City Name: Barcelona
Program: Hispanic Studies
Course Name: Ancient & Medieval Spanish Art History
Level: Intermediate and Advanced
OBJECTIVES
A journey will be made from prehistory in the Iberian peninsula up to Roman Spain,
passing through the most important historical phenomenons that have a place between
the Paleolithic and Romanization eras. The students will have time to study the historic
periods that we know as prehistory and Ancient times. There will also be a series of
visits to the historic sections of Barcelona with the objective of understanding the Roman
and Visigothic city.
PROGRAM
Prehistory: Paleolithic and Neolithic
The entrance into history: colonization and the route of the metals, Phoenicians and
Greeks, Tartessians, the Carthaginean empire, consequences of colonization
Pre-Roman peoples: social organization, economic structure
The Romanization of the Iberian peninsula
The agony of the Roman Empire: vandals and mastiffs in Spain
The Visigoth reign of Tolosa (418-507)
Visigoth Spain. The Reign of Toledo: political institutions, law, society, economy and
culture
The crisis of the Visigoth reign: the erruption of Islam