V Cultural Life
Reading: Barber, chapters 16-19
Oral: individual visual presentations, 10 minutes each.
Written: reflections on medieval culture, in response to presentations
Daily Assignments:
- 04/17 Western Christendom and the Wider World (instructor model)
- Paper 4 due
- Barber ch. 19
- 04/19 Medieval Worldview
- 04/24 Intellectual Life
- 04/26 Art and Architecture
- 05/01 Literature and Music
Paper 5: 5-6 page paper reflecting on the cultural aspects of medieval society from the presentations correlated with what we have learned throughout the semester about medieval Europe. Due 05/10 by noon.
Additional Resources
- Andreas Capellanus, The Art of Courtly Love
- The Archpoet, The Confession of Golias (1160)
- Robert de Courçon: Statutes for the University of Paris, 1215
- Jacques de Vitry: Life of the Students at Paris, 13th century
- Gregory IX: Statutes of the University of Paris, 1231
- University of Paris: Courses in Theology [1271] and Medicine [1270-74]
- University of Paris: Condemnation of Errors, 1241.
- Anselm: Proof of the Existence of God [1033-1109]
- Theophilus: An Essay Upon Diverse Arts, c. 1125
- Aquinas, on Theology and the Existence of God
- Aquinas, on the Nature of Law
- Aquinas, On Being and Essence (De Ente et Essentia)
- Aquinas, On the Eternity of the World
- Adelard of Bath: Natural Questions, c. 1137
- Roger Bacon: Despair About Thirteenth Century Scholarship, from Compendium Studii Philosophiae, (1271)
- Guibert of Nogent: Autobiography, (1053-1124), full text, trans. C.C. Swinton Bland (long)
- Margery Kempe, 1st child and 1st vision; pride and starting a business
- Chaucer, Canterbury Tales Prologue
- Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale
- The Strange Story of Thomas of Elderfield 13th Century
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Questions? Email Dr. Jolly at kjolly@hawaii.edu 12/22/06