HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
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HIST 4347 (CRN 66455)
Holden Hall 226 MWF 12:00am
TEACHER
John Howe, Professor emeritus of History
Office: 143 Holden Hall
Office Hours: MW 1:45-3:00pm; Tu 11:00-12:00am, and by appointment
Tel:: 806 834‑2971 E‑Mail: john.howe@ttu.edu Fax 806 742-1060
Web: http://myweb.ttu.edu/jhowe (the best way to access this syllabus)
PURPOSES OF THE COURSE
To acquire a general knowledge of the medieval Church from Constantine to the fourteenth century.
To introduce the underlying documentary sources.
To introduce issues related to aesthetics and communication in historical writing.
To acquire a general knowledge of the medieval Church from Constantine to the fourteenth century.
To introduce the underlying documentary sources. To develop increased skill in historical writing.
To introduce issues related to aesthetics and communication in historical writing.
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Expected Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this class, students will be able to:
1. Describe major events and individuals associated with the medieval Church;
2. Discuss the documentary foundation that underlies this historical narrative;
3. Relate the development of the medieval Church to the development of other major social institutions of the medieval Latin West;
4. Recognize the origins of contemporary debates about ecclesiastical organization and Church / state relations; and
5. Be more proficient in the following genres of historical writing: essays, book reviews, and research papers.
Methods for Assessing the Expected Learning Outcomes
The Expected Learning Outcomes of the course will be assessed through examinations, a course paper, class discussion, and miscellaneous classroom assessment activities.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Required Texts (available as new or used books or in electronic versions):
Robert Brentano, Two Churches: England and Italy in the Thirteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. Paperback ISBN 978-0520060982
Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Paperback ISBN978-0520280410
John Howe, Before the Gregorian Reform: The Latin Church at the Turn of the First Millennium. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2016. Paperback 978-1501732683.
Joseph H. Lynch and Philip C. Adamo, The Medieval Church: A Brief History. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2014. Paperback ISBN: 978-0582772984
Internet Medieval Sourcebook (IMS): http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Some journal articles accessible via the Texas Tech Library through JSTOR]
Materials posted on line, accessible through the electronic version of this syllabus.
Required Reading
Specific reading assignments for each class are listed in the attached READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE, placed just ahead and to the right of the lecture date by which they should be completed. Each assignment is the subject of the following lecture or discussion. Some assignments will be followed by in-class quizzes. Read so that you arrive in class prepared to explain, praise, criticize, and question. The assignments are manageable if read on schedule, but quickly become overwhelming if neglected.
Class Attendance
Success in this course requires regular attendance. Difficult reading assignments are interpreted and contextualized in class; additional subject matter is introduced; and audio-visual materials are used. If you cannot attend at least 80% of the classes, you will be unable to do your best work.
Research Paper
Students will produce a typed double-spaced fifteen- to twenty-page research paper (ca. 5000 -7000 words) concerning any aspect of the medieval Church. In order to guarantee the suitability of the topic and the availability of accessible primary sources, the instructor must approve the topic in advance The paper must cite at least four primary and six secondary sources (these figures are minimums, not maximums), which are to be listed in a bibliography with separate subsections for "Primary Sources" and "Secondary Sources." It should cite the required readings of the course insofar as these are relevant. Many medieval sources in translation are available electronically and the Medieval Academy of America has recently published a handlist of medieval digital resources. On-line sources, like printed sources, must be properly cited.
A tentative research area must be chosen by Monday, February 13 (one question on the first midterm will ask "What is your term paper research area?"). A sheet listing the topic, a tentative title, and the name of a scholarly book related to the project must be presented on Monday, February 20. A sheet listing the topic, a tentative title, the name of a scholarly book related to the project, and a tentative research plan must be presented on Monday, February 27. A preliminary draft of the paper is due on Friday, April 1--failure to submit some sort of preliminary draft by this deadline will result in a failing grade for the whole research paper assignment. Graded papers will be returned Monday, April 8. You may keep the initial grade or you may rewrite the paper and resubmit it for a new grade up until 9:00 am on Tuesday, May 9. Beyond the issue of potentially improving your grade, re-writing normally produces your best work.
