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AMES 3832 - The Politics of Arabic Poetry (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course engages with Arabic poetry in its socio-political context. How have Arab poets from the pre-Islamic era till the present time used their verse as a tool to affirm the structure of their society, or to struggle with it? What roles did Arabic poetry play at the Abbasid imperial courts? How does Arabic poetry participate in the constitution and promulgation or subversion of political ideologies? And what presence has it had in Arab peoples' struggles for independence or reform, historically and today as part of the Arab Spring?

ANTH 5442 - Archaeology of the British Isles

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Have you ever wondered how archaeologists interpret the vast amount of archaeological evidence from the British Isles, one of the most studied and best documented parts of the world? And how do archaeologists and governmental agencies protect the heritage of Britain, from major monuments such as Stonehenge, Roman forts, and Shakespeare?s theaters, to the minor products of craft industries such as personal ornaments and coins? This course teaches you about the archaeology of the British Isles, in all of its aspects. You learn how archaeologists study the changing societies of Britain and Ireland, from the first settlers about a million years ago to modern times. You learn about the strategies that public institutions employ to preserve and protect archaeological sites, and about the place of archaeology in tourism in the British Isles and in the formation of identities among the diverse peoples of modern Britain.

ENGL 3026 - Mediterranean Wanderings: Literature and History on the Borders of Three Continents (GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Situated between three continents and at the intersection of numerous ethnic and national cultures, the Mediterranean is like no other place on earth. A place of diverse languages, religions, economies, governments, and ways of daily life, it serves as a microcosm for the world itself imagined as an integrated global system. This course explores the history of the Mediterranean with particular emphasis on the literatures it has produced over the last three millennia. As the protagonists of these epic poems, religious texts, and novels travel from one shore to another, they experience the Mediterranean as a place of violence, cultural accommodation, hope, ethnic and linguistic bewilderment, and endless moral challenge. This course will place as much emphasis on the region's history as its cultural productions. With that in mind, reading may include David Abulafia's The Great Sea in addition to The Odyssey, The Aeneid, the biblical books of Joshua and Acts, Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata (an epic set during the first crusade), Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Antony and Cleopatra, Flaubert's Salammbo, Akli Tadjer's Les ANI du Tassali, A.b. Yehoshua's Mr. Mani, and Pamuk's The White Castle.

ENGL 5110 - Medieval Literatures and Cultures: Intro to Medieval Studies

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 3110/EngL 5110
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Major and representative works of the Middle Ages. Topics specified in the Class Schedule.

GER 3601 - German Medieval Literature (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

Literary investigation of the greatest works of medieval German poetry. Readings in English. Majors will be required to write a paper with use of secondary sources in English and German. prereq: No knowledge of German required

GER 3641 - German Folklore (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

Literary and cultural investigation of the main folklore genres: charms, legends, folktales, and ballads; their composition, origin, and role in society with a strong emphasis on their international character. Readings in English. Majors required to write a paper with use of secondary sources in English and German. prereq: No knowledge of German required; cr for major or minor by arrangement with instructor

GER 3702 - Beginning Middle High German

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Middle High German grammar. Selected literary texts. prereq: 1004

GER 5711 - History of the German Language I

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Historical development of German, from beginnings to 1450. prereq: 3011

GER 5721 - Introduction to Middle High German

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Introduction to Middle High German language and literature. Study of grammar through formal description of Middle High German phonology, morphology, and syntax. Normalized MHG texts read.

GER 5734 - Old Saxon

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Study of the poetry of Old Saxon. Detailed investigation of Old Saxon in comparison with the other Old Germanic languages.

GSD 3511W - Vikings, Knights, and Reformers: German and European Culture and Controversies to 1700 (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Survey of representative cultural-historical events in Europe (German-speaking countries, Scandinavian, the Netherlands) from early Germanic times to 1700.

HIST 3609 - Military History of Premodern Europe

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

How changes in European warfare shaped society from the late Roman Empire to the Military Revolution and rise of the nation-state, 300-1800 CE. Topics include styles of warfare and perceptions of war; the relationship between war and society; the roles of religious belief and technology in the practice of war. What produces a military revolution?

HIST 3621 - Creating the Modern World in Medieval Europe: The Renaissance, 1200-1600

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Political/cultural history of city-states of northern/central Italy, 1200-1550. Emphasizes Florence/Venice. Readings include Dante, Machiavelli. prereq: Intro course in European history before 1500 recommended

HIST 3704W - Daily Life in Europe: 1300-1800 (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

Living conditions and daily life in Europe before the Industrial Revolution. Topics include marriage and family, life at court, nobles, peasants, disease, farming, livestock-raising, urban life, the middle classes, manufacturing, trade, piracy, witchcraft, war, crime, and social deviance.

HIST 3746 - Game of Thrones: Emperors, Knights and Witches in Central Europe (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

This course traces the rise and fortunes of the Habsburg family from their emergence in the late 13th century to the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. We use the family to explore key themes of the period including the Black Death, Hussite wars and peasant revolts, the new print culture, developments of the Reformation, European expansion and Enlightenment culture. prereq: None

HIST 5900 - Topics in European/Medieval History

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Selected topics in European or medieval history not covered in regular courses; taught as staffing permits. prereq: Grad or [advanced undergrad with instr consent]

HMED 3001W - Health, Disease, and Healing I (HIS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	HMED 3001W/HMED 3001V
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to intellectual/social history of European/American medicine, health care from classical antiquity through 18th century.

HMED 3065 - Body, Soul, and Spirit in Medieval and Renaissance European Medicine

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Body/soul in medieval theology/cosmology. Religious conceptions of body/soul. Medical conceptions in medieval world. Medieval/renaissance psychology. Medical astrology and its consequences. Medical normal/abnormal body. Medicine of reproduction and sexual identity. Death, burial, dissection, and resurrection in medical/religious perspective. Macrocosmic/microcosmic body. Limits to human power/authority over body. Anatomical/chemical body/spirit.

HSCI 3814 - Revolutions in Science: The Babylonians to Newton (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	HSci 1814/HSci 3814
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Development and changing nature of sciences in their cultural context. Babylonian/Greek science. Decline/transmission of Greek science. Scientific Revolution (1500-1700) from Copernicus to Newton.

LAT 5200 - Advanced Readings in Latin Prose

Credits:	3.0 [max 18.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

The primary material for this course will be a selection of readings from three or more different Latin prose authors connected by genre (e.g. historical writing, philosophy, religious texts), theme (e.g. Epicureanism and Stoicism, Christian apologetics, grammarians), period (e.g. Republican, Late Imperial), or the like. Primary readings and critical approach will vary from year to year, making the course repeatable. Some modern secondary reading will be assigned to provide a basis for discussion and a model for student written work. prereq: [LAT 3004 or equiv], at least two yrs of college level Latin. Contact the Classical & Near Eastern Religions & Cultures department (CNRC) with any questions.

MEST 3993 - Directed Studies in Medieval Studies

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Directed study with one of core faculty members of Medieval Studies program. prereq: Previous work in a medieval studies discipline, instr consent

MEST 5993 - Directed Studies in Medieval Studies

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 6.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Directed study with one of the core faculty of medieval studies program. prereq: One yr work in some area of Middle Ages, reading knowledge of appropriate language, instr consent

MUS 3601W - History of Western Music I (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This is the first course in the undergraduate music history sequence. We will study music composed over a very broad time span, ca. 800 to 1700, looking at the works' musical structures within the larger contexts of musical style, social/political significance, and broad aesthetic and philosophical movements. In addition, as a writing intensive course, students will hone their writing skills, focusing in particular on listening to and analyzing early music. Pre-reqs: MUS 1501 and MUS 1511

SCAN 3502 - Scandinavian Myths (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	MEST 3502/Scan 3502
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

Literary and cultural investigation of the popular beliefs, myths, and religion of the medieval Scandinavians; the interaction of paganism and Christianity; the reflection of myths in Old Scandinavian literature and art. All readings in English.

SCAN 3503 - Scandinavian Folklore (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

Literary and folkloristic investigation of Scandinavian folktales and legends. Readings in translation for nonmajors.

SCAN 5502 - The Icelandic Saga

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Study of the sagas written in 13th-century Iceland. Discussion includes cultural and historical information about medieval Iceland and analysis of a selection of saga texts using contemporary critical approaches. All readings in translation.

SCAN 5701 - Old Norse Language and Literature

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	MEST 5701/SCAN 5701
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Acquisition of a reading knowledge of Old Norse; linguistic, philological and literary study of Old Norse language and literature.

SPAN 3503 - Pre-modern Spanish Culture and Thought (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Notions of nation, empire, and race precipitated by presence of Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Iberia in 12th and 13th centuries. Toledo as center of translation, technology, innovation, design, and philosophical inquiry for all of Europe. How Iberian literary works differed from those produced in the rest of Western Europe. Readings from Saint Isidore, Ibn Hazm, Averroes (Ibn Rushd), and Maimonides. prereq: A grade of C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or SPAN 3105V or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3107W or SPAN 3107V or TLDO 3107W

SPAN 3703 - Origins and History of Spanish and Portuguese

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This course constitutes an introduction to the origins and history of the Spanish language. Spanish (or Castilian) descends from Latin, which is also the ancestor of Portuguese, Italian, French, Romanian, among others. This is why we say bueno in Spanish, bon in French, buono in Italian, bom in Portuguese, and buna in Romanian. Also, Latin belongs to a wider group of languages: the Indo-European family, which also includes Sanskrit, English, German, and Russian, among others. For this reason, the word for the number two in English is similar to dos in Spanish, dva� in Sanscript, dva in Russian and zwei in German. In the course, we will see how Latin words changed to become Spanish words. These changes did not happen in a void. Therefore, in the first part of the course we will study the historical circumstances that caused the birth and expansion of Spanish. When Romans invaded the Iberian Peninsula there were other groups already there who lent some of their words to Latin. Celts occupied the northwestern portion of Spain, which is known as Galicia. Interestingly, the traditional musical instrument of Galicia is the bagpipe, as in Ireland and Scotland, which also have Celtic ancestors. Some Celtic words passed to the variety of Latin spoken in the Iberian Peninsula, and later to Spanish. Thus, while France and Italy utilize the Germanic word bier to designate beer: French bi�re, Italian birra, in Spanish we say cerveza, which comes from the Celtic word cerevisia. With the fall of the Roman Empire, Germanic tribes invaded the Iberian Peninsula. This is how some Germanic terms passed to Latin and eventually became Spanish. Since English is a Germanic language, these Spanish terms are similar to the English ones: spy esp�a, vandalism vandalismo, goose, ganso, etc. At the end of the Germanic rule, Arab groups invaded Iberia. As a result, Spanish has more than four thousand Arabic words, as ojal� from inshallah ?god willing?. The Arabs brought with them advances in astronomy, mathematics, medicine, agriculture, poetry, etc. For this reason, during the Middle Age, Al-Andal�s, which was the name of the territory of the Iberian Peninsula occupied by the Arabs, flourished economically and culturally. It is during this period that Spanish developed. In the second part of the course, we will see how Latin words transformed into Spanish. These changes were not at random, on the contrary most of them changed in predictable ways. For example, the Latin letter p when placed between two vowels became b in Spanish: the word lupus ?wolf? became lobo in Spanish, scopa ?broom? became escoba. Studying this evolution will help you understand the reason behind some supposed irregularities in the Spanish Grammar: duermo vs. dormimos. Also, you will be able to recognize the relation between some English and Spanish words, since both languages are like lone cousins. prereq: A grade of C- or better in SPAN 3104W or SPAN 3104V or TLDO 3104W or ARGN 3104W or SPAN 3105W or SPAN 3105V or TLDO 3105W or SPAN 3107W or SPAN 3107V or TLDO 3107W.

