Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

MEDVL 1101

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Medieval Saints’ Lives

  • 18050 MEDVL 1101   SEM 101

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Medieval Ecologies

  • 18051 MEDVL 1101   SEM 102

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Heroes &Heroines-Mdvl Wrld

  • 18052 MEDVL 1101   SEM 103

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

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

  • 18053 MEDVL 1101   SEM 104

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Young Idiots/ Toxic Elders

  • 18054 MEDVL 1101   SEM 105

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Suspended fr Heaven-Rhetoric of Byzantine Arch

  • 18055 MEDVL 1101   SEM 106

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

MEDVL 1104

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Walking in Life and Lit

  • 18049 MEDVL 1104   SEM 101

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

MEDVL 1740

This course explores the history of imperial China between the 3rd century b.c.e. and the 16th century c.e. with a focus on the following questions:  How did imperial Chinese states go about politically ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 1174CAPS 1740HIST 1740

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16245 MEDVL 1740   LEC 001

  • 16247 MEDVL 1740   DIS 201

  • 16248 MEDVL 1740   DIS 202

  • 16249 MEDVL 1740   DIS 203

  • 16250 MEDVL 1740   DIS 204

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

  •  7692 MEDVL 2170   SEM 101

MEDVL 2655

At the beginning of the 7th century, a new religion, Islam, appeared in Arabia and by the end of the century, Muslims had defeated the Byzantines and Persians and created an empire that stretched from ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2530NES 2655RELST 2655

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8457 MEDVL 2655   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

  •  8603 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

  •  7702 MEDVL 3110   SEM 101

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

  •  8150 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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  •  7696 MEDVL 3750   LEC 001

  •  7697 MEDVL 3750   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Manning, S

MEDVL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  7698 MEDVL 4002   SEM 101

MEDVL 4103

The Survey is designed to introduce students to characteristic genres and discourses of Medieval Latin. The focus will be on style (the genera dicendi), and its implications for audience and genre, from ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 4213LATIN 7213MEDVL 6103

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17667 MEDVL 4103   SEM 101

MEDVL 4180

When did anti-Semitism begin? The medieval period invented shocking fictions about Jews—that they killed and ate Christian babies; that they desecrated the Host; that they were the murderers of Christ. ... view course details

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  • 16748 MEDVL 4180   SEM 101

MEDVL 4420

Through guided readings in Chinese of selected poems of the Tang dynasty (618-907) on various themes and in different styles, students develop the essential analytical skills for reading Tang poetry while ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4420CHLIT 4420

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16505 MEDVL 4420   SEM 101

  • Minimum three years of Chinese and/or one year of Classical Chinese or permission of instructor.

MEDVL 4626

Narratives, particularly sacred narratives, are not static or fixed but rather infinitely flexible and malleable.   Subject to multiple retellings—elaborations, modifications, and deletions—stories take ... view course details

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  • 17409 MEDVL 4626   SEM 101

MEDVL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  7699 MEDVL 6020   SEM 101

MEDVL 6103

The Survey is designed to introduce students to characteristic genres and discourses of Medieval Latin. In Fall 2012, the focus will be on style (the genera dicendi), and its implications for audience ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 4213LATIN 7213MEDVL 4103

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17669 MEDVL 6103   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

  •  7703 MEDVL 6110   SEM 101

MEDVL 6180

When did anti-Semitism begin? The medieval period invented shocking fictions about Jews—that they killed and ate Christian babies; that they desecrated the Host; that they were the murderers of Christ. ... view course details

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  • 16750 MEDVL 6180   SEM 101

MEDVL 6190

Chaucer: founder of English Literature. Gower: who that? "Friend of Chaucer"? The most famous non-famous founder of English Literature? A dull moralist, or a brilliant literary interlocutor with Chaucer? This ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 6190

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17166 MEDVL 6190   SEM 101

MEDVL 6626

Narratives, particularly sacred narratives, are not static or fixed but rather infinitely flexible and malleable.   Subject to multiple retellings—elaborations, modifications, and deletions—stories take ... view course details

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  • 17412 MEDVL 6626   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

  • 17609 MEDVL 7777   SEM 101

MEDVL 8010

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6202 MEDVL 8010   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Hill, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7920 MEDVL 8010   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Dubreuil, L

MEDVL 8020

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6203 MEDVL 8020   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Hicks, A