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MEDVL 1101
FWS: Aspects of Medieval Culture

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:How to Write a Love Letter—Medieval Advice

  • 20117 MEDVL 1101   SEM 101

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Mdvl Allegories & Fables

  • 20118 MEDVL 1101   SEM 102

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    • TR Sibley Hall 211
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Caldwell, S

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Medieval Crossdressings

  • 20119 MEDVL 1101   SEM 103

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Details in Dress-Reading Mdvl Clothing

  • 20120 MEDVL 1101   SEM 104

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    • TR Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Gall, A

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Medieval Love Songs

  • 20121 MEDVL 1101   SEM 105

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Conjuring Horror in Medieval Literature

  • 20122 MEDVL 1101   SEM 106

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    • MWF Clark Hall 294D
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Randle, R

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Art of Friendship in the Latin Middle Ages

  • 20123 MEDVL 1101   SEM 107

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    • TR Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Thomas, Z

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

MEDVL 1660
The Vikings and their World

Globalization may seem like a recent hot topic, but it was already very much in vogue 1000 years ago when Norse explorers burst out of Scandinavia to journey as far as North America, Azerbaijan, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 1660, NES 1660

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17498 MEDVL 1660   LEC 001

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    • TR White Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17494 MEDVL 1660   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 2170
Early Modern Iberian Survey

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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Syllabi: none

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4863 MEDVL 2170   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 2655
Introduction to Islamic Civilization

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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Syllabi: none

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5395 MEDVL 2655   LEC 001

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    • TR Morrill Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Powers, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3110
Old English

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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Syllabi: none

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4868 MEDVL 3110   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3245
Revolution or Reform?

This course explores the relation between literary and utopian Enlightenment cultures in Western history.  For each moment of rapid change, from Plato to the Communist revolutions of the twentieth century ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3255, HIST 3255

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19419 MEDVL 3245   LEC 001

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    • MW White Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 3315
Old Norse I

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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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3315

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5182 MEDVL 3315   LEC 001

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    • MWF Uris Hall 494
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4050
The Art of Love

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Syllabi: none

  • 17464 MEDVL 4050   SEM 101

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    • W Uris Hall 303
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4295
Premodern Literature and Media

This course introduces the canon of premodern German literature, including lyric poetry (Minnesang), Arthurian romance (Gottfried's Tristan, Wolfram's Parzival, Hartmann's Iwein), and the heroic ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 4285, GERST 6285, MEDVL 6285

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18287 MEDVL 4295   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4310
Methods in Medieval

Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image. A commonplace in the scholarly literature surrounding late medieval visual culture in Spain is that it was always "late".  The Spaniards lagged behind the Italians ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17799 MEDVL 4310   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 4420
Tang Poetry: Themes and Contexts

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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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CAPS 4420, CHLIT 4420, CHLIT 6620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17452 MEDVL 4420   SEM 101

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    • TR White Hall 104
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Warner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: minimum three years of Chinese and/or one year of Classical Chinese or permission of instructor.

MEDVL 4761
Albion: Post-Roman, Pre-Norman

The people who invaded the isle of Britain after the withdrawal of Roman government in the early fifth century, and who dominated it until the establishment of Norman rule in the late eleventh century, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4761, HIST 6761, MEDVL 6761

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18691 MEDVL 4761   SEM 101

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    • R Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18692 MEDVL 4761   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 6050
The Art of Love

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Syllabi: none

  • 17584 MEDVL 6050   SEM 101

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    • W Uris Hall 303
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6110
Old English

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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Syllabi: none

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4869 MEDVL 6110   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6191
Images, Idolatry and Iconoclasm: Late Medieval to Early Modern

Fear of idolatry is a recurrent feature of Western culture. The Christian image threatens to short-circuit the flow of spirituality between humans and God, just as images of the ancient, pagan gods threaten ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 6191

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19420 MEDVL 6191   SEM 101

  •  
    • T Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6221
Judeo-Arabic

This course offers an introduction to the Judeo-Arabic language and culture that was employed as the mother tongue and literary language of Jews of Arabic speaking lands for centuries during the pre-modern ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18258 MEDVL 6221   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6285
Premodern Literature and Media

This course introduces the canon of medieval German literature: lyric poetry (Minnesang), Arthurian romance (Gottfried's Tristan, Wolfram's Parzival, Hartmann's Iwein), and the heroic epic (Nibelungenlied). ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GERST 4285, GERST 6285, MEDVL 4295

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18385 MEDVL 6285   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6310
Methods in Medieval

Topic: The Late Medieval Devotional Image. A commonplace in the scholarly literature surrounding late medieval visual culture in Spain is that it was always "late".  The Spaniards lagged behind the Italians ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 19993 MEDVL 6310   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

MEDVL 6761
Albion: Post-Roman, Pre-Norman

The people who invaded the isle of Britain after the withdrawal of Roman government in the early fifth century, and who dominated it until the establishment of Norman rule in the late eleventh century, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4761, HIST 6761, MEDVL 4761

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18695 MEDVL 6761   SEM 101

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    • R Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18696 MEDVL 6761   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 8010
Directed Study - Individual

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3779 MEDVL 8010   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Hill, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5029 MEDVL 8010   IND 602

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    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

MEDVL 8020
Directed Study - Group

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3780 MEDVL 8020   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Hicks, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies