Fordham University

Honors Medieval History 1053

Spring 2007

Title	HPRU1053-001, Medieval History
Instructor	Richard Gyug Dealy Hall 628, tel. 718-817-3933 hours: Mon 9:00-11:00, Thurs 10:00-12:00, or by appointment
Format	Two lecture/discussion classes each week (Mon/Thurs 2:30-3:45)
Description	The emergence and development of Europe from the decline of the Roman Empire to the early Renaissance. A topical study of political, social, economic, religious and cultural issues, ideas and institutions. Discussions will be based on primary sources illustrating such topics as the migrations and cultural changes of Late Antiquity, medieval families and households, town and country, papal claims and religious reform, European expansion and the Crusades, the crisis of the fourteenth century and royal courts. Issues and debates in the secondary literature will be introduced in the discussions and assignments.
Method of Evaluation	Six short (2 pp.) written assignments………………………………42% One short quiz………………………………………………………10% Participation…………………………………………………………23% Final exam……………………………………………………………25%
Attendance	More than three unexcused absences will result in the loss of two percent of the final grade for each additional class missed.
Required Texts	C. Warren Hollister and J. Bennett, Medieval Europe: A Short History, 2005; ISBN 0072955155

Honors (hpru) 1053, Section 001

Medieval History

Spring 2007

Schedule of Assignments, Exams and Important Dates

First Short Assignment due Monday, 22 January, ca. 400-500 words (1-2 typed pages) (7%)

Report on assigned reading. The assignment is to choose a topic from the source, and present a hypothesis or study question the source can be used to prove or answer. The remaining assignments have the same format.

Second Short Assignment due Monday, 5 February, ca. 400-500 words (1-2 typed pages) (7%)

Make-up Class, Wednesay, 7 February

No Class, Monday, 19 February

Make-up Class, Tuesday, 20 February

Third Short Assignment due Monday, 26 February, ca. 400-500 words (1-2 typed pages) (7%)

Midterm Quiz, Thursday, 8 March (10%)

Seven identifications based on Bennett and Hollister, pp. 5-147, and two short essays based on primary sources presented or discussed in class.

No Classes (Spring Break), 12-16 March

Fourth Short Assignment due Monday, 26 March, ca. 400-500 words (1-2 typed pages) (7%)

No Classes (Easter Recess), 5-9 April

Fifth Short Assignment due Monday, 12 April, ca. 400-500 words (1-2 typed pages) (7%)

Sixth Short Assignment due Monday, 23 April, ca. 400-500 words (1-2 typed pages) (7%)

Final Examination, Monday, 14 May (25%)

Seven identifications based on Bennett and Hollister, pp. 187-383, two short essays based on primary sources presented or discussed in class, and two longer essays.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Thurs 18 Jan    Introduction: historical periodization, continuity or change?

Mon 22 Jan      Holy Men and Monks: Athanasius, “Life of Anthony,” 50 pp.--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/vita-antony.html

First short paper due (2 pp.)

Thurs 25 Jan    The Christian Empire: Eusebius, “Life of Constantine,” Books 1 and 4, 52 pp.--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/vita-constantine.html

Mon 29 Jan      Pagans and Christians

(1) P. Brown, The World of Late Antiquity (1971), chap. 7: “The Conversion of Christianity,” pp. 82-95 [ERes]

(2) R. MacMullen, Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries (1997), pp. 1-31 [ERes]

Thurs 1 Feb     Continuists or Catastrophists?

(1) Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1788), c. 38: “General Observations on the fall of the Empire”--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/gibbon-fall.html

(2) W. Goffart, “Rome, Constantinople, and the Barbarians,” American Historical Review 86 (1981): 275-306 [EJournal]

(3) B. Ward Perkins, The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization (2005), c. 1: “Did Rome ever fall?” pp. 1-10 [ERes]

Mon 5 Feb        Time and Space in Late Antiquity

(1) Chronography of 354--- http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/index.htm#Chronography_of_354

(2) Cosmas Indicopleustes, “Christian Topography”---http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/awiesner/cosmas.html

Second short paper due (2 pp.)

