[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 26, 2024  
[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

VTS 310 - Legendary Warriors of the Ancient and Medieval World

3 credits
Prerequisite(s): ENG 122  
This course will explore historical and fictional warriors of the ancient and medieval worlds, such as Gilgamesh, Alexander the Great, Odysseus, Hannibal, Boudica, Charlemagne, and Joan of Arc. In addition to a study of how valor, civic duty, military prowess, loss, and reintegration after conflict were portrayed in ancient Sumer, Greece and Rome and in medieval Europe and Britain, we will discuss developments in equipment, logistics, strategy and the how the actions of these warriors transformed city-states into empires. Finally, this class will investigate how heroic ideals established long ago continue to influence how we understand leadership, military service, and the Veteran experience.