Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences

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MEDVL 1101

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Text, Context in Chaucer's Wife of Bath

  • 17344 MEDVL 1101   SEM 101

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Space/Place/Mvmnt in Medvl Society

  • 17345 MEDVL 1101   SEM 102

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Medieval Modernities &the Modern Middle Ages

  • 17346 MEDVL 1101   SEM 103

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Crusades Through Arab Eyes

  • 17347 MEDVL 1101   SEM 104

MEDVL 1103

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: The Evolution of Fairy Tales

  • 17348 MEDVL 1103   SEM 101

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

  •  8450 MEDVL 2170   SEM 101

MEDVL 2400

This course introduces students to one of the major concerns of the literature, art, and religious thought of western Europe between roughly 400 and 1400 AD: transformation. We'll begin with Ovid and Apuleius, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 2400

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15731 MEDVL 2400   SEM 101

  • Conducted in English.

MEDVL 3050

This course provides an overview of the book as a material and cultural artifact. Focusing on the era of the printed book (1450-2000) in Western Europe and America, we will examine the invention and spread ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3050

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16357 MEDVL 3050   SEM 101

MEDVL 3120

A close reading of Beowulf. Attention will be given to relevant literary, cultural, and linguistic issues. One semester's study of Old English, or the equivalent, is recommended. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3120ENGL 6120MEDVL 6120

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8447 MEDVL 3120   SEM 101

MEDVL 3140

What do love, torture, and ecstasy all have in common? How could they all be considered spiritual experiences? The thirteenth century brought a new and intense focus on the body of Christ, bloodied, wounded, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3140

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15467 MEDVL 3140   SEM 101

MEDVL 3190

Chaucer became known as the "father of English poetry" before he was entirely cold in his grave. Why is what he wrote more than six hundred years ago still riveting for us today? It's not just because ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3190

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8021 MEDVL 3190   SEM 101

MEDVL 3200

This course aims to familiarize students with the history of Scandinavia, ca. 800-1100 ad. Although well known as a dramatic chapter in medieval history, this period remains enigmatic and often misunderstood. ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 3200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16618 MEDVL 3200   LEC 001

  • 16619 MEDVL 3200   DIS 201

  • 16620 MEDVL 3200   DIS 202

MEDVL 3270

Ancient Byzantion, rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, raised by his successors to be the capital of a "Byzantine" empire, object of desire for travelers and crusaders, crowning ... view course details

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  • 15979 MEDVL 3270   LEC 001

MEDVL 3316

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 3316

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8172 MEDVL 3316   LEC 001

MEDVL 3510

This course presents Machiavelli in a variety of historical and interpretive contexts; European and Italian politics in the early sixteenth century; the decline of the Florentine republic and the rise ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3510ITAL 3510

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16645 MEDVL 3510   LEC 001

MEDVL 3740

In the Middle Ages, people traveled for all many reasons: for adventure, for commerce, on pilgrimage, for conquest. We will read the accounts of medieval travelers in order better to understand the motives ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3724JWST 3740NES 3740

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15646 MEDVL 3740   LEC 001

MEDVL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosphical texts.  view course details

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  •  8399 MEDVL 4002   SEM 101

MEDVL 4161

The Crusades occupied brief periods, with events far from most Western writers, but kept a long hold on European historical, religious, and literary imagination. This provides an opportunity to consider ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4161ENGL 6161MEDVL 6161

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15489 MEDVL 4161   SEM 101

MEDVL 4310

Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details

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  • Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art

  • 16507 MEDVL 4310   SEM 101

MEDVL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  8400 MEDVL 6020   SEM 101

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

  • 17110 MEDVL 6102   SEM 101

MEDVL 6120

A close reading of Beowulf. Attention will be given to relevant literary, cultural, and linguistic issues. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3120ENGL 6120MEDVL 3120

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8448 MEDVL 6120   SEM 101

MEDVL 6161

The Crusades occupied brief periods, with events far from most Western writers, but kept a long hold on European historical, religious, and literary imagination. This provides an opportunity to consider ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4161ENGL 6161MEDVL 4161

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15491 MEDVL 6161   SEM 101

MEDVL 6310

Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details

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  • Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art

  •  9049 MEDVL 6310   SEM 101

MEDVL 6740

We will read a selection of medieval travel accounts, paying special attention to the ways in which travelers observed, interacted with, and described the people they encountered and the places they visited. ... view course details

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  • 15651 MEDVL 6740   SEM 101

MEDVL 7501

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  • 18592 MEDVL 7501   SEM 101

    • M
    • Brittain, C

      Galloway, A

MEDVL 8010

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6435 MEDVL 8010   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

MEDVL 8020

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6434 MEDVL 8020   IND 601

    • M
    • Brittain, C

      Galloway, A