Feb 4 Disintegration of the Roman Empire
Reading: Augustine, The City of God, especially Parts One, Three, and Five.
Feb 11 Regularization of Monastic Life
Reading: "Rule of St. Benedict," Chapters 1-7, 19-33, 39-40, and 48-51; Dialogues of Gregory I.
Feb 18 NO CLASS Monday Schedule
Feb 25 Conversion of the Franks
Reading: Gregory of Tours, A History of the Franks.
Mar4 Conversion of England and the North
Reading: Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People; and "Correspondence of St. Boniface" in reader.
Mar 11 Persistence of Nordic Paganism
Reading: Beowulf. (Verse translation by Seamus Heaney.)
Mar 18 The Carolingian Court
Reading: Charlemagne's Courtier: The Complete Einhard Introduction-Life of Charlemagne, Books 1 and 2- The Miracles of Marcellius and Peter.
Mar 18 PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHIES DUE FOR FINAL PROJECT Info on paper
Mar 25 SPRING BREAK
Apr 1 Conflict with Byzantium
Reading: Liuprandus of Cremora, Embassy to Constantinople.
Apr 8 Crusading: or the Making of the Saint
Reading: Joinville, The Life of St. Louis.
Apr 15 Female Saints: Music and the Visionar
Special Guest Lecturer, Professor of Music, Gregory Slowik
Reading: Hildegarde of Bingen, Secrets of God, Scivias pp 8-38, Causes and Curses pp103-118, Symphonia pp119-140.
Apr 15 LITERATURE REVIEW DUE (5 PAGES) Info on paper
Apr 22 Patriots Day Holiday
Apr 29 Love, logic, and the politics of the Intellectual Life
Reading: Letters of Abelard and Heloise
May 6 The wider medieval world
Reading: Dunn, The Adventures of Ibn Heloise.
May 13 LAST CLASS Scheduling flexible to accomodate a class dinner.
May 15 FINAL PAPER DRAFTS DUE Info on paper