Each of you will submit a short writing assignment by 10 AM on class days. You are to write one or two paragraphs (but not more than one page) summarizing the most significant or revealing points in the day's readings. You are also to articulate questions you have of the material, including at least one substantive, open-ended question that lends itself to different interpretations and could serve as the basis of a discussion. The assignments are to be type-written and may be submitted through email or placed in my mailbox.
Sept. 3
The Early Middle Ages
Peters, 105-134; Benedictine Rule
Sept. 5
The Early Middle Ages
Peters, 135-171; Charlemagne; Carolingian Capitularies
Sept. 8
The Material Foundations of Medieval Society
Peters, 180=195; Guibert de Nogent; Charter of Lorris; Wharram Percy
Sept. 10
Lordship and Kingship
Peters, 196-212; Charter of Homage and Fealty; Chronicle of
the Counts of Anjou; Laws of William the Conqueror; The Bayeux Tapestry
Sept. 12
Church Reform and Conflict with the Empire
Peters, 212-225; Dictatus Papae; Henry IV; Gregory VII; Bernard
Sept. 15
The Byzantine Empire
Peters, 75-92, 171-174; John of Damascus; Iconoclastic Council
Sept. 17
Islam
Peters, 93-118, 125-129; Quran
Sept. 19
The First Crusade
Peters, 225-229; Riley-Smith, xxvii-xxx, 1-17; Fulcher of Chartres;
Ekkehard of Aurach; Anna Comnena
Sept. 22
The Latin East
Riley-Smith, 18-87
Sept. 24
The Crusades in the 12th Century
Riley-Smith, 88-108; Eugene III; Aymeric
Sept. 26
FIRST EXAM
Sept. 29
New Learning and New Architecture
Peters, 231-249; Anselm and Gaunilo
Oct. 1
New Learning and New Architecture
Radding and Clark, 1-33
Oct. 3
New Learning and New Architecture
Radding and Clark, 34-54; Images of Romanesque Art and Architecture
Oct. 6
New Learning and New Architecture
Radding and Clark, 57-76; Suger
Oct. 8
Abelard and Heloise
Letters, 57-106
Oct. 10
Abelard and Heloise
Letters, 109-182
Oct. 15
Abelard and Heloise
Letters, 183-269
Oct. 20
The Papacy and the Fourth Lateran Council
Peters, 250-255; Fourth Lateran Council
Oct. 22
Heresy, the Mendicant Orders, and Popular Religion
Peters, 256-261; Thomas of Celano; Sermon Stories
Oct. 23
FIRST DRAFT OF PAPER DUE
Oct. 24
Heresy and the Inquisition
Peters, 261-263; Reinarius Saccho; Peter Waldo; Inquisition Records
Oct. 29
Jews in the Middle Ages
Peters, 263-270; Canons on Jews; Maimonides
Oct. 31
Central Europe
Peters, 271-282; The Besançon Episode 1157; The Struggle Between
Frederick Barbarossa and Alexander III, 1160-1177; Frederick II
Nov. 3
England
Peters, 282-288; Constitution of Clarendon; Grim;
Assizes of Clarendon;Magna Carta and at the British Library;
Summonses to Parliament, 1295
Nov. 5
SECOND EXAM
Nov. 7
Iberia and France
Peters, 288-301; Joinville; Louis IX
Nov. 12
Crusading at its Height
Riley-Smith, 109-151; Villehardouin
Nov. 14
The Crusades and the East
Riley-Smith, 152-221, 255-257
Nov. 17
Aristotle and the Schools
Peters, 302-308; Radding and Clark, 81-95;
Statutes; Curriculum; Students; Errors
Nov. 19
Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas
Nov. 21
Urban Culture and Literature
Peters, 321-324; Dante
Nov. 24
Court Culture, Women, and Literature
Peters, 314-320, 324-327; The Marriage of Sir Gawain; Letter to Eleanor
Dec. 1
Gothic Architecture
Peters, 308-314; Radding adn Clark; 143-150; Images of Gothic Architecture
Dec. 3
Music
Dec. 5
Music
FINAL DRAFT OF PAPER DUE
Dec. 10
FINAL EXAM
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