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HUM200 Lecture Schedule
  • Lectures for HUM200DF will be held Friday (1140–1325h) in S1206.
  • Seminars for HUM200D will be held Tuesday (14251610h) in T1015.

Week

Date

Topic

1
Jan. 11th
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
2
Jan. 18th
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
Jan. 25th
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
Feb. 1st
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
Feb. 8th
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
Feb. 15th
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
Feb. 22nd
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.1Cyclopedia Project Due Date / Feb. 22nd
8
Feb. 25th–
     Feb. 29th
Study Week: No classes scheduled
9
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
Mar. 14th
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
Mar. 21st
Good Friday / No classes scheduled

Readings: Kagan, Ozment, & Turner, The Western Heritage, Ch. 8, § 3.

Seminar: ICA.2 / Mar. 18th
12
Mar. 28th
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
Apr. 4th
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
Apr. 11th
Renaissance Humanism  (Allison McNaught)

Readings: Kagan, Ozment, & Turner, The Western Heritage, Ch. 10, §§ 3–4.

Seminar: General Review / Apr. 8th
15
Apr. 14th–
     Apr. 18th
Exam Week. No classes scheduled