UNC-CH Medieval Studies

Spring 2006 Medieval Studies Courses

The following list is intended to be as inclusive as possible. An effort has been made to include all courses listed in the Medieval Studies program regulations as counting toward the graduate minor or undergraduate minor. Courses which might be of interest to medievalists but which do not count toward one of the minors are also included. Please consult the director of the minor program with questions about the relevance of specific courses.

This information is subject to change. Please consult the Registrar's online schedule or the websites of individual departments for up-to-date information on spring courses.

UNC students may also take courses at Duke University through inter-institutional registration. See the courses webpage of the Duke University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies for the most up-to-date information on medieval courses at Duke.

Art

ART 52: Medieval Art in Western Europe (MWF 11:00-11:50) Dorothy Verkerk

ART 112: Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages (MWF 9:00-9:50) Dorothy Verkerk

Asian Studies

ASIA 171 Sufism (TR 11:00-12:15) Cangu Zulfikar

Celtic Studies

CELT 106A: Readings in Old Irish (M 3:00-5:30) Patrick O'Neill

Classics

Classical Archaeology

CLAR 310: Seminar in Archaeology (M 3:00-6:00) G K Sams

Latin

LATN 5: An Introduction to Medieval Latin (TR 9:30-10:45) Prof. Maura Lafferty

This course will introduce undergraduates to the Latin literature of the Middle Ages, from its beginnings, its dual roots in everyday language and in the language of the Christian Scriptures and liturgy, through the high Middle Ages. We will read selections from major authors from a wide range of genres.

Authors studies will include a selection of the following: Ambrose's hymns,
Jerome's Vulgate, Benedict's Rule, Aldhelm's Riddles, Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, Hrotsvitha's plays, the letters of Abelard and Heloise, Hildegard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Suger, and the Carmina Burana.

This course can be counted towards the undergraduate minor in Medieval Studies.

Prerequisite: Latin 3.

MU 317. PROF. MAURA LAFFERTY (962-7647) email: mlaffert@email.unc.edu

English

ENGL 51: English Literature of the Middle Ages (MWF 10:00-10:50) J S Wittig

In this course we will read a selection of Old English and Middle English literature, with hard texts read in modern English translation. We will look both at the most famous texts from the medieval period (for example, Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) and at others less well known to modern readers (for example Old English battle poetry, elegies, and riddles, Middle English lyrics, fabliaux, romances, writings by and for women), and will try to understand something of their historical and cultural context.

The course will be taught as lecture and discussion. We will have a midterm and a final exam, quizzes (as needed), and a paper. Class attendance is expected, as in participation in the class Blackboard Discussion Forum.

(For the syllabus and other information from the last time the course was taught, click here.)

ENGL 52: Chaucer (MWF 11:00-11:50) T H Leinbaugh

ENGL 238: History of the English Language (TR 12:30-1:45) Patrick O'Neill

ENGL 251: Middle English Literature (MWF 12:00-12:50) J S Wittig

An introduction to early Middle English literature (c. 1150 - 1350). The course will be based on the selections in Bennett and Smithers, Early Middle English Verse and Prose, considering these various genres in their larger social and intellectual context. Students who are specializing in the medieval period (majors or minors) will be expected to come to grips with Middle English as language (and really should have taken at least a semester of Old English). Students who are not medievalists are welcome and will not be expected to deal with the language as intensively.

Exams and Papers: Several modernization exercises. Research paper. Teaching Method: Lecture and discussion.

Germanic Languages

GERM 06G: Love in the Middle Ages (MW 3:30-4:45) Kathryn Starkey

This seminar will examine the creation and development of the notion of love in the Middle Ages. In the course of the semester, we will read a selection of love poetry, two courtly romances, a parody of courtly love, and a treatise on love in an effort to understand the roots of one of the most pervasive concepts in the western world today: romantic love. Discussion topics will cover such topical issues as marriage, adultery, violence, power, and gender roles. Early in the semester, each student will select a topic for investigation in consultation with the instructor and will develop a strategy for research. Students will report on their progress in three stages: first a brief written proposal explaining the topic, and the plans for conducting the study; then a more fully argued class presentation in which the preliminary results of the research are offered; and finally a completed essay.

