Medieval Studies 20B: The High Middle Ages

Course	Instructor
Winter Quarter, 2007
MEDIEVAL STUDIES 20B: THE High MIDDLE AGES	Kevin Roddy
A Lower-Division Civilization and Culture Course (Writing)	Lecturer
Discussion Sections: 53437 W 2:10-3:00P Young   192 53435 W 3:10-4:00P PhysicsGeology   140 53436 F 10:00-10:50A Olson   163	Readers:
1130 Hart	350 Voorhies (752-4541)
1:10-2:00 MWF	Office Hours: M 3:00-5:00; F 11:00-12:00; 2:00-3:00
Class Web Page (http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/20B/)	Instructor email (kproddy@ucdavis.edu)
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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 (Mentor)
The Principles of Letter-Writing
Medieval Studies Home Page: http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/

Schedule

January 3             Introduction: An Anthropology of the High Middle Ages

January 5             Historical Background

History

The Year 1000

The Year 1100

The Year 1200

The Year 1300

Reading-- Principles of Letter-Writing, pp. 1-17

Corrected Final Copy of Previous Assignment 3 (Pages 1-5):

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

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 10             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 Records

Domesday Relations

January 12             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)

Reading--Dante, Cantos I-IV, pp. 31-64

January 17             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

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.

Reading--Dante, Cantos V-VIII, pp. 65-101

Arculf's Voyage to the Holy Land

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

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.

Romanesque Portals

Vezelay

Souillac

Autun
             Investiture Letter due

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

Gothic architectural sculptures (1200-1230)

French architectural sculptures (1200-1230)

Italian Romanesque architectural sculptures (1200-1230)

Spanish architectural sculptures (1251-1300)

Bodleian Manuscripts (Choose three from the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries)

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.

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

University Records

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 14             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.

February 16             Manuscripts
Abelard Letter due
Discussion:
Reading--Dante, Cantos XXI-XXIV, pp. 215-252

February 21             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.

    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;
    6.22 Fabliaux: Browny, the Priest's Cow and The Priest Who Peeked (13th c.),p. 391;

Andreas Capellanus

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

Arthurian Literature

Cretien de Troyes, Lancelot

Discussion: No discussion this week

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 7             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 9             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

Sample Final

Position Papers

The major written work in the course will center on short position papers, which rely on medieval methods of persuasion to argue for one side and against another. A sample position paper has been duplicated 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 attach these rough drafts to your final submission.

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

Each student will have the responsibility for writing three of these three-page letters (approximately a thousand words, Times or Times Roman, double-spaced, one-inch margins). The three topics and their due dates will be

• January 29             Bishop Hermann of Metz Writes to the Pope Gregory VII,
•              Describing his Actions at Worms and Requesting Guidance (Shortly after January, 1076)
•               Renunciation of Gregory VII by the German Bishops (Worms, January, 1076)
•               Medieval Sourcebook: Selected Documents
•               The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents Relating to the War of the Investitures

• February 16             Heloise Writes to Peter Abelard Describing
•              Her Success as Abbess of the Paraclete (after 1132)
•              Peter Abelard
•              Peter Abelard Links
•              Four Letters between Peter Abelard and Heloise
•              Abelard's History

• March 14             Marie de France Determines, for Eleanor of Aquitaine, the
•              Validity of the Dictum, ``Real jealousy always increases the feeling of love.'' (c.1170)
•               Marie de France
•               Andreas Capellanus, De Amore (with the "Rules of Love" at the end)
•               Ovid's Poetry [Poetry in Translation]
•               Ovid's Poetry [Tufts--it may be slow]

A sample paper may be found at:

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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