WED 7 Feb       Byzantium: Procopius, “Secret History,” 72 pp.---http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/procop-anec.html

Thurs 8 Feb      Barbarian Kings and Kingdoms: Isidore of Seville, “History of the Kings of the Goths” (Wolf, Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain, 37 pp. [DP96 .C66 1999—ERes])

Mon 12 Feb      Rise of Islam

(1) Qur’an (handout)

(2) Pact of Umar, 7^th century--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pact-umar.html

Thurs 15 Feb    Monasticism and Religious Women

(1) Bede, “Lives of the Abbots,” 11 pp. --- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-jarrow.html

(2) Venantius Fortunatus and Baudonivia, “Lives of Radegund,” 35 pp. (J.A. McNamara and J.E. Halborg, Sainted women of the Dark Ages, 70-105 [EBook])

TUES 20 Feb    The Carolingians

(1) Einhard, Life of Charlemagne, 21 pp.--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/einhard.html

(2) Capitulary of the Missi (802)--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/carol-missi1.html

(3) Capitulary for Saxony (775-790)--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/carol-saxony.html

Thurs 22 Feb    Imperial Society

(1) “Life of Burchard of Worms,” 22 pp.---http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1025burchard-vita.html

(2) Burchard, Lex Familie Wormatiensis (ca. 1024/1025)---http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/lexworms.html

Mon 26 Feb      Feudal Society

(1) Chronicle of the counts of Anjou, 17 pp.--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/anjou.html

(2) Foundation Charter of Cluny (910)--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/chart-cluny.html

Third short paper due (2 pp.)

Mon 1 Mar        Economic Growth: agriculture, commerce

(1) Polyptyque de Villeneuve-St. Georges (c. 800)--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/800irminon.html

(2) Wharram Percy--- http://loki.stockton.edu/~ken/wharram/wharram.htm

(3) selected village plans

Thurs 5 Mar      New Towns

(1) Reginald of Durham: Life of St. Goderic [12th Cent]--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/goderic.html

(3) Guibert de Nogent, “The Revolt in Laon,” 1115---http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/guibert-laon.html

Thurs 8 Mar      Midterm quiz (Hollister and Bennett, pp. 1-185)

12-16 Mar         Spring Break

Mon 19 Mar      New Monarchs: Suger, abbot of Saint-Denis, “Life of Louis the Fat,” 65 pp.---http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/suger-louisthefat.html

Thurs 22 Mar    The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela, 40 pp.---http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14981

Mon 26 Mar      Twelfth-century Renaissance: Peter Abelard, “The Story of My Misfortunes,” 33 pp.---http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/abelard-histcal.html

Fourth short paper due (2 pp.)

Thurs 29 Mar    Crusades

(1) Ekkehard of Aurach, On the Opening of the First Crusade--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/ekkehard-aur1.html

(2) Selections from Fulcher of Chartres---http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/fulcher-cde.html

(3) Selections from Raymond d’Aguiliers, chaps. 4 (“The Siege of Antioch”) to 9 (“The Defeat of Kerbogha”)--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/raymond-cde.html

Interdisciplinary seminar, 5:00-7:00 (questions attached below)

Mon 2 April      Late Medieval Religion and Society

                        (1) 4^th Lateran Council, selected canons---http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/lat4-select.html

                        (2) handout from the three Lives of St. Francis (attached below): how do the three descriptions of the same event differ, and what might account for the differences?

5-9 April           Easter recess

Thurs 12 April  The Inquisition: Jacques Fournier’s Inquisition records---http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/Fournier/jfournhm.htm

Fifth short paper due (2 pp.)

Mon 16 April    Margery Kempe

(1) birth of her first child http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/kempe1.htm

(2) Kempe starts a business http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/kempe2.htm

(3) settlement with her husband http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/kempe3.htm

(4) pilgrimage to Jerusalem http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/kempe4.htm

Thurs 19 April  Thirteenth-century Monarchs: the Deeds of James I, chaps. chaps. 1-16 (early years)--- http://libro.uca.edu

Mon 23 April    Society in Crisis

(1) Robert Brenner, “Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe,” Past and Present 70 (February 1976): 30-74 [EJournal].

(2) Michael Postan and John Hatcher, “Population and Class Relations in Medieval Society,” Past and Present 78 (February 1978): 24-37 [EJournal]

Sixth short paper due (2 pp.)

Thurs 26 April  Communes and conflict: Dino Compagni, Chronicle of Florence, prologue, book 1, chaps. 1-5; book 2, chaps. 1-2, 8; book 3, chaps. 1, 40-42 [ERes]

Mon 30 April    Towns and trade: The Diary of Gregorio Dati, in Gene Brucker and Julia Martines, Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence (1967), pp. 107-141 [ERes]

Thurs 3 May     Late Medieval Monarchs and Nobles: Froissart, Chronicles, 77 pp.--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/froissart-full.html

Mon 14 May     Final Exam