First Year Seminar -- Pre-1700.
Readings & Class Discussions in English.
GC Pre-1700 Western History Perspective.

GERM 52: Getting Medieval: Knights, Violence, and Romance in the Middle Ages and Today (MW 12:00-12:50) Kathryn Starkey

This interdisciplinary course bridges the gap between the past and present. It examines the ways in which medieval culture is reflected in twentieth-century film and projects backward to explore questions about history and fiction, cultural continuity, politics, and aesthetic sensibility.

Readings & Class Discussions in English.

Recitation Required. GC Pre-1700 Western History Perspective.

GERM052Recitations:

GERM052 601 F 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM.
GERM052 602 F 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM.
GERM052 603 TH 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM.
GERM052 604 TH 03:30 PM - 4:20 PM.

History

HIST 15: Medieval History (MWF 8:00-8:50) Michael McVaugh

A introductory survey of the history of western Europe and the Mediterranean world in the Middle Ages, 300-1400.

Course requirements: Required readings, two hour exams and a final exam, 10 pages of writing.

HIST 60, sect. 3: Preservation and Persecution: Christian Antisemitism in the Middle Ages (T/TH 9:30-10:45) Brett Whalen

This First Year Seminar will introduce students to the development of Christian antisemitism in Europe from around the first through the fifteenth centuries. The course will provide a basic narrative for points of transition in Christian attitudes toward Judaism, including the fourth-century adoption of Christianity by the Roman state, the crusading movement in the late eleventh century, and the fifteenth-century medieval Jewish expulsions from Spain. It will also explore historical factors (political, social, economic) that had an
impact on the status of Jewish communities within Christian society. Finally, it will examine the theoretical underpinnings of how Christian clergy viewed the “Synagogue” and its relationship to the “Church” in historical terms.

HIST 90M-2: The England of the Norman Conquest (T 2:00-4:50) Richard Pfaff

The England of the Norman Conquest: a study of the eleventh century, mainly through detailed exposure to two of the greatest monuments of the middle ages, the Bayeux Tapestry and Domesday Book. This is an undergraduate research seminar, primarily but not exclusively for History majors; others are welcome, but some awareness of medieval history will be necessary.

Maximum enrollment 15.

Course Requirements: weekly attendance without fail; oral presentations, bibliographical exercises, and a major research paper.

HIST 100 sec. 3 [Note section number change]: Medicine and Health in the Middle Ages (MWF 1:00-1:50) Michael McVaugh

An exploration of how the kind of medicine we take for granted--academic and science-based (even if not OUR science!)--was invented and developed
in the later Middle Ages, and of what medieval patients got out of it.

Course requirements: reading and discussion of primary sources, short papers on some of the source readings, mid-term and final.

HIST 101: Alexander (TR 9:30-10:45) W J Mccoy

HIST 104B: Late Roman Empire (M 2:00-4:50) R Talbert

Focuses upon administrative, social, and economic themes. Conducted in considerable part by student reports and classroom discussions.

HIST 106: The Medieval Church (T/TH 12:30-1:45) Brett Whalen

This course will examine the historical development of the Christian church in western Europe and the Mediterranean from late Antiquity through the High Middle Ages (ca. 300-1300). In addition to covering major ecclesiastical institutions (e.g. the papacy) and forms of religious life (e.g. monasticism), the course will explore topics in the cultural and intellectual traditions of the Christian church in the Middle Ages, including the study of the Bible, the relationship between secular and sacred authorities, clerical attitudes toward heresy, and female spirituality.

