Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences

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MEDVL 1101

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Heroes &Heroines-Mdvl Wrld

  • 17758 MEDVL 1101   SEM 101

  • 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: Gods and Kings in the Middle Ages and Beyond

  • 17759 MEDVL 1101   SEM 102

  • 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:Young Idiots/ Toxic Elders

  • 17760 MEDVL 1101   SEM 103

  • 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:Suspended fr Heaven-Rhetoric of Byzantine Arch

  • 17761 MEDVL 1101   SEM 104

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

MEDVL 2100

Romances were, essentially, medieval science fiction and fantasy writing. They were how authors in the Middle Ages imagined things beyond rational understanding that, at the same time, greatly extended ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2100

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8514 MEDVL 2100   LEC 001

MEDVL 2130

It's bad enough to run up against a border: at least you know where you stand. The frontier, however -- that fuzzy, murky zone that envelops the border while making its precise contours invisible -- is ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2742

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16555 MEDVL 2130   LEC 001

  • 16556 MEDVL 2130   DIS 201

  • 16557 MEDVL 2130   DIS 202

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

  •  7329 MEDVL 2170   SEM 101

MEDVL 2350

The course provides a survey of the book from ca. 1100 to 1500, with emphasis on the development of the book in Western Europe, especially France, Germany, Italy, the Low Countries, and Spain.  It focuses ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2350FREN 2350ITAL 2350

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17858 MEDVL 2350   SEM 101

MEDVL 2642

Symmetry and harmony are central aesthetic concepts built on a long history of mathematical exploration, not just in the European mathematical tradition but also in mathematical texts from China, India, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2642MUSIC 2642

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16159 MEDVL 2642   LEC 001

  • Please contact Linda Brown lmb296@cornell.edu if you would like to be placed on a waiting list for this class.

MEDVL 2695

This course offers an introduction to the history of Christianity from the first century through the seventeenth and perhaps a bit beyond. Our emphasis will be on the diversity of Christian traditions, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2636NES 2695RELST 2695

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16362 MEDVL 2695   LEC 001

MEDVL 3120

In recent years, Beowulf has received renewed attention in popular culture, thanks to the production of two recent Beowulf movies and riveting new translations (eg. Seamus Heaney). The poem's appeal lies ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7326 MEDVL 3120   SEM 101

MEDVL 3210

A selective survey of Western philosophical thought from the fourth to the 14th century. Topics include the problem of universals, the theory of knowledge and truth, the nature of free choice and practical ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3210RELST 3150

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17149 MEDVL 3210   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

  •  7223 MEDVL 3316   LEC 001

MEDVL 4002

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  7306 MEDVL 4002   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

MEDVL 4145

If "the past is a foreign country," is it a country full of oppressed women? We can, with some smugness, agree that it may have been dreadful to be a woman or sexual minority in the Middle Ages, but it's ... view course details

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  • 16653 MEDVL 4145   SEM 101

MEDVL 4295

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16944 MEDVL 4295   SEM 101

  • Taught in English. Anchor Course. Reading knowledge of Middle High German is not required; some exposure to the language will be facilitated with the aid of bilingual editions.

MEDVL 4632

This seminar will analyze the transition between the late Roman empire and the barbarian kingdoms in western Europe from the perspective of how rulers, intellectuals, and common people understood legitimate ... view course details

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  • 16497 MEDVL 4632   SEM 101

MEDVL 4761

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4761HIST 6761MEDVL 6761

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16881 MEDVL 4761   SEM 101

MEDVL 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  7307 MEDVL 6020   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • MacDonald, S

MEDVL 6120

Beowulf has received renewed attention in popular culture, thanks to the production of recent movies and riveting new translations. The poem's popular appeal lies in its complex depictions of monsters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3120ENGL 6120MEDVL 3120

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7327 MEDVL 6120   SEM 101

MEDVL 6145

If "the past is a foreign country," is it a country full of oppressed women?  We can, with some smugness, agree that it may have been dreadful to be a woman or sexual minority in the Middle Ages, but it's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16655 MEDVL 6145   SEM 101

MEDVL 6632

This seminar will analyze the transition between the late Roman empire and the barbarian kingdoms in western Europe from the perspective of how rulers, intellectuals, and common people understood legitimate ... view course details

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  • 16502 MEDVL 6632   SEM 101

MEDVL 6761

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 discussion. Combined with: HIST 4761HIST 6761MEDVL 4761

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16884 MEDVL 6761   SEM 101

  • 18499 MEDVL 6761   DIS 201

MEDVL 8010

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5989 MEDVL 8010   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

MEDVL 8020

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5988 MEDVL 8020   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Galloway, A

      Hicks, A

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8367 MEDVL 8020   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Hicks, A