Schedule of Classes and Readings
Schedule of Classes and Readings
SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2000
August 21: Course Introduction: Historians and Their Method
August 23: How to Read a Primary Source
August 25: the Roman Heritage
Textbook Readings:
Hollister
1-15
Primary Source Readings:
Geary:
Theodosian Code, 1-27
August 28: The Christian Heritage: Martyrs
August 30: The Christian Heritage: Bishops
September 1: Discussion
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 15-27
Primary Source Readings:
Geary: the Passion
of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, 58-64
On-line texts:
the World of the Church Fathers (click here)
September 4: HOLIDAY
September 6: the Germanic Heritage
September 8: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister,
28-37
Primary Source Readings:
Beowulf,
entire (pp. 3-81)
PART II: THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
September 11: Barbarians and Romans? The Fall of Rome
September 13: the Frankish Kingdom of Clovis
September 15: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister,
38-41
Primary Source Readings:
Geary:
"Tomb of Childeric, Father of Clovis", pp. 113-121 [make sure to examine
and try to
interpret the images (pictures) presented in this section]
Geary:
Letters to Clovis, 129-130
Geary:
Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, pp. 131-145 (to death of Clovis)
Film: The Thirteenth Warrior
September 18: Frankish Society: Law and Social Structure
September 20: Frankish Society: Marriage and the Role of Women
September 22: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister,
56-65
Primary Source Readings:
Geary:
Salic Law, 122-128
On-Line
Texts: Gregory of Tours; On Frankish Queens (click
here)
September 25: Monasticism
September 27: Saints and Miracles
September 29: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister,
65-74
Primary Source Readings:
Geary:
Saint Benedict, Rule for Monasteries (ie., Benedictine Rule), pp. 158-187
Geary:
Life of Balthild, 152-157
Geary:
Dialogues of Gregory Great, 188-208
FIRST PAPER DUE: in class, September 29
October 2: Charlemagne and the Frankish Revival
October 4: Carolingian Renaissance
October 6: Discussion
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 87-112
Primary Source Readings:
Geary: Einhard, Life of Charles the Great (ie., Charlemagne), 267-280
Geary: Selected Capitularies, pp. 281-303 [read only the capitularies of
Heristal (779) and
Paderborn (785), the Synod of Frankfurt (794), the Capitulary de villis,
and the General Capitulary for the missi (802)]
October 9: HOLIDAY
October 11: MIDTERM EXAM
October 13: the Vikings and the Collapse of Europe
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 112-123
Primary Source Readings:
Handout: the Annals of St
Bertin
October 16: Lordship
October 18: Villeinage and Freedom
October 20: Discussion
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 123-129,
138-143
Primary Source Readings:
Geary: Fulbert of
Chartres, Letter to William of Aquitaine, p. 366
Geary: Hugh of Lusignan,
"Agreement Between Lord and Vassal", 367-372
Handout: Lordship
and Peasants [for on-line version click here]
Film: the Warlord
October 23: Monks and Laymen
October 25: Rise of Papacy: Investiture Contest
October 27: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 143-146, 156-157, 206-217, 225-234
Primary Source Readings:
Geary: Charters of Cluny, 304-310
Geary: Miracles of Saint Foy, 311-318
Geary: Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV, pp. 580-583 (all but last paragraph
on 583),
587-591 (to first sentence on 591), 596-605
Geary: the Concordat of Worms, p. 606
October 30: Kingship in the Twelfth Century
November 1: Law and Lawyers: Papal and Royal Law in the Twelfth Century
November 3: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 248-255, 261-265, 235-247, 297-299
Primary Source Readings:
Geary: the Fourth Lateran Council, 421-446 [read especially chapters 1,
3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14-18,
21, 26, 31-32, 47, 50-52, 62, 67-69]
Geary: Domesday Book, pp. 722-729 (skim for genre significance)
Geary: Accounts of the Exchequer: An Example, 735-739
On-Line Text: the Assize of Clarendon (click
here)
November 6: The First Crusade
November 8: Philosophy, Education and the Rise of Universities
November 10: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 189-203, 293-296, 299-311
Primary Source Readings:
Geary: Fulcher of Chartres on the First Crusade, 386-396
The
Letters of Abelard and Heloise, pp. 57-106, 109-118
Film: Stealing Heaven
November 13: the Rise of Towns
November 15: New Religious Orders: the Mendicants
November 17: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 161-172, 217-224
Primary Source Readings:
On-Line Documents: all may be accessed here: http://www.uncg.edu/~rebarton/texts-list.htm
King Louis VII Sells Financial Privileges to the Burghers of Tours, 1143
(click here)
The Beauvais Dossier, 1182-1233 (only read the Introduction and Document
A) (click here)
King Philip Augustus Suppresses the commune of Etampes, 1199-1200 (click
here)
Philip Augustus Concedes a Fair and other rights to Poitiers, 1214 (click
here)
The Chartres Riot, 1210 (click
here)
Geary: Mendicants: the Rule of St Francis of Assisi, 447-450
Geary: Thomas of Cantimpré, Defense of the Mendicants, 467-469
Film: the Name of the Rose
November 20: Magna Carta
November 22: THANKSGIVING
November 24: THANKSGIVING
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 255-261
Primary Source Readings:
Geary: Magna Carta, 1215, pp. 744-750
Chretien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, lines 1-3658
November 27: Chivalry
November 29: Marriage and Love
December 1: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 172-182, 272-281
Primary Source Readings:
Chretien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, lines 3659-6924
Film: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
December 4: St Louis: the Ideal Medieval King?
December 6: Fourteenth Century Crises
December 8: DISCUSSION
Textbook Reading:
Hollister, 265-271, 352-362
Primary Source Readings:
Geary: Joinville, Life of St Louis, 654-671
Geary: Enquêts of King Louis, 672-682
On-Line Text: Boccaccio describes the Plague (click
here)
December 11: Conclusion: Europe on the Eve of the Renaissance
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