SPAN 5160 - Medieval Iberian Literatures and Cultures

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

The major literary genres developed in Spain from the Reconquest to 1502, with reference to the crucial transformations of the Middle Ages, including primitive lyric, epic, clerical narrative, storytelling, debates, collections, chronicles, "exempla," and the Celestina (1499-1502).

SPAN 5701 - History of Ibero-Romance

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Origins and developments of Ibero-Romance languages; evolution of Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan. prereq: Grad student or instr consent

TH 3171 - Western Theatre & Performance Historiography: Part I

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

What does it mean to represent? By focusing on a critical examination of this and similar questions, this course will investigate how performance events from the Ancient Greece to the French Revolution are brought to our attention, how they are made worthy of notice, and how they are rationalized as significant for theatre and performance history. By studying the theories of the Western origins of theatre and drama, the censoring of creative activities in the Ancient Rome or in the Renaissance England, the appearance of female actors and playwrights in Restoration, and the fashioning of a new economic type the eighteenth century, this course will ask: what are the consequences today of using or promoting these and not other representational practices?

AFRO 3431 - Early Africa and Its Global Connections (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3431/Hist 3431
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Survey of African history from earliest times to 1800. Focuses on socioeconomic, political, and cultural development in pre-colonial Africa from ancient Egypt through the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

HIST 3431 - Early Africa and Its Global Connections (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3431/Hist 3431
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Survey of African history from earliest times to 1800. Focuses on socioeconomic, political, and cultural development in pre-colonial Africa from ancient Egypt through the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

AMES 3373 - Religion and Society in Imperial China (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ALL 3373/Hist 3466/RelS 3373
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Varieties of religious experience in imperial China. Religion as lived practices. Textual traditions. Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, relations among them. Western missionary enterprise in China.

HIST 3466 - Religion and Society in Imperial China (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ALL 3373/Hist 3466/RelS 3373
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Varieties of religious experience in imperial China. Religion as lived practices. Textual traditions. Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, relations among them. Western missionary enterprise in China.

RELS 3373 - Religion and Society in Imperial China (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ALL 3373/Hist 3466/RelS 3373
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Varieties of religious experience in imperial China. Religion as lived practices. Textual traditions. Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, relations among them. Western missionary enterprise in China.

AMES 3872 - The Cultures of the Silk Road

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ALL 3872/Hist 3504/RelS 3708
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Past/present state of cultures that flourished in Central Asia (present-day CA republics, Iran, Afghanistan) after Alexander the Great. Decline with opening of sea routes.

HIST 3504 - The Cultures of the Silk Road

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ALL 3872/Hist 3504/RelS 3708
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Past/present state of the cultures that flourished in Central Asia (present-day CA republics, Iran, Afghanistan) after Alexander the Great and declined with opening of sea routes.

RELS 3708 - The Cultures of the Silk Road

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ALL 3872/Hist 3504/RelS 3708
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Past/present state of cultures that flourished in Central Asia (present-day CA republics, Iran, Afghanistan) after Alexander the Great. Decline with opening of sea routes.

ANTH 3027W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe (HIS, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Anth 3027W/Anth 5027W/Hist 306
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How archaeologists analyze/interpret artifacts to develop knowledge about formation of European society, from earliest evidence of human occupation to Roman period.

ANTH 5027W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe (HIS, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Anth 3027W/Anth 5027W/Hist 306
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How archaeologists/historians analyze/interpret artifacts to develop knowledge about formation of European society, from earliest evidence of human occupation to Roman Period. Interpreting archaeological evidence from specific sites to understand broad trends in human past.

HIST 3067W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe (HIS, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Anth 3027W/Anth 5027W/Hist 306
Typically offered:	Every Fall

How archaeologists analyze/interpret artifacts to develop knowledge about formation of European society, from earliest evidence of human occupation to Roman period.

ARCH 3411W - Architectural History to 1750 (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 3411W/Arch 3411V
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course will begin to situate us, and our work, in the context of the much larger, much longer human story. Architecture, both in practice and in its historical study, is fundamentally about people. In studying the human past through the built environment, from prehistory to 1750, we will see how architecture, both the ordinary and the extraordinary, is the product of its cultural, political, and social context. People make buildings and spaces, and buildings and spaces shape the ideas and behaviors of people. By studying architectural history we will learn about trends of style and form, but our primary emphasis is to learn about the relationships, practices, narratives, and beliefs that have constituted human culture around the world and across time. prereq: first year writing requirement; Soph or above

ARCH 3411V - Architectural History to 1750 (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 3411W/Arch 3411V
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course will begin to situate us, and our work, in the context of the much larger, much longer human story. Architecture, both in practice and in its historical study, is fundamentally about people. In studying the human past through the built environment, from prehistory to 1750, we will see how architecture, both the ordinary and the extraordinary, is the product of its cultural, political, and social context. People make buildings and spaces, and buildings and spaces shape the ideas and behaviors of people. By studying architectural history we will learn about trends of style and form, but our primary emphasis is to learn about the relationships, practices, narratives, and beliefs that have constituted human culture around the world and across time. prereq: first year writing requirement; Soph or above

ARCH 5423 - Gothic Architecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Arch 4423/Arch 5423
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

History of architecture and urban design in Western Europe, from 1150 to 1400. prereq: MS Arch or M Arch major or instr consent

