Medieval Studies 20B: The High Middle Ages
| Course |
Instructor |
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Winter Quarter, 2010 | |
| MEDIEVAL STUDIES 20B: THE High MIDDLE AGES | Kevin Roddy |
| A Lower-Division Civilization and Culture Course (Writing) | Lecturer |
Discussion Sections:
52716 F 10:00-10:50A Wellman 103
52717 W 2:10-3:00P Social Science 90
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Reader:
Barbara Zimbalist
Student Aides:
Alex Chiang
Zach Young
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| 115 Wellman | 350 Voorhies (530-752-4541) |
| 1:10-2:00 MWF | Office Hours: M 3:00-4:00; W 3:00-4:00; F 11:00-12:00, or by appointment |
| Class Web Page (http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/20B/Default.htm) | Instructor email (kproddy@ucdavis.edu) |
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Class Email (mst020b-w10@ucdavis.edu) | |
Class Email Archive
(http://listproc.ucdavis.edu/class/201001/mst020b-w10) | |
Course Description
This period in the cultural history of Europe and the Middle
East is characterized by the gradual establishment of political
and social stability, by refined taste in the arts, by economic
prosperity, by the development of law, and
by a high degree of intellectual sophistication. Naturally,
it would not reflect human culture if it did not also
exhibit its share of violence, disorder, prejudice, and
treachery. Evidence for both tendencies often in fact can
be found in the same phenomena: the crusades, popular religion,
politics, the universities.
Texts
Reading the Middle Ages. Ed. Barbara H. Rosenwein (Broadview). ISBN 1-55111-693-6
Dante Alighieri, Purgatory, trans. John Ciardi (Signet). ISBN 0-45152-802-6
The Principles of Letter-Writing
Medieval Studies Research Page:
http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/roddy.htm
Schedule
January 4 Introduction
January 6 An Anthropology of the High Middle Ages
January 8 Historical Background
- History
- The Year 1000
- The Year 1100
- The Year 1200
- The Year 1300
Discussion, January 6, 8:
The Medieval Art of Letter-Writing, I
- Reading-- Principles of Letter-Writing, pp. 1-17
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Pope Gregory VII's Letter to Emperor Henry IV
-
Renunciation of Gregory VII by the German Bishops (Worms, January, 1076)
January 11 Land Tenure
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
4.4 Love and complaints in Angoulême: Agreements between Count William of the Aquitanians and Hugh of Lusignan (1028), p. 213;
4.5 The Peace of God at Bourges: Andrew of Fleury, The Miracles of St. Benedict (1040-1043), p. 219;
4.6 A castellan's revenues and properties in Catalonia: Charter of Guillem Guifred (1041-1075), p. 221.
- Vocabulary of Feudalism
January 13 Records of the Domesday Book
- Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
5.11 The pro-Norman position: William of Jumiéges, The Deeds of the Dukes of the Normans (c.1070), p. 304;
5.12 The native position: "Florence of Worcester," Chronicle of Chronicles (early 12th c.), p. 305;
5.13 Exploiting the Conquest: Domesday Book (1087), p. 308;
Domesday Relations="Domesday" file on MyUCDavis Course Page
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Record of William and Domesday
- Instructions and Extract
January 15 City Life
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
5.1 Cultivating new lands: Frederick of Hamburg's Agreement with Colonists from Holland (1106), p. 277;
5.2 Local markets: Ibn Jubayr, A Market near Aleppo (1184), p. 278;
5.3 The role of royal patronage: Henry I, Privileges for the Citizens of London (1130-1133), p. 279;
6.9 Doing business: A Genoese societas (1253), p. 361;
6.10 Women's work: Guild Regulations of the Parisian Silk Fabric Makers (13th c.), p. 362;
6.11 Men's work: Guild Regulations of the Shearers of Arras (1236), p. 363;
- A Reconstructed German City, 1250
- A Reconstructed German City, 1250 (big)
- The Same German City, 1350
- The Same German City, 1350 (big)
Discussion, January 13, 15:
The Medieval Art of Letter-Writing, II
- Corrected Final Copy of Previous Assignment 3 (Pages 1-5):
- Page 1
- Page 2
- Page 3
- Page 4
- Page 5
January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 20 The Investiture Controversy
