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The High Middle Ages: The Culture of Europe Around the Year 1200
GERM277 SP

Crosslistings: MDST277,GELT277

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

Additional Requirements and/or Comments not known

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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