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GERM277
The High Middle Ages: The Culture of Europe Around the Year 1200
GERM277 SP
Crosslistings: MDST277, GELT277
Not Currently Offered
This course is an introduction to the culture and
history of medieval Europe in the 12th century. Topics
will include the specific violences of the Angevin,
Capetian, and Hohenstaufen dynasties, the origins of the
courtly love-relationship as documented in the love songs of
the troubadours and in the courtly romance, the fictional
violence of the heroic epics, and the transition from
Romanesque to Gothic architecture, especially in France.
MAJOR READINGS
Marc Bloch, FEUDAL SOCIETY
Chretien de Troyes, COURTLY ROMANCES
Gottfried von Strassburg, TRISTAN
THE NIBELUNGENLIED
THE SONG OF ROLAND
Selections from the CARMINA BURANA
Amy Kelly, ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE AND THE FOUR KINGS
Whitney Stoddard, MONASTERY & CATHEDRAL IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE
Benedict, THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT
Hildegard of Bingen, ORDO VIRTUTUM
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Papers, project reports,
midterm and final exams.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA GERM
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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