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
5.4 The royal view: Henry IV, Letter to Gregory VII (1075), p. 281;
5.5 The papal view: Gregory VII, Letter to Hermann of Metz (1076), p. 282;
- Investiture
January 22 Medieval Kingship
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
4.12 Hungary: King Stephen, Laws (1000-1038), p. 238;
4.13 An Ottonian queen: The "Older Life" of Queen Mathilda (973-974), p. 243;
4.14 An Ottonian king: Thietmar of Merseberg, The Accession of Henry II (1013-1018), p. 252;
7.13 A charismatic ruler: Joinville, The Life of St. Louis (1272), p. 447.
Discussion, January 20, 22:
- Reading--Dante, Cantos I-IV.
January 25 Pilgrimages
- Arculf's Voyage to the Holy Land
January 27 Relations with Judaism and Islam: The Crusades
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
5.7 The Greek experience: Anna Comnena, The Alexiad (c.1148), p. 290;
5.8 A Westerner in the Holy Land: Stephen of Blois, Letter to His Wife (March 1098), p. 293;
5.9 The Muslim reaction: Ibn al-Athir, The First Crusade (13th c.), p. 296;
5.10 The crusade in Spain and Portugal: The Conquest of Lisbon (1147-1148),
p. 300;
6.1 Saladin: Ibn Shaddad, The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin (1198-1216), p. 334;
6.2 The lone Byzantine warrior: Digenis Akritis (12th c.), p. 338;
6.4 The Fourth Crusade: Nicetas Choniates, O City of Byzantium (c.1215), p. 344;
- Map of the Crusader States
- Usamah
January 29 The Spiritual Realm
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
5.18 The Cistercian view: St. Bernard, Apologia (1125), p. 327;
5.19 The Cluniac view: Peter the Venerable, Miracles (mid 1130s-mid 1150s), p. 331;
7.20 Mysticism: Meister Eckhart, Sermon 101 (1298-1305), p. 464.
Note: For the next class, you will
need an ARTstor account. To set this up, you must be at a UCD computer
site (Dorms, Library, Labs).
You then will register with ARTstor, by supplying your email address and a
unique password of your choosing. Once you're in ARTStore, go to "Find,"
and pull down the menu, clicking on "Unlock password-protected folder."
You will then be asked your name, and the special password for this course.
This will be demonstrated in class.
Discussion, January 27, 29:
- Reading--Dante, Cantos V-VIII.
February 1 The Arts in the High Middle Ages
- Romanesque Portals
- Vezelay
- Souillac
- Autun
- Villard de Honnecourt
http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/architecture/honnecourt/xviii.html
- ARTstor
Investiture Letter due
February 3 Gothic Architecture
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
6.24 Art and architecture as religious devotion: Suger, On What was Done under his Administration (1148-1149), p. 400;
- Gothic Architecture
- ARTstor
February 5 All the Fine Arts
Browse through the following:
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Sourcebook of Medieval Music (Lori Ibrahim, UCD)
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Gothic architectural sculptures (1200-1230)
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Chartres Cathedral: North Rose Window (around 1235)
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Chartres Cathedral: South Rose Window (1221-30)
Discussion, February 3, 5:
Reading--Dante, Cantos IX-XII.
- Donatello
February 8 The New Orders
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
6.12 The growth of papal business: Innocent III, Letters (1200-1202), p. 366;
6.13 Petitioning the papacy: Register of Thomas of Hereford (1281), p. 367;
6.14 Mocking the papal bureaucracy: The Gospel according to the Marks of Silver (c.1200), p. 369;
6.26 Devotion through mysticism: Jacques de Vitry, The Life of Mary of Oignies (1213), p. 405;
6.27 The mendicant movement: St. Francis, The Canticle to Brother Sun (1225), p. 408.
- Francis' portrait (Cimabue)
- A young Francis devests himself of his clothes
- Pope Innocent III sees Francis upholding the Church in a dream
- Francis' order is approved
- Francis creates a spring to refresh an exhausted peasant
- Francis prays for the exorcism of devils from Arezzo
- Francis preaches to the birds
February 10 Scholasticism
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
4.10 Logic: Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Treatise on Logic (1020s or 1030s), p. 234;
5.14 Logic: Abelard, Glosses on Porphyry (c.1100), p. 313;
5.15 Biblical scholarship: Gilbert of Poitiers, Gloss on Psalm 101 (c.1117),p. 316;
5.16 Rethinking the religious life: Heloise, Letter (1130s), p. 320;
7.19 Scholasticism: Thomas Aquinas, Summa against the Gentiles (1259-1264), p. 461.
- Aristotle
February 12 The Rise of the University
- University Records
-
The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century
Discussion, February 10, 12:
Reading--Dante, Cantos XIII-XVI.
