Schedule of Classes and Readings
Schedule of Classes and Readings
SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2000
August 22: Course Introduction: Historians and Their Method
August 24: Rome
Readings: Hollister 1-15
Geary: Theodosian Code, 1-27
August 29: Christianity I: the Martyrs
Readings: Hollister, 15-23
Geary, the Passions of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, pp. 58-64
August 31: Christianity II: the Latin Doctors
Readings: Hollister, 23-27
On-line texts: The World of the Church Fathers (click
here)
September 5: Germanic Society
Readings: Hollister, 31-37
Beowulf, pp. 3-81 (you must purchase this at the bookstore)
September 7: Barbarians and Romans
Readings: Hollister 28-41
(you've already read 31-37; skim them again)
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)
September 12: The Frankish World
Readings: Hollister, 56-65,
71-72
Geary: Salic Law, 122-128
Geary: Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, pp. 145-151
September 14: Monasticism
Readings: Hollister, 65-70
Geary: Saint Benedict, Rule for Monasteries (ie., Benedictine Rule), pp.
158-187
First Paper Due in Class
September 19: Saints and Miracles
Readings: Geary: Life of
Balthild, 152-157
Geary: Dialogues of Gregory Great, 188-208
September 21: Charlemagne
Readings: Hollister, 87-100
Geary: Einhard, Life of Charles the Great (ie., Charlemagne), 267-280
September 26: Carolingian Civilization
Readings: Hollister 100-108
Geary: Selected Capitularies, pp. 281-303
September 28: Lecture [not on Exam]: The Viking Invasions and the Collapse
of the Carolingian World
Readings: Hollister, 109-118
Handout: the Annals of St Bertin
October 3: MIDTERM EXAMINATION
October 5: Local Lordship and Aristocratic Society
Readings: Hollister, 124-143
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]
October 10: HOLIDAY
October 12: Monks and Laymen in the Eleventh Century
Readings: Hollister, 143-144,
206-214
Geary: Charters of Cluny, 304-310
Geary: Miracles of Saint Foy, 311-318
October 17: The Rise of the Papacy
Readings: Hollister, 225-234,
235-247
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 Fourth Lateran Council, 421-446
Statement of Project
Due (one page)
October 19: Economic Expansion, Towns, Guilds
Readings: Hollister, 161-172
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 (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)
October 24: Geographic Expansion: the First Crusade
Readings: Hollister, 189-204
Geary: Four Accounts of the First Crusade, 386-420
October 26: The Rise of Literacy and Learning
Readings: Hollister, 293-314
(through the section on St Anselm)
October 31: Love and Education in the Twelfth Century
Readings: Hollister, 304-311
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, pp. 57-106, 109-118
Optional Reading: Letters
of Abelard and Heloise, 119-156
November 2: Government and Lordship in the 12th Century: England
Readings: Hollister, 248-257
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 7: Lecture: Lordship and Government in the 12th Century: France
Readings: Hollister, 261-265
Chretien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, lines 1-1798
November 9: Love and Marriage
Readings: Hollister, 272-281
Chretien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, lines 1798-3658
November 14: Chivalry
Readings: Hollister, 172-181
Chretien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, lines 3659-6924
November 16: Spiritual Development in the 13th Century: the Mendicants
Readings: Hollister, 214-224
Geary: Mendicants: the Rule of St Francis of Assisi, 447-450
Geary: Thomas of Cantimpré, Defense of the Mendicants, 467-469
On-Line Text: Thomas of Celano's Two Lives of St Francis (click
here)
Erec and Enide Paper
Due in Class
November 21: Government in the 13th Century: England and France
Readings: Hollister, 255-261,
265-271
Geary: Magna Carta, 1215, pp. 744-750
Geary: Joinville, Life of St Louis, 654-671
November 23: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
November 28: Europe on the Edge of the Renaissance
Readings: Hollister, 326-342,
352-359
Geary: the Trial of Joan of Arc, 707-721
On-Line Text: Boccaccio describes the Plague (click
here)
November 30: Projects
December 5: Projects
December 7: Projects
December 11 (Monday): 5-page written accounts of projects due in my office by noon.