| Course | Instructor |
|---|---|
| Summer Session Abroad, 2007 | |
| MEDIEVAL STUDIES 130A: SPECIAL THEMES IN MEDIEVAL CULTURES | Kevin Roddy |
| An Upper-Division Civilization and Culture Course (Writing) | Lecturer |
| VIKING LIFE | Elwood Overholt, Liaison |
| AND TIMES | Sigtuna folkhögskola |
| Box 92 | |
| 193 22 Sigtuna | |
| MEDIEVAL STUDIES 198: DIRECTED GROUP STUDY | SWEDEN |
| Class listserve: sweden07@ucdavis.edu | Kevin Roddy's phone in Sweden: 011-46-0730661341 |
| Class Web Page: http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/SWEDEN/ | Kevin Roddy's email (kproddy@ucdavis.edu) |
| Summer Sessions Site: http://summer-abroad.ucdavis.edu/programs/2007/Sweden_Sigtuna.cfm | |
| Program Specific Guide |
Texts
Kirsten Wolf Daily Life of the Vikings, (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2004). ISBN: 0313322694.
Useful Introductory Sites:
Spring in Sweden Pictures
of Anemones and the Valborg Bonfire on the lake
Sunday, June 24: At Liberty, Welcome Barbecue 5:00 in Evening at the
Folkhöskola
Sigtuna folkhögskola
Monday, June 25: Introduction
Morning Lecture: Behavior in Sweden, Plan for the Course; Afternoon: At Liberty
Tuesday, June 25: History of the Vikings, I
Morning Lecture: Prehistory
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings,
pp. 1-6.
Afternoon: Medieval Sigtuna
13:30: Guided Tour
Sigtuna
Sigtuna
[Visitor's Guide]
The Medieval Churches
of Sigtuna (In the Snow!)
Wednesday, June 27: Domestic Life
Morning Lecture: Early Medieval Sweden's Society
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings,
pp. 7-17.
Afternoon: Medieval Stockholm
12:34 Bus 575 Leaves school
13:30 Tour of Old Stockholm
Stockholm: The Medieval Museum,
and Storkyrkan Church in Gamla Stan, Stockholm:
Storkyrkan
Dinner in Stockholm
Thursday, June 28: Economic Life, I
Morning Lecture: Material Life
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings,
pp. 69-101.
Afternoon Trip: Stockholm: Riddarholmskyrkan and Historical Museum
12:34 Bus 575 leaves school
13:30 Tour of Riddarholmskyrkan
15:30 Tour of Historical Museum
Treasures of the Historical Museum
Friday, June 29: Intellectual Life
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings,
pp. 41-68.
Monday, July 2: Economic Life, II
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings, pp. 19-40.
Tuesday, July 3: To Gotland
Field Trip I: Travel to Gotland
09:34 Bus 575 leaves school
12:50 Boat departs
16:05 Boal arrives
Wednesday, July 4: Gotland and its Monuments
Visby, Gotland
Gotland, Viking
Island
Gotland
The Ninety-Two
Medieval Churches of Gotland
10:00 Tour of Visby Museum
Afternoon: Free
Thursday, July 5: Visby, Gotland
10:00 The Walls and Churchs of Visby
Afternoon: Free
Friday, July 6: Gotland and its Monuments
All Day: Free
Saturday, July 7: Gotland
Free to visit the environs of Gotland
Sunday, July 8: Return from Gotland
13:55 Boat departs
16:45 Boal arrives
17:01 Train leaves; arrives 19:22
Monday, July 9: Political Life
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings, pp. 103-140.
Tuesday, July 10: Visit to Upsalla
9:00 Bus leaves
Wednesday, July 11: Visit to Old Upsalla
9:00 Bus leaves
Thursday, July 12: Recreational Life
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings, pp. 141-146.
Voluntary Afternoon Trip: Crafts in Sweden
12:34 Bus 575 leaves school
14:30 Tour of Skansen starts
Friday, July 13: Special projects
Monday, July 16: Religious Life
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings,
pp. 147-168.
ReadingThe
Life of Saint Ansgar By Bishop Rimbert
Excerpts
from the Revelations
of Birgitta of Sweden
The Middle English
Life of Birgitta of Sweden
Tuesday, July 17: Birka
Day Trip: Excursion to Birka: Guided Tour, Lunch on the Island
08:45 Bus leaves for Dock
10:30 Boat leaves for Birka
14:30 Boat returns
Birka: UNESCO World Heritage
Birka: The Viking Town [Swedish National Heritage Board]
Birka and Hovgården [Swedish National Heritage Board]
Viking Heritage Site [University of Gotland]
Birka: Trade Center
and Gateway for Viking Age Sweden
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings,
Wednesday, July 18: Conferences on Projects
Thursday, July 19: Work on Projects
Friday, July 20: Conclusion
Reading: Daily Life of the Vikings,
pp. ix-xix.
Paper:
Each student is to select an important artifact, a work of art or an archeological site from the Early Middle Ages (ca 500-1200). The object or monument will need to be studied entirely from a cultural point of view--that is, what were the purposes of this object; who was its primary recipient; who undertook the cost; who were the artificers; what are its materials and from where were they obtained; what was its style and from where was that obtained; what evidence is there for its use; where is it or was it found; what is its approximate date; how was it constructed?
The time-table of a four-week session requires you to choose a topic within the first week. If, after study, you decide to treat, for example, a coin minted at Birka, a site we will not be visiting until the fourth week, please spend some time doing as much research as possibile on money, Birka, and the reasons for the Vikings minting there, all before you actually visit the site. This is good advice for any artifact or monument, even ones in Sigtuna and Stockholm.
What will not be relevant is its present location, value today, subsequent history, or recent owners.
The paper is to be 10 pages in length; to facilitate the process of writing and revision, it will be completed in three installments: three pages for the first, seven pages for the second, with a full ten to be handed in at the end of the session.