ARTH 3777 - The Diversity of Traditions: Indian Empires after 1200

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3777/ArtH5777/RelS 5777
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This class considers the development of Indian and Pakistani art and architecture from the introduction of Islam as a major political power at the end of the 12th century to the colonial empires of the 18th century. We will study how South Asia?s diverse ethnic and religious communities interacted, observing how visual and material cultures reflect differences, adaptations, and shared aesthetic practices within this diversity of traditions. Students in this class will have mastered a body of knowledge about Indian art and probed multiple modes of inquiry. We will explore how Muslim rulers brought new traditions yet maintained many older ones making, for example, the first mosque in India that combines Muslim and Indic visual idioms. We will study the developments leading to magnificent structures, such as the Taj Mahal, asking why such a structure could be built when Islam discourages monumental mausolea. In what ways the schools of painting that are the products of both Muslim and Hindu rulers different and similar? The course will also consider artistic production in the important Hindu kingdoms that ruled India concurrently with the great Muslim powers. In the 18th century, colonialist forces enter the subcontinent, resulting in significant innovative artistic trends. Among questions we will ask is how did these kingdoms influence one another? Throughout we will probe which forms and ideas seem to be inherently Indian, asking which ones transcend dynastic, geographic and religious differences and which forms and ideas are consistent throughout these periods of political and ideological change. To do all this we must constantly consider how South Asia's diverse ethnic and religious communities interact. There are no prerequisites for this course.

ARTH 5777 - The Diversity of Traditions: Indian Empires after 1200

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3777/ArtH5777/RelS 5777
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This class considers the development of Indian and Pakistani art and architecture from the introduction of Islam as a major political power at the end of the 12th century to the colonial empires of the 18th century. We will study how South Asia?s diverse ethnic and religious communities interacted, observing how visual and material cultures reflect differences, adaptations, and shared aesthetic practices within this diversity of traditions. Students in this class will have mastered a body of knowledge about Indian art and probed multiple modes of inquiry. We will explore how Muslim rulers brought new traditions yet maintained many older ones making, for example, the first mosque in India that combines Muslim and Indic visual idioms. We will study the developments leading to magnificent structures, such as the Taj Mahal, asking why such a structure could be built when Islam discourages monumental mausolea. In what ways the schools of painting that are the products of both Muslim and Hindu rulers different and similar? The course will also consider artistic production in the important Hindu kingdoms that ruled India concurrently with the great Muslim powers. In the 18th century, colonialist forces enter the subcontinent, resulting in significant innovative artistic trends. Among questions we will ask is how did these kingdoms influence one another? Throughout we will probe which forms and ideas seem to be inherently Indian, asking which ones transcend dynastic, geographic and religious differences and which forms and ideas are consistent throughout these periods of political and ideological change. To do all this we must constantly consider how South Asia?s diverse ethnic and religious communities interact.

RELS 3777 - The Diversity of Traditions: Indian Empires after 1200

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3777/ArtH5777/RelS 5777
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This class considers the development of Indian and Pakistani art and architecture from the introduction of Islam as a major political power at the end of the 12th century to the colonial empires of the 18th century. We will study how South Asia's diverse ethnic and religious communities interacted, observing how visual and material cultures reflect differences, adaptations, and shared aesthetic practices within this diversity of traditions. Students in this class will have mastered a body of knowledge about Indian art and probed multiple modes of inquiry. We will explore how Muslim rulers brought new traditions yet maintained many older ones making, for example, the first mosque in India that combines Muslim and Indic visual idioms. We will study the developments leading to magnificent structures, such as the Taj Mahal, asking why such a structure could be built when Islam discourages monumental mausolea. In what ways the schools of painting that are the products of both Muslim and Hindu rulers different and similar? The course will also consider artistic production in the important Hindu kingdoms that ruled India concurrently with the great Muslim powers. In the 18th century, colonialist forces enter the subcontinent, resulting in significant innovative artistic trends. Among questions we will ask is how did these kingdoms influence one another? Throughout we will probe which forms and ideas seem to be inherently Indian, asking which ones transcend dynastic, geographic and religious differences and which forms and ideas are consistent throughout these periods of political and ideological change. To do all this we must constantly consider how South Asia's diverse ethnic and religious communities interact. There are no prerequisites for this course.

RELS 5777 - The Diversity of Traditions: Indian Empires after 1200

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3777/ArtH5777/RelS 5777
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This class considers the development of Indian and Pakistani art and architecture from the introduction of Islam as a major political power at the end of the 12th century to the colonial empires of the 18th century. We will study how South Asia?s diverse ethnic and religious communities interacted, observing how visual and material cultures reflect differences, adaptations, and shared aesthetic practices within this diversity of traditions. Students in this class will have mastered a body of knowledge about Indian art and probed multiple modes of inquiry. We will explore how Muslim rulers brought new traditions yet maintained many older ones making, for example, the first mosque in India that combines Muslim and Indic visual idioms. We will study the developments leading to magnificent structures, such as the Taj Mahal, asking why such a structure could be built when Islam discourages monumental mausolea. In what ways the schools of painting that are the products of both Muslim and Hindu rulers different and similar? The course will also consider artistic production in the important Hindu kingdoms that ruled India concurrently with the great Muslim powers. In the 18th century, colonialist forces enter the subcontinent, resulting in significant innovative artistic trends. Among questions we will ask is how did these kingdoms influence one another? Throughout we will probe which forms and ideas seem to be inherently Indian, asking which ones transcend dynastic, geographic and religious differences and which forms and ideas are consistent throughout these periods of political and ideological change. To do all this we must constantly consider how South Asia's diverse ethnic and religious communities interact.

ARTH 5787 - Visual Cultures in Contact: Cross-Cultural Interaction in the Ancient World

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 5787/CNRC 3787/5787
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

What happens when two cultures meet? How do different cultures shape and influence each other? In this course we'll examine how the diverse cultures of the Ancient Eurasian world became entangled with one another through the material remains they left behind. We'll use a variety of tools and techniques to analyze and interpret material objects, spaces and art? from the Egyptians and Sassanians, to the Romans and Qin and Han dynasties. Uncover a more nuanced and inclusive understanding of how these ancient cultures changed their ideologies, iconographies, and modes of representation through trade networks, political alliances, and colonial enterprise.

