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Academic Year 2001/2002

Barbarian Chieftains to Knights of Chivalry
COL 238 FA

This course will study the development of the behavioral codes of the ruling class of medieval society from the period of Germanic conquest through the high middle ages and the phase of crusading expansion. The course will draw on both literary and historiographical sources and will focus on the transformation of and the potential contradictions between the various values imbedded in the codes inherent in these texts. The readings will include a Norse saga, BEOWULF, THE SONG OF ROLAND, the NIBELUNGENLIED, and versions of the Perceval and Tristan stories as well as selections from Gregory of Tours, Einhard, Otto von Freising, Joinville, and Villehardouin.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA COL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Arnold,Herbert A.   

Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM;     Location: BTFDC314

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 30)

SR. major: 5   Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 5   SO: 10   FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Writing

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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