February 15 Presidents' Day. Holiday: Befriend a President
February 17 Emerging Nations and the Church
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
6.15 Henry II and Becket: Constitutions of Clarendon (1164), p. 371;
6.16 Emperor and pope: Diet of Besançon (1157), p. 374;
6.17 King and nobles: Magna Carta (1215), p. 378.
February 19 Heresy
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
6.25 Devotion through poverty: Peter Waldo in the Chronicle of Laon (1173-1178), p. 404;
6.29 Burning heretics in Germany: Chronicle of Trier (1231), p. 411;
7.10 Inquisition: Jacques Fournier, Episcopal Register (1318-1325), p. 435.
Discussion, February 17, 19:
Reading--Dante, Cantos XVII-XX.
February 22 Manuscripts
- Bodleian
Manuscripts (Choose three from the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries)
Ibn Sina Letter due
February 24 Judaism
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
5.6 Martyrs in the Rhineland: Rabbi Eliezer b. Nathan ("Raban"), O God, Insolent Men (early-to-mid-12th c.), p. 286;
6.28 The expulsion of the Jews from Bury St. Edmunds: Jocelin of Brakelond Chronicle (1190-1202), p. 410;
7.12 Jews in England: Statute of the Jewry (1275) and Petition of the "Commonalty" of the Jews (shortly after 1275), p. 444.
February 26 Courtly Love
6.18 Epic poetry: Raoul de Cambrai (1180-1223), p. 384;
6.19 A troubadour poem of love: Jaufre Rudel, When Days are Long in May (c.1125-1150), p. 389;
6.20 A poem of war: Bertran de Born, I Love the Joyful Time (12th c.), p. 390;
6.21 Song of a trobairitz: Comtessa de Dia, I've Been in Great Anguish (c.1200?), p. 391;
- Andreas Capellanus
Discussion, February 24, 26:
Reading--Dante, Cantos XXI-XXIV.
March 1 Dante
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
6.23 Disciplining and purifying Christendom: Decrees of Lateran IV (1215), p. 395;
7.15 The pope throws down the gauntlet: Boniface VIII, Clericis Laicos (1296), p. 455;
7.16 The pope reacts again: Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam (1302), p. 456;
7.17 The French king responds to Boniface: William of Plaisians, Charges of Heresy against Boniface VIII (1303), p. 458.
- The Wealth of Florence
- Dante's Life
- Dante's Poetry
March 3 Arthurian Romances
- Arthurian Literature
- Cretien de Troyes,
Lancelot
March 5 Parodies of Love
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
6.22 Fabliaux: Browny, the Priest's Cow and The Priest Who Peeked (13th c.), p. 391;
7.22 Romance: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (last quarter of 14th c.), pp. 473-76.
Villon
Discussion, March 3, 5:
Reading--Dante, Cantos XXV-XXVIII.
