Schedule of Classes and Readings
Schedule of Classes and Readings
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to inclement weather, the schedule of readings, classes, and assignments for the first half of the class (to Feb. 24) has been revised (click here).
SCHEDULE FOR SPRING 2000
January 11: Course Introduction: Historians and Their Method
January 13: Rome
Readings: Hollister 1-15
Geary: Theodosian Code, 1-27
January 18: Christianity I: the Martyrs
Readings: Hollister, 15-23
Geary, the Passions of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, pp. 58-64
January 20: Christianity II: the Latin Doctors
Readings: Hollister, 23-27
Geary: St Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, pp. 28-46, but focus on 28-38
Geary: St Augustine, City of God, pp. 46-57
January 25: Germanic Society
Readings: Hollister, 31-37
Beowulf, pp. 3-81 (you must purchase this at the bookstore)
Optional Reading:
Geary: Tacitus, Germania, pp. 65-77
January 27: 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)
February 1: The Frankish World
Readings: Hollister, 56-65,
71-72
Geary: Hildebrandlied, 111-112
Geary: Salic Law, 122-128
Geary: Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, pp. 145-151
February 3: Monasticism
Readings: Hollister, 65-70
Geary: Saint Benedict, Rule for Monasteries (ie., Benedictine Rule), pp.
158-187
First Paper Due in Class
February 8: Saints and Miracles
Readings: Geary: Life of
Balthild, 152-157
Geary: Dialogues of Gregory Great, 188-208
February 10: Anglo-Saxon England
Readings: Hollister, 70-74
Geary: Laws of Ethelbert, pp. 209-211
Geary: Bede, History of the English Church and People, pp. 212-222
February 15: Charlemagne
Readings: Hollister, 87-100
Geary: Einhard, Life of Charles the Great (ie., Charlemagne), 267-280
February 17: Carolingian Civilization
Readings: Hollister 100-108
Geary: Selected Capitularies, pp. 281-303
February 22: MIDTERM EXAMINATION (in class)
February 24: Lecture: The Viking Invasions and the Collapse of the
Carolingian World
Readings: Hollister, 109-118
Handout: the Annals of St Bertin
February 29: Spring Vacation
March 2: Spring Vacation
March 7: Reactions to the Invasions: Ottonians, Anglo-Saxons, Franks
Readings: Hollister, 119-124,
129-135
Geary: Life of Alfred, 223-247
March 9: Local Lordship and Aristocratic Society
Readings: Hollister, 124-129
Geary: Fulbert of Chartres, Letter to William of Aquitaine, p. 366
Geary: Hugh of Lusignan, "Agreement Between Lord and Vassal", 367-372
Handout: Peasant Life in Feudal Society (for on-line version, click
here)
March 14: 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
March 16: The Rise of Papacy: the Investiture Controversy
Readings: Hollister, 225-234
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.
March 21: Papal Monarchy in the 12th and 13th Centuries
Readings: Hollister, 235-247
Geary: the Fourth Lateran Council, 421-446
March 23: Economic Expansion, Towns, Guilds
Readings: Hollister, 161-172
Geary: Giovanni Scriba, Notary Book, pp. 764-765
On-Line Documents:
A. King Louis VII Sells Financial Privileges to the Burghers of Tours,
1143 (click here)
B. Philip Augustus Concedes a Fair to the Burghers of Poitiers, 1214 (click
here)
C. The Beauvais Dossier: Communal Charter Granted to Beauvais, 1182 (click
here)
D. Philip Augustus Suppresses the Commune of Etampes, 1199 (click
here)
E. The Chartres Riot, 1210 (click
here)
F. Regulations of the Garment Cutters' Gild of Stendhal, 1231 (click here)
March 28: Geographic Expansion: the First Crusade
Readings: Hollister, 189,
196-204
Geary: Four Accounts of the First Crusade, 386-420
March 30: Education and Scholasticism
Readings: Hollister, 293-314
(through the section on St Anselm)
Geary, St Anselm, Proslogion, 319-331
Geary, St Thomas Aquinas, On the Eternity of the World, 484-499
April 4: 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
April 6: Government and Lordship in the 12th Century: England
Readings: Hollister, 248-255
Geary: Domesday Book, pp. 722-729 (skim for genre significance)
Geary: Richard FitzNigel, Dialogue of the Exchequer, 730-735
Geary: Accounts of the Exchequer: An Example, 735-739
Handout: the Assize of Clarendon
April 11: Lecture: Lordship and Government in the 12th Century: France
Readings: Hollister, 260-265
Chretien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, lines 1-1798
April 13: Love and Marriage
Readings: Hollister, 272-281
Chretien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, lines 1798-3658
April 18: Chivalry
Readings: Hollister, 172-181
Chretien de Troyes, Erec and Enide, lines 3659-6924
April 20: Spiritual Development in the 13th Century: the Mendicants
Readings: Hollister, 214-224
Geary: Mendicants: the Rule of St Francis of Assisi, 447-450
Geary: Clare of Assisi: Testament, 451-454
Geary: Thomas of Cantimpré, Defense of the Mendicants, 467-469
Second Paper (on Erec
and Enide) Due in Class (click here
for assignment)
April 25: Government in the 13th Century: England
Readings: Hollister, 255-261
Geary: Magna Carta, 1215, pp. 744-750
Geary: Pope Innocent III Annuls Magna Carta, 751-752
Handout: Development of Parliament in England, 1295-1401 (click
here for on-line version)
April 27: Government in the 13th Century: France
Readings: Hollister, 265-271
Geary: Joinville, Life of St Louis, 654-671
Geary: Enquêts of King Louis, 672-682
May 2: Europe on the Edge of the Renaissance
Readings: Hollister, 326-342,
352-359
Geary: the Trial of Joan of Arc, 707-721
May 4: FINAL EXAM, 8-11 AM, in McIver 225