Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences

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MEDVL 1101

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Reading Medvl Legends-Heroism that Never Was?

  • 17964 MEDVL 1101   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:The Briton’s Britain-Constructing Mdvl England

  • 17965 MEDVL 1101   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Parchment to Pixel-Future Lives of Medvl Books

  • 17966 MEDVL 1101   SEM 103

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Abraham-Genghis Khan—Migration before Modern

  • 17967 MEDVL 1101   SEM 104

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing History in Late Antiquity

  • 17968 MEDVL 1101   SEM 105

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Gods and Kings in the Middle Ages and Beyond

  • 17969 MEDVL 1101   SEM 106

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Magic in Arthurian Legends

  • 18186 MEDVL 1101   SEM 107

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

MEDVL 1103

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Introduction to Oral Tradition & Literature

  • 18008 MEDVL 1103   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Otherworlds of Medieval Literature

  • 18009 MEDVL 1103   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

MEDVL 2170

This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 2170SPAN 2170

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8181 MEDVL 2170   SEM 101

MEDVL 2655

The seventh-century Arab conquests resulted in the creation of a vibrant new civilization that stretched from the Iberian peninsula in the west to Central Asia and the borders of India in the east. We ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2530NES 2655RELST 2655

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9651 MEDVL 2655   LEC 001

  •  9653 MEDVL 2655   DIS 202

MEDVL 2740

Although Scotland, which was long a separate nation, is now politically united with England, it preserves its distinctiveness. This course provides an introduction to Scottish literature, with special ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2740

  • 3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8191 MEDVL 2740   LEC 001

MEDVL 3080

An introduction to Old Norse-Icelandic mythology and the Icelandic family saga-the "native" heroic literary genre of Icelandic tradition. Texts will vary but will normally include the Prose Edda, the Poetic ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3080

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16140 MEDVL 3080   SEM 101

MEDVL 3110

In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3110ENGL 6110MEDVL 6110

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8192 MEDVL 3110   SEM 101

MEDVL 3190

We will approach the range and scope of Chaucer's poetry (The Book of the Duchess, selections from the Canterbury Tales, his short lyrics, and selections from Troilus and Criseyde) through the rise of ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3190

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16338 MEDVL 3190   SEM 101

MEDVL 3226

A survey of the art and architecture of the later Roman Empire, from the reign of Trajan to the reign of Justinian I. Topics to be considered include: the impact of Christianity on the functions and appearance ... view course details

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  • 15819 MEDVL 3226   LEC 001

MEDVL 3315

Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3315

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8859 MEDVL 3315   LEC 001

MEDVL 3750

Introduction and training in dendrochronology and its application to archaeology, art history, and environment through participation in a research project dating ancient to modern tree-ring samples especially ... view course details

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  •  8186 MEDVL 3750   LEC 001

  •  8187 MEDVL 3750   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Manning, S

MEDVL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  8188 MEDVL 4002   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Brittain, C

MEDVL 4160

This seminar will read and research all three "versions" of one of the most original poems from the "age of Chaucer" or any period: Piers Plowman, along with some of the short "alliterative revival" poetry ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4160ENGL 7160MEDVL 7160

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18372 MEDVL 4160   SEM 101

MEDVL 4195

This offers an in depth survey the traditions of lyric poetry during the English Middle Ages. Beginning with the legacy of medieval Latin, it traces the rise of the short, vernacular poem in a variety ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4195ENGL 6195MEDVL 6195

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16460 MEDVL 4195   SEM 101

MEDVL 4539

This course examines the culture and society of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) from 711, when Islam arrived in Iberia, until 1492 and the demise of Nasrid Granada. Through extensive discussion and analysis ... view course details

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  • 16036 MEDVL 4539   SEM 101

MEDVL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  8189 MEDVL 6020   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Brittain, C

MEDVL 6102

This course is an introduction to and survey of Latin scripts from Roman antiquity through the early Renaissance, with an emphasis on the identification, localization, and reading of scripts. Class meetings ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 7222

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17458 MEDVL 6102   SEM 101

MEDVL 6110

In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3110ENGL 6110MEDVL 3110

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8193 MEDVL 6110   SEM 101

MEDVL 6195

This offers an in depth survey the traditions of lyric poetry during the English Middle Ages. Beginning with the legacy of medieval Latin, it traces the rise of the short, vernacular poem in a variety ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4195ENGL 6195MEDVL 4195

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16521 MEDVL 6195   SEM 101

MEDVL 6539

This course examines the culture and society of al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) from 711, when Islam arrived in Iberia, until 1492 and the demise of Nasrid Granada. Through extensive discussion and analysis ... view course details

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  • 16037 MEDVL 6539   SEM 101

MEDVL 6663

Grammar and reading of basic texts. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6663RUSSA 6601

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16143 MEDVL 6663   SEM 101

MEDVL 7160

This seminar will read and research all three "versions" of one of the most original poems from the "age of Chaucer" or any period: Piers Plowman, along with some of the short "alliterative revival" poetry ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4160ENGL 7160MEDVL 4160

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18374 MEDVL 7160   SEM 101

MEDVL 7777

This course is designed to introduce graduate students to some of the bibliography and approaches available for studying the Middle Ages. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 17525 MEDVL 7777   SEM 101

MEDVL 8010

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6504 MEDVL 8010   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Hill, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8503 MEDVL 8010   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Dubreuil, L

MEDVL 8020

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6505 MEDVL 8020   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff