HUM200
Lecture Schedule
- Lectures
for HUM200DF will be held Friday (1140–1325h) in S1206.
- Seminars for
HUM200D will be held Tuesday (1425–1610h) in T1015.
Week
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Date
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Topic
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1
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Jan.
11th
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Medieval Thought and the
Ancient Inheritance (Eugene Earnshaw-Whyte)
Readings: Donald
Kagan, Steven Ozment, and Frank M. Turner, The Western Heritage: Combined
Volume, 9th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Prentice Hall, 2007), Chapter 5, §§ 4–5, §8.
Seminar: Introduction
to the Middle Ages / Tuesday, Jan. 8th
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2
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Jan.
18th
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Early Christian Art
(Dave Phillips)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 5, §§ 5–7. "The Gospel
According to Luke," in Documents in
Western Civilization CD-ROM, Pt. 5: Imperial Rome, Pt. 5.4.
Seminar: ICA.1
/ Introduction to the Cyclopedia Project / Introduction to ICA.2
/ Jan. 15th
|
3
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Jan.
25th
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The Fall of the Roman
Empire (Mark Bailey)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 5, § 9. "Letter of Paul to the
Romans," in Documents in Western
Civilization CD-ROM, Pt. 5: Imperial Rome, Pt. 5.5.
Seminar: Quiz 1
(40 min.) / The Early
Christian Church / Jan. 22nd
|
4
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Feb. 1st
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Monasticism (Allison
McNaught)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 6, § 1, §4–5. Benedict of
Nursia, "The Rule of St. Benedict," in Documents in Western
Civilization CD-ROM, Pt. 7: Church and State in the High Middle
Ages, Pt. 7.2. Dagobert,
King of the Franks, "Grant of an estate to
the monks of St. Denis" (635) at the Medieval Sourcebook
Seminar: The
Franks / Jan. 29th
|
5
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Feb. 8th
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Medieval Christianity
(Mark Bailey)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 6, § 6; Ch. 7, §§ 1–3.
Gregory VII's Letter to the Bishop of Metz (1081), in Documents in Western
Civilization CD-ROM, Pt. 7: Church and State in the High Middle
Ages, Pt. 7.1. Gregory of
Tours, "The Conversion of Clovis"
(Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
Seminar: The
Medieval Knight / Feb. 5th
|
6
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Feb.
15th
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Feudalism (Melissa
Blackie)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 7, §§ 4–5; Ch. 8, §§
1–2. F. L. Ganshof, "Feudalism," and Paul R. Hyams, "The End of
Feudalism?" in Interpretations of
the Western World, ed. Mark Kishlansky (Pearson Custom
Publishing, 2007), pp. 58–74, pp. 75–82. "Agreement between Count William of
Aquitaine and Hugh IV of Lusignan" (Internet Medieval
Sourcebook).
Seminar: Village Life in the Early
Middle Ages / Feb. 12th
|
7
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Feb.
22nd
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Women in the Medieval World
(Allison McNaught)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. Ch. 8, §§ 4–5. "The Ideal
Wife of a Merchant," in Documents in
Western
Civilization CD-ROM, Pt. 8.7.
Seminar: Quiz 2
(40 min.) /
The
Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium / Feb. 19th / ICA.1—Cyclopedia Project
Due Date / Feb. 22nd |
8
|
Feb.
25th–
Feb. 29th
|
Study
Week: No classes scheduled
|
9
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Mar. 7th
|
Islam and the West
(Farzad Babadi)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 6, §§ 2–3.
In-Class
Mid-Term Examination in the regularly scheduled seminar class / (Mar.
4th)
|
10
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Mar.
14th
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Medieval Kingship: The
Development of Monarchy
(Mark
Bailey)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 9, §§ 1–3.
Seminar: Medieval
Literature / Mar. 11th
|
11
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Mar.
21st
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Good Friday / No
classes scheduled
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 8, § 3.
Seminar: ICA.2 / Mar.
18th
|
12
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Mar.
28th
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Medieval Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas
and Scholasticism
(Maria Vasilodimitrakis)
Readings: "St.
Thomas Aquinas," in Documents in
Western
Civilization CD-ROM, Pt. 8.4.
Seminar: The
Medieval University / Mar. 25th
|
13
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Apr. 4th
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Art of the Italian
Renaissance (Shereen Hassanein)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 10, §§ 1–2. "Petrarch:
Rules for the Ruler" and "Cellini: The Artist," in Documents in Western
Civilization CD-ROM, Pt. 10.1 and 10.5.
Seminar: Medieval
Science and Technology / Quiz 3 / Apr. 1st
|
14
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Apr.
11th
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Renaissance Humanism
(Allison McNaught)
Readings: Kagan,
Ozment, & Turner, The
Western Heritage, Ch. 10, §§ 3–4.
Seminar: General
Review / Apr. 8th |
15
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Apr.
14th–
Apr. 18th
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Exam
Week. No classes scheduled
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