CNRC 5787 - Visual Cultures in Contact: Cross-Cultural Interaction in the Ancient World

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 5787/CNRC 3787/5787
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

What happens when two cultures meet? How do different cultures shape and influence each other? In this course we'll examine how the diverse cultures of the Ancient Eurasian world became entangled with one another through the material remains they left behind. We'll use a variety of tools and techniques to analyze and interpret material objects, spaces and art? from the Egyptians and Sassanians, to the Romans and Qin and Han dynasties. Uncover a more nuanced and inclusive understanding of how these ancient cultures changed their ideologies, iconographies, and modes of representation through trade networks, political alliances, and colonial enterprise.

HIST 3281 - European Intellectual History: The Early Modern Period, Antiquity to 1750

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CSCL 3281/CSCL 528/1Hist 3281/
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

First of a two-semester course. European thought in its historical/cultural context. Emphasizes development of philosophical/scientific thought, its relation to thinking about the individual and the community. Readings from original sources.

EAS 3461 - Introduction to East Asia I: The Imperial Age

Credits:	3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EAS 3461/Hist 3461
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Comparative survey of early history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam; early Chinese thought; diffusion of Confucianism, Buddhism, and other values throughout East Asia; political and social history of region to 1600.

HIST 3461 - Introduction to East Asia I: The Imperial Age

Credits:	3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EAS 3461/Hist 3461
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Comparative survey of early history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Early Chinese thought. Diffusion of Confucianism, Buddhism, and other values throughout East Asia. Political and social history of region to 1600.

FREN 3611 - Speaking of Love in Medieval France: Stories, Songs, and Letters (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Fren 3611/Fren 3711
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

How did people talk about love in the Middle Ages? What songs did they sing about it? What stories did they tell? How did it define the self? In this course, we will study troubadour songs, short tales, romances, and letters composed in twelfth-century France and Anglo-Norman England. We will examine their historical context: the patronage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and her family, the broader context of medieval court life, and the erudite circles that formed during the rise of the Parisian schools. Because what people say is determined by the language, motifs, and forms that they have available to them, we will discuss the transmission of ideas about love and the interpretation of exemplary figures (Tristan and Iseut, Lancelot and Guinevere). We will also consider the literary form of these texts in relation to their meaning. But at the heart of our inquiry will be the notion of the self. How did "speaking of love" allow medieval writers to cultivate their own subjectivity or individuality? Texts will include troubadour songs, the Lais of Marie de France, the romances of Tristan and Iseut by Thomas of England and B�roul, Chr�tien de Troyes's Arthurian romances, and the letters of Abelard and Heloise. We will also study a film about Eleanor of Aquitaine and her family (The Lion in Winter, 1968) and a contemporary opera about a troubadour and his lady, Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de loin (2000). FREN 3611 and 3711 meet together. Both FREN 3611 and 3711 are taught in English. Reading and writing assignments for FREN 3611 are in modern French. FREN 3611 may count towards the major or minor in French Studies. Reading and writing assignments for FREN 3711 are in English. FREN 3711 does not count towards the major or minor in French Studies. prereq: FREN 3015

HIST 3271 - The Viking World: Story, History, and Archaeology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	HIST 3271/5271/MEST3271/ 5271
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Viking society and expansion of Viking influence abroad. Viking impact on Western Europe; interactions with Slavic lands; settlement of North Atlantic islands; and Western Europe's impact on Scandinavian lands. Analyzes archaeological, historical, linguistic, and numismatic evidence.

HIST 5271 - The Viking World: Story, History, and Archaeology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	HIST 3271/5271/MEST3271/ 5271
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Viking society and expansion of Viking influence abroad. Viking impact on Western Europe, interactions with Slavic lands, settlement of North Atlantic islands, Western Europe's impact on Scandinavian lands. Analyzes archaeological, historical, linguistic, and numismatic evidence.

HIST 3606 - Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Middle Ages (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist/JwSt/Mest3606/RelS3717
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

A Pew Research survey of the global religious landscape in 2010 found 2.2 billion Christians (31.5% of the world?s population), 1.6 billion Muslims (23.2%), and 14 million Jews (.2%). In this class, we explore how the histories of these religious communities became deeply entangled in an age of diplomacy, trade, jihad, and crusade.

JWST 3606 - Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Middle Ages (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist/JwSt/Mest3606/RelS3717
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

A Pew Research survey of the global religious landscape in 2010 found 2.2 billion Christians (31.5% of the world's population), 1.6 billion Muslims (23.2%), and 14 million Jews (.2%). In this class, we explore how the histories of these religious communities became deeply entangled in an age of diplomacy, trade, jihad, and crusade.

RELS 3717 - Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Middle Ages (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist/JwSt/Mest3606/RelS3717
Typically offered:	Fall Even, Spring Odd Year

A Pew Research survey of the global religious landscape in 2010 found 2.2 billion Christians (31.5% of the world?s population), 1.6 billion Muslims (23.2%), and 14 million Jews (.2%). In this class, we explore how the histories of these religious communities became deeply entangled in an age of diplomacy, trade, jihad, and crusade.

HIST 3767 - Eastern Orthodoxy: History and Culture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3767/RelS 3611
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Development of the orthodox church in Byzantium, the Islamic Near East, the Slavic world and in the diaspora; impact of orthodoxy on political and cultural institutions, interaction with other Christian and non-Christian communities; orthodox spirituality and aesthetics.

RELS 3611 - Eastern Orthodoxy: History and Culture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3767/RelS 3611
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Development of orthodox church in Byzantium, Islamic Near East, Slavic world, and diaspora. Impact of orthodoxy on political/cultural institutions. Interaction with other Christian/non-Christian communities. Orthodox spirituality/aesthetics.

