HISTORY 102g: MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION Spring 2003 Professor Knoll Mr. Beasom Ms. Kerr REQUIRED TEXTS: C. Warren Hollister and Judith M. Bennett, Medieval Europe: A Short History (9th edition) C. Warren Hollister, et al., Medieval Europe: A Short Sourcebook (4th edition) Augustine, Confessions (Hackett) The Rule of St. Benedict (Doubleday, Image) Two Lives of Charlemagne (Penguin) Otto of Freising, The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa [Abbot] Suger, The Deeds of Louis the Fat The Letters of Abelard and Heloise GENERAL EDUCATION CATEGORY: Many of you will be taking this course to fulfill a General Education requirement. You ought to know something about the category that this course fulfills. It is part of the “Foundation” segment of the G.E. program and is a course in the “Cultures and Civilizations I” category. Courses in this category introduce students to the norms and patterns of civilizations associated with the Greco-Roman and European traditions and the legacy of those traditions. As we shall see, the medieval period was in some important ways indebted to Greco-Roman civilization, but it added to this the distinctive outlook associated with the Judeo-Christian tradition. Together, these things, along with the actual experience of people in the centuries between A.D. 300 and A.D. 1300, helped establish the “cultural singularity” of the European tradition. It is an assumption of this course—and indeed of this category in the G.E. requirements—that this tradition has meaning, relevancy, and significance for our understanding of the contemporary world in which we live. The beginnings of this course will, therefore, focus upon some of the elements noted above (the Greco-Roman tradition, the Judeo-Christian tradition, and the problem of western cultural singularity). These elements will help define the conceptual framework for the class. Do not mistake this apparent “background” as the equivalent of academic “clearing of the throat.” You will need to keep these elements in mind throughout the semester in order to get the most out of the course.2SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS: Monday 13 January Introduction to the Period and the Class Wednesday and Friday 15 and 17 January The Greco-Roman and the Judeo-Christian traditions Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, pp. 1-14 [Note: Monday 20 January is a University Holiday; No Class Session] Wednesday and Friday 22 and 24 January Rome Becomes Christian; The Age of the Church Fathers I Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, pp. 14-25 Hollister, Sources, ch. 1, nos. 1-6; ch. 6, no. 1 Augustine, Confessions Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 27, 29, and 31 January The Age of the Church Fathers II Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, pp. 25-29 Augustine, Confessions Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 3, 5, and 7 February The End of the Antique World Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, ch. 2 Hollister, Sources, ch. 1, nos. 7-11 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10, 12, and 14 February The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Early Western Christendom Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, ch. 3, 5, and 4 [in that order] Hollister, Sources, ch. 1, nos. 12 and 13; ch. 2, nos. 1-4, 9-14; ch. 6, nos. 2-4 The Rule of St. Benedict Wednesday, Friday, and Monday 19, 21, and 24 February [Note: Monday 17 February is a University Holiday; No Class Session] Carolingian Europe Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, ch. 6 Hollister, Sources, ch. 3, nos. 1-4, 7-12; ch. 6, no. 53 Two Lives of Charlemagne Wednesday, Friday, and Monday 26 and 28 February, 3 March Invasions and Survival Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, ch. 7 Hollister, Sources, ch. 4, nos. 1-4, 6-11; ch. 6, no. 6 Wednesday 5 March Mid-Term Examination I Friday and Monday 7 and 10 March The Social and Economic Transformation of Europe Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, pp. 155-159 and ch. 8 Hollister, Sources, ch. 5, nos. 1-3; ch. 6, no. 17 Wednesday and Friday 12 and 14 March Conquest and Crusades Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, ch. 10 Hollister, Sources, ch. 5, nos. 4 and 5; ch. 6, nos. 18-19 [Note: The week of 17—21 March is Spring Break; No Class Sessions] Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 24, 26, and 28 March The Crisis of Church and State: Empire and Papacy Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, pp. 203-210; and ch. 11 Hollister, Sources, ch. 2, nos. 5 and 6; ch. 8, nos. 1-4 Otto of Freising, The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 31 March, 2 and 4 April The Rise of England and France Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, ch. 12 Hollister, Sources, ch. 6, no. 8; ch. 9, nos. 1-7; [Abbot] Suger, The Deeds of Louis the Fat Monday 7 April Mid-Term Examination II Wednesday, Friday, and Monday 9, 11, and 14 April New Paths to God: Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, ch. 9 Hollister, Sources, ch. 7, nos. 1-7; ch. 6, nos. 9 and 204 Wednesday, Friday, and Monday 16, 18, and 21 April Education and Thought in the High Middle Ages Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, pp. 248-251 and pp. 308-322 Hollister, Sources, ch. 7, nos. 8-12; The Letters of Abelard and Heloise Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and Wednesday 23, 25, 28, and 30 April Literature and Art in the High Middle Ages; Assignment: Hollister and Bennett, ch. 14, pp. 267-285 Hollister, Sources, ch. 6, nos. 10-16, 21-22 Friday 2 May The Middle Ages Revisited FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM: Friday 9 May 8:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. Regular Class Room GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT MECHANICAL MATTERS 1. The Examinations in the class are a combination of short and long essay questions. Students should bring Blue Books in which to write examinations. 2. In addition to the Assignments above, the Examinations, and the Discussion Group (see below in this Syllabus), there are five short papers of about 5 pages (i.e., about 1300—1400 words) required in this class. They are all based upon the primary sources we read in the class: Augustine, the biographers of Charlemagne, Otto of Freising, Abbot Suger, and the Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Specific essay topics will be given in Guidelines to be passed out for each of these assignments. These papers are essentially analytical essays, “think pieces,” not research papers. Due dates for these papers are