Fall 09 Lecture and Assignment Schedule

Week of and Lecture Title

Readings

Assignments Due

Of Special Note

Part I:  Religion and Authority in the Post-Roman Empire

08//17  Religion in the Middle Ages Fiero, vol. 2 ch.8 & 9, AR Procopius (16-27), AR: Ibn Khaldun (140-47).  Focus particularly on Augustine in Fiero Prepare your Course Game plan and submit Aug 21st  
08/24 Islam and the Muslim World

Fiero ch. 10, Muqaddimah (electronic text)

 Assign Question groups for next Friday  
8/31  Community and Authority in the Medieval West

Fiero, ch 11.  AR Einhart(28-36), Benedict (2-15)

 

 No Class On September 2nd

LL Entries 1-3 due by 9/04

Come Friday prepared to present the answers to the discussion questions assigned

 Reading Groups need to be solid by this week
09/07  Labor Day, No Monday Lecture Fiero, ch. 12.  AR, The Medieval Church (72-79),  Aquinas (107-113), "Conflict Between Faith and Science" (electronic)    

 Section One Test in class next Friday
9/14  The High Middle Ages Fiero ch 13, AR: Rise of the University

 

   Section One Test Friday

Part II: Alternate Visions of Power

9/22  Medieval India

 

  Ch 15 Fiero, vol 2, ch 14, (144-151), assorted readings on e-reserve

 

 Please be prepared to choose one of the supplemental texts on Wed for Friday presentation.  
9/28  From Xian to Kyoto: The Cultural Heritage of Asia Fiero vo. 2 ch 14(152-170),  AR Sei

Shonagon (172-183)  Tu Fu and Li Po poetry on e-reserve

    
10/5  Best Selling Authors, Cross-Dressing Warriors and other Uppity Women of the Middle Ages Fiero, vol 3,

AR Hildegard and Marie de France (38-57), Christine de Pisan (117-23)

 

    
10/12 Fall Break, No Lecture Fiero vol. 3, ch 16, AR Nogorola, Machiavelli (188-209) Learning Log Entries 4-7 due on Friday  

 

Part III:  Shifting Authorities and Rhetoric of Dissent

10/19  European Renaissance: Humanism and Art Fiero ch 17. AR: Cellini, Vasari

 

   Section II Test in class on Friday

Last day to Withdraw w/ a W is 10/24
10/26 Reformations Fiero ch 19

AR Grumbach (217-220)

Calvin (256-266),

  Please note that I will not be accepting papers other than response to the 12/3 lecture and the LL 11-12 after 11/27.  Plan ahead!
11/2 Counter Renaissance and Othello

 

AR Montaigne (307-21)

    
11/9 African Cultural Spheres Fiero ch18 85-103, AR: Al Omari, Pires, Affonso of Congo, Sundiata

 Montaigne "On Cannibals"

 Learning Log Entries 8-10 due on Friday  

Part IV:  Institutional Authority and the Individual

11/16 The Baroque: Counter Reformation and Royal Absolutism Fiero vol 4, ch 20, AR Mornay (278-285) and Elizabeth (267-77)   No lecture next week.  We will meet in our room during Monday's lecture period. UNCA break does not begin until Wednesday.
11/23 No lecture; meet in classroom Fiero 18 pp. 103-120, AR: Columbus and Poma (350-371)   No papers accepted after 11/30 except Reading Response to 12/3 and Learning log 11-12
11/30 The Ebb and Flow of Empires Fiero vol 4, ch. 21 & 22   Final Exam on 12/7
12/7  Final Exam 11:30-2pm  Learning log 11-12 due no later than 2pm on 12/10