HIST 3494W - Christ in Islamic Thought (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3494W/RelS 3718W
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Course examines the history of the figure of Christ in Islamic thought, from the beginnings of Islam in the Qur'an and the Hadith to the recent 2013 book by Reza Aslan, Zealot. The course is based on close reading of primary sources from regions extending from Spain to Iran, and in various languages (in translation): Arabic, Greek, French, Farsi, and Italian. Course demonstrates how much the interpretation of the figure of Christ in Islamic thought belonged to specific historical contexts. prereq: None

RELS 3718W - Christ in Islamic Thought (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3494W/RelS 3718W
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Course examines the history of the figure of Christ in Islamic thought, from the beginnings of Islam in the Qur'an and the Hadith to the recent 2013 book by Reza Aslan, Zealot. The course is based on close reading of primary sources from regions extending from Spain to Iran, and in various languages (in translation): Arabic, Greek, French, Farsi, and Italian. Course demonstrates how much the interpretation of the figure of Christ in Islamic thought belonged to specific historical contexts.

HIST 3547 - The Ottoman Empire (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3547/RelS 3722
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Survey of Islam's most successful empire, from its founding circa 1300 to its demise in 1923. Lands, institutions, peoples, historical legacy.

RELS 3722 - The Ottoman Empire (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3547/RelS 3722
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Survey of Islam's most successful empire, from its founding circa 1300 to its demise in 1923. Lands, institutions, peoples, historical legacy.

MEST 3001 - Introduction to Medieval History (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3101/MeSt 3001
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Europe from decline of Rome to early Renaissance. Politics, institutions, society, economy, and culture of Middle Ages.

HIST 3101 - Introduction to Medieval History (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3101/MeSt 3001
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Europe from decline of Rome to early Renaissance. Politics, institutions, society, economy, and culture of Middle Ages.

MEST 3002 - Medieval Tales and their Modern Echoes (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 1102/Hist 3102/MeSt 1002/
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Knights of the Round Table, dragon-slayers, magic djinn, pilgrims in Hell. How these stories have been retold in modern fiction, film, and the arts. Texts from Europe and other regions of globe.

HIST 3102 - Medieval Tales and their Modern Echoes (LITR, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 1102/Hist 3102/MeSt 1002/
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Knights of Round Table, dragon-slayers, magic djinn, pilgrims in Hell. How stories have been retold in modern fiction, film, arts. Texts from Europe/other regions of globe.

MEST 3009 - Intersectional Medieval Art (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3009/MeSt 3009/RelS 3609
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Grounded in critical race theory, intersectionality, and queer theory, this class draws on primary texts and a range of visual and material sources to trace the histories, experiences, and representations of marginalized identities in the medieval world. We will consider gender, sexuality, and race in the context of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures during the Middle Ages. This class will examine topics including transgender saints, miraculous transformations, demonic possession, female artists and patrons, the "monstrous races" of travel accounts, and gender-affirming surgeries. In contrast to misconceptions of a homogenous white European past, the reality of medieval Europe was diverse and complex, and its boundaries - geographical, cultural, bodily, and otherwise - were in flux, as reflected in its visual and material culture.

ARTH 3009 - Intersectional Medieval Art (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3009/MeSt 3009/RelS 3609
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Grounded in critical race theory, intersectionality, and queer theory, this class draws on primary texts and a range of visual and material sources to trace the histories, experiences, and representations of marginalized identities in the medieval world. We will consider gender, sexuality, and race in the context of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures during the Middle Ages. This class will examine topics including transgender saints, miraculous transformations, demonic possession, female artists and patrons, the "monstrous races" of travel accounts, and gender-affirming surgeries. In contrast to misconceptions of a homogenous white European past, the reality of medieval Europe was diverse and complex, and its boundaries - geographical, cultural, bodily, and otherwise - were in flux, as reflected in its visual and material culture.

RELS 3609 - Intersectional Medieval Art (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ArtH 3009/MeSt 3009/RelS 3609
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Grounded in critical race theory, intersectionality, and queer theory, this class draws on primary texts and a range of visual and material sources to trace the histories, experiences, and representations of marginalized identities in the medieval world. We will consider gender, sexuality, and race in the context of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures during the Middle Ages. This class will examine topics including transgender saints, miraculous transformations, demonic possession, female artists and patrons, the "monstrous races" of travel accounts, and gender-affirming surgeries. In contrast to misconceptions of a homogenous white European past, the reality of medieval Europe was diverse and complex, and its boundaries - geographical, cultural, bodily, and otherwise - were in flux, as reflected in its visual and material culture.

MEST 3081W - Martyrs, Monks, Crusaders: World Christianity, 100-1400 (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3081W/MeSt 1081/RelS 3544
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

This course surveys the history of Christianity from its status as a persecuted minority religion of the Roman Empire to its dominant role in medieval Europe and Byzantium. We study Christian traditions in Asia and Africa as well as Europe with special attention to the relationship between Christianity and culture in the ancient and medieval world.

HIST 3081W - Martyrs, Monks, Crusaders: World Christianity, 100-1400 (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3081W/MeSt 1081/RelS 3544
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

This course surveys the history of Christianity from its status as a persecuted minority religion of the Roman Empire to its dominant role in medieval Europe and Byzantium. We study Christian traditions in Asia and Africa as well as Europe with special attention to the relationship between Christianity and culture in the ancient and medieval world.

RELS 3544W - Martyrs, Monks, Crusaders: World Christianity, 100-1400 (HIS, GP, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3081W/MeSt 1081/RelS 3544
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

This course surveys the history of Christianity from its status as a persecuted minority religion of the Roman Empire to its dominant role in medieval Europe and Byzantium. We study Christian traditions in Asia and Africa as well as Europe with special attention to the relationship between Christianity and culture in the ancient and medieval world.

