences the cruelty of the Roman Empire but then learns the message of a Rabbi teaching a different message.

Beowolf by Burton Raffel(Signet Classic): Beowolf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language. It was composed in England four centuries before Norman Conquest . This book is the poem in its entire version recaptured by a vivid translation by Burton Raffel.

Augustine Came by Kent by Barbara Willard : a book about a British boy captured brought to Rome as a slave , set free by the pope and then returns to Britian with Augustine's mission.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Michael Morpurgo: medievil story comes from the days when Christianity in Britian was in conflict with paganism represented by the Green Knight .