Music

MUSC 51: Studies in Music History to 1650 (MWF 9:00-9:50) Anne Macneil

Religious Studies

RELI 27: Introduction to the History of Christian Traditions (F 2:00-5:00) Peter Kaufman

RELI 136: Christian Theologies in the Middle Ages (MWF 10:00-10:50) Rabia Gregory

In this course we will focus on writing by and about women in the Church. We will begin with a series of male-authored texts that describe how a woman ought to act, including patristic texts and medieval guides to behavior for nuns and anchoresses. Then we will explore the writing and behavior of medieval women who are recognized as saints or otherwise holy, including the influential mystics Hadewijch of Brabant, Hildegard of Bingen, and Gertrude of Helfta. A series of progressively more problematic and unsainted women will follow, including the writing of Margery Kempe and Agnes Blannbekin. In our final unit we will explore how, or if, the rules and expectations for women in the church changed during the period of the reformation, reading the work of women preachers, queens, and post-reformation nuns and missionaries, including Teresa of Avila, Luisa de Carvajal, and Marie Dentiere. Throughout the semester, we will be exploring the ways women expressed their encounters with God and the Church, and the battle of worth between male theology and the authority granted to women who claimed to hear the words of Jesus in the bedchamber of the soul.

RELI 161, Sec. 042: Selected Topics in the Study of Asian Religions: The Qur’an as Literature (T 2:00-4:45 pm) Carl Ernst.

A non-theological, historical approach to the Qur’an as a literary text.

Prerequisites/Permission: A background in religious studies or Islamic studies.

Requirements: short essay (20%), research paper of 10-15 pp. (40%), intellectual journal (30%), and class participation (10%).

RELI 171 (ASIA 171): Sufism (TR 11:00-12:15) Cangu Zulfikar

Romance Languages

Italian

ITAL 40: Dante (in English) (TR 12:30-1:45) Dino Cervigni

Italian 40 intends to analyze Dante’s New Life and the Divine Comedy
("Hell", "Purgatory", and "Paradise") within the context of their ancient
sources and contemporary criticism and Dante’s complete oeuvre.

Course Requirements: attendance; class participation; 3-4 brief papers;
final exam.