MEST 3101 - Knights and Pilgrims in Medieval Literature (LITR)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 3101/MeSt 3101
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Medieval writers and readers were fascinated by stories about knights and about pilgrims. In this course, we study some of the best-known and most compelling narratives and poems from the Middle Ages. Although written hundreds of years ago, these literary works speak to us of the human desire to strive for meaning and excellence, to work toward shared ideas of community, and to explore worlds beyond the sometimes narrow confines of home. Knights and pilgrims appear as central figures in a wide range of literary works. Some of the texts are humorous, like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in which pilgrims, from social classes ranging from knights to tradespeople, travel together and tell stories. Some are exciting and emotional, like Malory's retelling of stories about King Arthur and his knights. Others provide us with explorations of longing for change: in these works people search for new kinds of social and spiritual life such as Margery Kempe's autobiographical account of her experiences as a pilgrim to Rome and the Holy Land. Still others, such as Langland's Piers Plowman, which incorporates pilgrimage and chivalric quest, critique and explode static ideas about social problems such as poverty and hunger. Some draw our attention to the dangers and turmoil involved in love and relationships, such as Marie de France's courtly, aristocratic lays: Marie's knights and ladies take up the search for love and meaning. Some, finally, invite us to imagine ourselves in mysterious otherworlds, such as Mandeville's Travels and Sir Orfeo, both of which focus on travel and self knowledge. These exciting and challenging works continue to speak to us about the quest to pursue ideals and to change the world and ourselves

ENGL 3101 - Knights and Pilgrims in Medieval Literature (LITR)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 3101/MeSt 3101
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Medieval writers and readers were fascinated by stories about knights and about pilgrims. In this course, we study some of the best-known and most compelling narratives and poems from the Middle Ages. Although written hundreds of years ago, these literary works speak to us of the human desire to strive for meaning and excellence, to work toward shared ideas of community, and to explore worlds beyond the sometimes narrow confines of home. Knights and pilgrims appear as central figures in a wide range of literary works. Some of the texts are humorous, like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in which pilgrims, from social classes ranging from knights to tradespeople, travel together and tell stories. Some are exciting and emotional, like Malory's retelling of stories about King Arthur and his knights. Others provide us with explorations of longing for change: in these works people search for new kinds of social and spiritual life such as Margery Kempe's autobiographical account of her experiences as a pilgrim to Rome and the Holy Land. Still others, such as Langland's Piers Plowman, which incorporates pilgrimage and chivalric quest, critique and explode static ideas about social problems such as poverty and hunger. Some draw our attention to the dangers and turmoil involved in love and relationships, such as Marie de France's courtly, aristocratic lays: Marie's knights and ladies take up the search for love and meaning. Some, finally, invite us to imagine ourselves in mysterious otherworlds, such as Mandeville's Travels and Sir Orfeo, both of which focus on travel and self knowledge. These exciting and challenging works continue to speak to us about the quest to pursue ideals and to change the world and ourselves.

MEST 3102 - Chaucer

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 3102/MeSt 3102
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Major/representative works written by Chaucer, including The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and the dream visions. Historical, intellectual, and cultural background of the poems. Language, poetic theory, form.

ENGL 3102 - Chaucer

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 3102/MeSt 3102
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Major/representative works written by Chaucer, including The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and the dream visions. Historical, intellectual, and cultural background of the poems. Language, poetic theory, form.

MEST 3611 - Medieval Cities of Europe: 500-1500 (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3611/MeSt 3611
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

European cities changed from Roman times through the urban nadir of the Early Middle Ages to the flowering of cities in the High and Late Middle Ages. We explore planned towns, ad hoc developments, revived Roman sites, and economic, political, cultural, and sensory elements of city life. Students design a medieval city using Arc.GIS and StoryMap. Contact the instructor for more information.

HIST 3611 - Medieval Cities of Europe: 500-1500 (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3611/MeSt 3611
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

European cities changed from Roman times through the urban nadir of the Early Middle Ages to the flowering of cities in the High and Late Middle Ages.� We explore planned towns, ad hoc developments, revived Roman sites, and economic, political, cultural, and sensory elements of city life.� Students design a medieval city using Arc.GIS and StoryMap. Contact the instructor for more information.

MEST 3613 - History of the Crusades (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3613MeSt 3613//RelS 3715
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Crusading spirit in Europe. Results of classic medieval crusades ca 1095-1285. States established by crusaders in Near East. Internal European crusades. Chronological prolongation of crusading phenomenon.

HIST 3613 - History of the Crusades (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3613MeSt 3613//RelS 3715
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Crusading spirit in Europe. Results of classic medieval crusades ca 1095-1285. States established by crusaders in Near East. Internal European crusades. Chronological prolongation of crusading phenomenon.

RELS 3715 - History of the Crusades (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3613MeSt 3613//RelS 3715
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Crusading spirit in Europe. Results of classic medieval crusades ca 1095-1285. States established by crusaders in Near East. Internal European crusades. Chronological prolongation of crusading phenomenon.

MEST 3616 - The Hundred Years War: France and England in the Middle Ages (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3616/Hist 3616W/MeSt 3616
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Politics, society, and culture in medieval France from the end of the Carolingians to the end of the Hundred Years War.

HIST 3616 - The Hundred Years War: France and England in the Middle Ages (HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Hist 3616/Hist 3616W/MeSt 3616
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Politics, society, and culture in medieval France from the end of the Carolingians to the end of the Hundred Years War.

MEST 3617 - Pagans, Christians, Barbarians: The World of Late Antiquity (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CNES 3617Hist/MeSt 3617/RelS
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Between classical and medieval, pagan and Christian, Roman and barbarian, the late antique world was a dynamic age. Course focuses on the Mediterranean region from the 2nd to the mid-7th century exploring such topics as the conversion of Constantine, the fall of Rome, barbarian invasions, the spread of Christianity, and the rise of Islam.

CNRC 3617 - Pagans, Christians, Barbarians: The World of Late Antiquity (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CNES 3617Hist/MeSt 3617/RelS
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Between classical and medieval, pagan and Christian, Roman and barbarian, the late antique world was a dynamic age. This course will focus on the Mediterranean region from the 2nd to the mid-7th century exploring such topics as the conversion of Constantine, the fall of Rome, barbarian invasions, the spread of Christianity, and the rise of Islam.

