HIST1201 provides a comprehensive survey of the history of Christianity from the time of Jesus and the Apostles through the late Middle Ages, culminating in the threshold of the Reformation. The course examines the historical, theological, and sociopolitical contexts in which Christianity developed, spread, and evolved. Major topics include the early Church under Roman rule, the formation of doctrine and biblical canon, the rise of Catholic Christianity, theological controversies and councils, the role of monasticism, the relationship between church and state, and key figures such as Augustine, Gregory the Great, Charlemagne, Thomas Aquinas, and Erasmus.