Spanish

SPAN 71: Spanish Literature to 1700 (MWF 11:00-11:50) F Dominguez

SPAN 85: Medieval Spanish Literature (TR 2:00-3:15) L Binotti

Slavic Languages

SLAV 30: Introduction to Slavic Civilization (TR 9:30-10:45) Christopher Putney

Women's Studies

WMST 94: Courtship and Courtliness (TR 11:00-12:15) E J Burns


Home Courses in Medieval Studies Summer & Fall 2006 The Medieval Studies Fund Make a Gift Now!	Spring 2006 Medieval Studies Courses The following list is intended to be as inclusive as possible. An effort has been made to include all courses listed in the Medieval Studies program regulations as counting toward the graduate minor or undergraduate minor. Courses which might be of interest to medievalists but which do not count toward one of the minors are also included. Please consult the director of the minor program with questions about the relevance of specific courses. This information is subject to change. Please consult the Registrar's online schedule or the websites of individual departments for up-to-date information on spring courses. UNC students may also take courses at Duke University through inter-institutional registration. See the courses webpage of the Duke University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies for the most up-to-date information on medieval courses at Duke. Art *ART 52: Medieval Art in Western Europe* (MWF 11:00-11:50) Dorothy Verkerk ART 112: Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages (MWF 9:00-9:50) Dorothy Verkerk Asian Studies ASIA 171 Sufism (TR 11:00-12:15) Cangu Zulfikar Celtic Studies CELT 106A: Readings in Old Irish (M 3:00-5:30) Patrick O'Neill Classics Classical Archaeology CLAR 310: Seminar in Archaeology (M 3:00-6:00) G K Sams Latin LATN 5: An Introduction to Medieval Latin (TR 9:30-10:45) Prof. Maura Lafferty This course will introduce undergraduates to the Latin literature of the Middle Ages, from its beginnings, its dual roots in everyday language and in the language of the Christian Scriptures and liturgy, through the high Middle Ages. We will read selections from major authors from a wide range of genres. Authors studies will include a selection of the following: Ambrose's hymns, Jerome's Vulgate, Benedict's Rule, Aldhelm's Riddles, Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, Hrotsvitha's plays, the letters of Abelard and Heloise, Hildegard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Suger, and the Carmina Burana. This course can be counted towards the undergraduate minor in Medieval Studies. Prerequisite: Latin 3. MU 317. PROF. MAURA LAFFERTY (962-7647) email: mlaffert@email.unc.edu English ENGL 51: English Literature of the Middle Ages (MWF 10:00-10:50) J S Wittig In this course we will read a selection of Old English and Middle English literature, with hard texts read in modern English translation. We will look both at the most famous texts from the medieval period (for example, Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) and at others less well known to modern readers (for example Old English battle poetry, elegies, and riddles, Middle English lyrics, fabliaux, romances, writings by and for women), and will try to understand something of their historical and cultural context. The course will be taught as lecture and discussion. We will have a midterm and a final exam, quizzes (as needed), and a paper. Class attendance is expected, as in participation in the class Blackboard Discussion Forum. (For the syllabus and other information from the last time the course was taught, click here.) ENGL 52: Chaucer (MWF 11:00-11:50) T H Leinbaugh ENGL 238: History of the English Language (TR 12:30-1:45) Patrick O'Neill ENGL 251: Middle English Literature (MWF 12:00-12:50) J S Wittig An introduction to early Middle English literature (c. 1150 - 1350). The course will be based on the selections in Bennett and Smithers, Early Middle English Verse and Prose, considering these various genres in their larger social and intellectual context. Students who are specializing in the medieval period (majors or minors) will be expected to come to grips with Middle English as language (and really should have taken at least a semester of Old English). Students who are not medievalists are welcome and will not be expected to deal with the language as intensively. Exams and Papers: Several modernization exercises. Research paper. Teaching Method: Lecture and discussion. Germanic Languages GERM 06G: Love in the Middle Ages (MW 3:30-4:45) Kathryn Starkey This seminar will examine the creation and development of the notion of love in the Middle Ages. In the course of the semester, we will read a selection of love poetry, two courtly romances, a parody of courtly love, and a treatise on love in an effort to understand the roots of one of the most pervasive concepts in the western world today: romantic love. Discussion topics will cover such topical issues as marriage, adultery, violence, power, and gender roles. Early in the semester, each student will select a topic for investigation in consultation with the instructor and will develop a strategy for research. Students will report on their progress in three stages: first a brief written proposal explaining the topic, and the plans for conducting the study; then a more fully argued class presentation in which the preliminary results of the research are offered; and finally a completed essay. First Year Seminar -- Pre-1700. Readings & Class Discussions in English. GC Pre-1700 Western History Perspective. GERM 52: Getting Medieval: Knights, Violence, and Romance in the Middle Ages and Today (MW 12:00-12:50) Kathryn Starkey This interdisciplinary course bridges the gap between the past and present. It examines the ways in which medieval culture is reflected in twentieth-century film and projects backward to explore questions about history and fiction, cultural continuity, politics, and aesthetic sensibility. Readings & Class Discussions in English. Recitation Required. GC Pre-1700 Western History