HIST 3617 - Pagans, Christians, Barbarians: The World of Late Antiquity (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CNES 3617Hist/MeSt 3617/RelS
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Between classical and medieval, pagan and Christian, Roman and barbarian, the late antique world was a dynamic age. This course will focus on the Mediterranean region from the 2nd to the mid-7th century exploring such topics as the conversion of Constantine, the fall of Rome, barbarian invasions, the spread of Christianity, and the rise of Islam.

RELS 3543 - Pagans, Christians, Barbarians: The World of Late Antiquity (HIS, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	CNES 3617Hist/MeSt 3617/RelS
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Between classical and medieval, pagan and Christian, Roman and barbarian, the late antique world was a dynamic age. This course focuses on the Mediterranean region from the 2nd to the mid-7th century exploring such topics as the conversion of Constantine, the fall of Rome, barbarian invasions, the spread of Christianity, and the rise of Islam.

MEST 4043 - Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings: Archaeology of Northern Europe

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Anth 4043/MeSt 4043
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Archaeology of the British Isles, Scandinavia, and northern continental Europe, from the Romans through the Viking period. Themes to be examined include social and political organization, cross-cultural interactions, art and symbolism, and religion and rituals.

ANTH 4043 - Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings: Archaeology of Northern Europe

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Anth 4043/MeSt 4043
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Archaeology of the British Isles, Scandinavia, and northern continental Europe, from the Romans through the Viking Period. Themes to be examined include social and political organization, cross-cultural interaction, art and symbolism, and religion and ritual.

MEST 4612 - Old English I

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 4612/EngL 5612/MeSt 4612
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

"I am learning Anglo-Saxon and it is a vastly superior thing to what we have now" (Gerard Manley Hopkins, letter to fellow poet Robert Bridges, 1882). This course is an introduction to the rich language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England (ca. 500-1100). "Old English," or as it is sometimes known, "Anglo-Saxon," is the earliest form of the English language; therefore, the primary course goal will be to acquire the ability to read Old English texts in the original. No previous experience with Old English or any other language is necessary or expected; undergraduates and graduate students from all departments are welcome. For graduate students in English, Old English I may count for the rhetoric/language/literacy distribution area. This course also fulfills the literary theory/linguistic requirement for the undergraduate English major. A knowledge of Old English will allow you to touch the most ancient literary sensibilities in the English tradition; these sensibilities are familiar and strange at the same time, as we sense our deep cultural connection to these texts across the centuries, yet also find that the past is a strange place indeed. The power of Old English literature has profoundly influenced authors such as Tennyson, Pound, Graves, Wilbur, Hopkins, Gunn, Auden, Seamus Heaney, C.S. Lewis, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.

ENGL 4612 - Old English I

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 4612/EngL 5612/MeSt 4612
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

"I am learning Anglo-Saxon and it is a vastly superior thing to what we have now" (Gerard Manley Hopkins, letter to fellow poet Robert Bridges, 1882). This course is an introduction to the rich language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England (ca. 500-1100). "Old English," or as it is sometimes known, "Anglo-Saxon," is the earliest form of the English language; therefore, the primary course goal will be to acquire the ability to read Old English texts in the original. No previous experience with Old English or any other language is necessary or expected; undergraduates and graduate students from all departments are welcome. For graduate students in English, Old English I may count for the rhetoric/language/literacy distribution area. This course also fulfills the literary theory/linguistic requirement for the undergraduate English major. A knowledge of Old English will allow you to touch the most ancient literary sensibilities in the English tradition; these sensibilities are familiar and strange at the same time, as we sense our deep cultural connection to these texts across the centuries, yet also find that the past is a strange place indeed. The power of Old English literature has profoundly influenced authors such as Tennyson, Pound, Graves, Wilbur, Hopkins, Gunn, Auden, Seamus Heaney, C.S. Lewis, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.

MEST 4613 - Old English II

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 4613/MeSt 4613
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

The second semester of Old English is devoted to a full translation and study of the great Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf." J.R.R. Tolkien wrote of the poem that "its maker was telling of things already old and weighted with regret, and he expended his art in making keen that touch upon the heart which sorrows have that are both poignant and remote." "Beowulf" is an exciting tale of strife and heroism; but it is also a subtle meditation upon the character of humanity as it struggles to understand the hazards of a harsh world, the inscrutability of fate, and the nature of history itself. "Beowulf" is not only important for a detailed understanding of Anglo-Saxon culture, but it is also a significant and moving poetic achievement in the context of world literature. We will read and translate the poem in the original Old English; thus ENGL 4612 (or a similar course resulting in a basic reading knowledge of Old English) is a prerequisite. "Beowulf" has been the object of intensive scholarly study; we will delve into the debates over the poem's date, genesis, manuscript and historical context and critical interpretation. Spending an entire semester studying one complex work can be an invaluable experience. Please contact the instructor for any questions concerning the prerequisite.

ENGL 4613 - Old English II

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EngL 4613/MeSt 4613
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

The second semester of Old English is devoted to a full translation and study of the great Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf." J.R.R. Tolkien wrote of the poem that "its maker was telling of things already old and weighted with regret, and he expended his art in making keen that touch upon the heart which sorrows have that are both poignant and remote." "Beowulf" is an exciting tale of strife and heroism; but it is also a subtle meditation upon the character of humanity as it struggles to understand the hazards of a harsh world, the inscrutability of fate, and the nature of history itself. "Beowulf" is not only important for a detailed understanding of Anglo-Saxon culture, but it is also a significant and moving poetic achievement in the context of world literature. We will read and translate the poem in the original Old English; thus ENGL 4612 (or a similar course resulting in a basic reading knowledge of Old English) is a prerequisite. "Beowulf" has been the object of intensive scholarly study; we will delve into the debates over the poem's date, genesis, manuscript and historical context and critical interpretation. Spending an entire semester studying one complex work can be an invaluable experience. Please contact the instructor for any questions concerning the prerequisite.

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