March 8 Eastern Europe: The Rus and the Mongols
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
4.11 Kievian Rus: The Russian Primary Chronicle (c. 1113), p. 237;
6.3 The Northern Crusade: Helmold, The Chronicle of the Slavs (1167-1168), p. 342;
7.2 A Mongol reply to the pope: Guyuk Khan, Letter to Pope Innocent IV (1246), p. 417;
7.3 Accommodations: Mengu-Temir Khan, Charter to Protect the Russian Church (1308), p. 418;
7.4 The Hungarian king bewails the Mongol invasions. Bela IV, Letter to Pope Innocent IV (c.1250), p. 419;
7.5 Mongol trade routes: Marco Polo, The Travels (c.1300), p. 422.
March 10 Commerce and Wealth
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
7.6 The popolo gains power: The Ghibelline Annals of Piacenza (1250), p. 428;
7.7 The Hanseatic League: Decrees of the League (1260-1264), p. 430;
7.14 The commons participate: Summons of Representatives of Shires and Townsto Parliament (1295), p. 454;
7.18 Assembly of the Estates General in Paris: Grand Chronicles of France (1314), p. 459.
March 12 Medieval Science and Engineering
Reading--Reading the Middle Ages:
5.17 Medicine: The Trotula (c.1250, based on 12th-c. sources), p. 324;
7.8 Hospitals: Charters for Bury St. Edmunds (1248-1272), p. 430;
7.9 Famine at Constantinople: Athanasius I, Patriarch of Constantinople, Letter (1306-1307), p. 432;
7.11 Procedures for isolating lepers: Sarum manual (based on materials from c.1360s), p. 442.
- Science
- Food and Nutrition
DiscussionMarch 10, 12:
Reading--Dante, Cantos XXIX-XXXIII.
March 15 Conclusion
- Sample Final
Fin'amors Letter due
Final: Tuesday, March 16 (3:30-5:30 PM, 115 Wellman)
Position Papers
The major written work in the course will center on short (1,000 word)
position papers, which rely on medieval methods
of persuasion to argue for one side and against
another.
A sample position paper has been made available for the first
discussion session.
Since the High Middle Ages mark the development
of the art of letter-writing, the papers will be composed as
formal letters
to specified recipients with a specified object in mind.
Research is obligatory, with the Dictionary of the Middle
Ages and
the Cambridge Medieval History both serving as
excellent starting-points
(Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, Main Library).
On-line, there are many sites listed on the Medieval Studies page.
It is strongly recommended that you bring rough drafts to office hours
for
comments and suggestions. Please turn in these rough drafts when you make
your final submission. The papers will be submitted electronically, by 5:00PM
on the day they are due, directly to the Reader (bezimbalist@ucdavis.edu). If possible, please use Microsoft Word or a
Word-compatible format. If this is not possible, please paste in a plain-text version of the
paper into your email, included along with the attachment.
Works Cited: Any factual material must be
supported by a reference, even if it arises from lectures, office hours, or the
texts. If the Readers or the Lecturer provide
you with information or suggest concepts, please note this in the
text and in the works cited section. Papers without notes and bibliographies
will be returned, with some penalty. Late submissions are accepted,
though again with a penalty attached. Please refer to the sample paper and
the bibliography instructions on the
web for the correct bibliographic format:
Bibliographic Instructions
Format: Each student will have the responsibility for writing three of
these
three-page letters (a thousand words, Times or Times Roman,
twelve-point
double-spaced, one-inch margins). The three topics and their due dates will be
Basically, these accounts are meant
to describe the writers' thoughts and emotions, from
what would have been considered their point of view at that time.
Broadly speaking, women and men
in the High Middle Ages sought to prove a point through appeals to
authority (Aristotle and the Bible), through definition, and
though
the application of syllogistic logic.
Concordances to the Bible are available
through the Web, on the Medieval Studies Home Page.
In the first two papers
especially, students are advised to use scriptural
quotes abundantly, and to expand on their relevance to the matter
at hand.
A sample paper may be found at:
- Page 1
- Page 2
- Page 3
- Page 4
- Page 5
Participation
The degree of participation depends, most importantly, on completing
the reading assignments, which are extensive (often thirty pages per
class) and more than occasionally difficult.
Students are encouraged to ask questions,
or, if they choose, to make appointments during office hours.
Participation is not a matter of dominating class or section discussion,
but rather in being able either to contribute an insight, or
to articulate the nature of the confusion. I do take roll,
because your presence is important to your learning; that
presence in and of itself does not constitute participation,
however. Missed discussions, for whatever reason, should be made up
by attending the other discussion group (for the
rooms, see the beginning of this syllabus).
If this is impossible, discussions can be made up by reading the material and
meeting the Lecturer in or out of office hours, by appointment.
Grading
We will determine grades on the following basis:
- Position Papers 45%
- Participation in Class 10%
- Participation in Discussion 30%
- Final Exam 15%
Final Exam
The final will consist of the analysis of a work from the
High Middle Ages.
An example can be found at:
- Final