Perspective. GERM052Recitations: GERM052 601 F 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM. GERM052 602 F 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM. GERM052 603 TH 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM. GERM052 604 TH 03:30 PM - 4:20 PM. History HIST 15: Medieval History (MWF 8:00-8:50) Michael McVaugh A introductory survey of the history of western Europe and the Mediterranean world in the Middle Ages, 300-1400. Course requirements: Required readings, two hour exams and a final exam, 10 pages of writing. HIST 60, sect. 3: Preservation and Persecution: Christian Antisemitism in the Middle Ages (T/TH 9:30-10:45) Brett Whalen This First Year Seminar will introduce students to the development of Christian antisemitism in Europe from around the first through the fifteenth centuries. The course will provide a basic narrative for points of transition in Christian attitudes toward Judaism, including the fourth-century adoption of Christianity by the Roman state, the crusading movement in the late eleventh century, and the fifteenth-century medieval Jewish expulsions from Spain. It will also explore historical factors (political, social, economic) that had an impact on the status of Jewish communities within Christian society. Finally, it will examine the theoretical underpinnings of how Christian clergy viewed the “Synagogue” and its relationship to the “Church” in historical terms. HIST 90M-2: The England of the Norman Conquest (T 2:00-4:50) Richard Pfaff The England of the Norman Conquest: a study of the eleventh century, mainly through detailed exposure to two of the greatest monuments of the middle ages, the Bayeux Tapestry and Domesday Book. This is an undergraduate research seminar, primarily but not exclusively for History majors; others are welcome, but some awareness of medieval history will be necessary. Maximum enrollment 15. Course Requirements: weekly attendance without fail; oral presentations, bibliographical exercises, and a major research paper. HIST 100 sec. 3 [Note section number change]: Medicine and Health in the Middle Ages (MWF 1:00-1:50) Michael McVaugh An exploration of how the kind of medicine we take for granted--academic and science-based (even if not OUR science!)--was invented and developed in the later Middle Ages, and of what medieval patients got out of it. Course requirements: reading and discussion of primary sources, short papers on some of the source readings, mid-term and final. HIST 101: Alexander (TR 9:30-10:45) W J Mccoy HIST 104B: Late Roman Empire (M 2:00-4:50) R Talbert Focuses upon administrative, social, and economic themes. Conducted in considerable part by student reports and classroom discussions. HIST 106: The Medieval Church (T/TH 12:30-1:45) Brett Whalen This course will examine the historical development of the Christian church in western Europe and the Mediterranean from late Antiquity through the High Middle Ages (ca. 300-1300). In addition to covering major ecclesiastical institutions (e.g. the papacy) and forms of religious life (e.g. monasticism), the course will explore topics in the cultural and intellectual traditions of the Christian church in the Middle Ages, including the study of the Bible, the relationship between secular and sacred authorities, clerical attitudes toward heresy, and female spirituality. Music MUSC 51: Studies in Music History to 1650 (MWF 9:00-9:50) Anne Macneil Religious Studies RELI 27: Introduction to the History of Christian Traditions (F 2:00-5:00) Peter Kaufman RELI 136: Christian Theologies in the Middle Ages (MWF 10:00-10:50) Rabia Gregory In this course we will focus on writing by and about women in the Church. We will begin with a series of male-authored texts that describe how a woman ought to act, including patristic texts and medieval guides to behavior for nuns and anchoresses. Then we will explore the writing and behavior of medieval women who are recognized as saints or otherwise holy, including the influential mystics Hadewijch of Brabant, Hildegard of Bingen, and Gertrude of Helfta. A series of progressively more problematic and unsainted women will follow, including the writing of Margery Kempe and Agnes Blannbekin. In our final unit we will explore how, or if, the rules and expectations for women in the church changed during the period of the reformation, reading the work of women preachers, queens, and post-reformation nuns and missionaries, including Teresa of Avila, Luisa de Carvajal, and Marie Dentiere. Throughout the semester, we will be exploring the ways women expressed their encounters with God and the Church, and the battle of worth between male theology and the authority granted to women who claimed to hear the words of Jesus in the bedchamber of the soul. RELI 161, Sec. 042: Selected Topics in the Study of Asian Religions: The Qur’an as Literature (T 2:00-4:45 pm) Carl Ernst. A non-theological, historical approach to the Qur’an as a literary text. Prerequisites/Permission: A background in religious studies or Islamic studies. Requirements: short essay (20%), research paper of 10-15 pp. (40%), intellectual journal (30%), and class participation (10%). RELI 171 (ASIA 171): Sufism (TR 11:00-12:15) Cangu Zulfikar Romance Languages Italian ITAL 40: Dante (in English) (TR 12:30-1:45) Dino Cervigni** Italian 40 intends to analyze Dante’s New Life and the Divine Comedy ("Hell", "Purgatory", and "Paradise") within the context of their ancient sources and contemporary criticism and Dante’s complete oeuvre. Course Requirements: attendance; class participation; 3-4 brief papers; final exam. Spanish *SPAN 71: Spanish Literature to 1700* (MWF 11:00-11:50) F Dominguez** SPAN 85: Medieval Spanish Literature (TR 2:00-3:15) L Binotti Slavic Languages *SLAV 30: Introduction to Slavic Civilization* (TR 9:30-10:45) Christopher Putney Women's Studies WMST 94: Courtship and Courtliness (TR 11:00-12:15) E J Burns** This page is copyright © 2005, UNC-CH Medieval Studies. Corrections and suggestions: medieval.web@unc.edu.