Examinations
Two one-hour midterm examinations are scheduled for Monday, February 13 and Friday March 10. They will include multiple-choice questions, identification questions, a single essay (from two or more choices), and perhaps map work. No scantrons or blue books are needed for the midterms. Students receiving a grade below "C" on a midterm should meet with the teacher to discuss it (this is part of the class participation grade). An opportunity for a make-up examination for the midterm, if it was missed for good reason, is provided on Monday, May 6, at 2:00-3:00pm in HH151.
The final examination is scheduled for Friday May 5 at 1:30-4:00pm. It will feature multiple-choice and identification questions based on the material covered since the last midterm, and then three essays: two optional comprehensive essay questions to be chosen out of multiple alternatives; and one required essay question: "Was the medieval Church a success or a failure?" Bring blue books.
UNIVERSITY NOTICES
Necessary Accommodations: Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible so that the necessary accommodations can be made.
Observance of a Religious Holy Day: Texas House Bill 256 requires institutions of higher education to excuse a student from attending classes or other required activities, including examinations, for the observance of a religious holy day. The student shall also be excused for time necessary to travel. An institution may not penalize the student for the absence and allows for the student to take an exam or complete an assignment from which the student is excused. No prior notification of the instructor is required.
Academic Honesty: "Texas Tech is committed to creating an exciting university atmosphere that is free of academic dishonesty. All members of the university community, including faculty, students, and staff, are upheld to the standard of having integrity in the work they produce. The standard is for all members of the Texas Tech community to contribute to the campus environment in an ethical, fun, and honest manner. Integrity matters because student success matters." Academic integrity violations include, but are not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, falsifying academic records, misrepresenting facts, and any act designed to give unfair academic advantage to the student. See the Student Handbook, pp. 12-77. The Department of History adheres to Texas Tech University’s statement and related policies on issues of academic integrity as detailed in OP 34.12. Any student found to be in violation of these policies will be subject to disciplinary action at both the departmental and university levels. At the departmental level, such action may include one or more of the following: a failing grade (F) for the assignment in question; a failing grade (F) for the course; a written reprimand or disqualification from scholarships and/or funding. See TTU Student Judicial Programs.
GRADING
The course grade will be computed as follows: 30% from the midterm tests (15% each); 30% from the final; 30% from the research paper (2.5% for a sheet listing the topic, a tentative title, and the name of a good relatively scholarly book related to the project; 2.5% for a sheet listing the topic, a tentative title, and the name of a good relatively scholarly book related to the project; and a research plan; 25% for the completed paper); and 10% from class participation. The class participation grade is based on attendance, class preparation, and class contributions. Students outstanding in these areas get the class-participation percentage credited as an `A'; those adequate but undistinguished have the points dropped out of their averages (so that they neither help nor hurt); those who fall below acceptable standards have them credited as an `F. Thefe is an extra credit option (5% of A credit) for those who attend the centennial lecture by John Van Engen and Jim Turmer on Th April 20.
READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE
W Jan 11 Introductions (including an overview of the Lynch Text)
Eurasian World; Mediterranean Topography; Roman History; Lynch Index
F Jan 13 The Mediterranean and the Roman Empire
Lynch 1-20
[M Jan 16 MLK Day ]
[Tu Jan 17 Last Day to add a course]
W Jan 18 Early Christianity
Lynch 20-29; Empire ca.300; Diocletian's Rome ; Empire ca. 395.
F Jan 20 Constantine and the Christian Empire
Brown 4-5 and 7-28
M Jan 23 The Young Augustine
Brown 29-67
W Jan 25 Augustine’s Conversions I
Brown 67-124
F Jan 27 Augustine’s Conversions II
[F Jan 27 Last day to drop a course and get a full refund.]
Brown 125-97
M Jan 30 The Offices of the Church
Brown 198-278; Fathers of the Church
W Feb 1 Fathers of the Church
Brown 279-353 (pp. 354-399 are not assigned)
F Feb 3 The Writings of Augustine
Brown 400-437; Lynch 32-36
M Feb 6 The “Fall of Rome”
Prepare for Discussion on paper topics and Peter Brown's Augustine
W Feb 8 Discussion on Peter Brown's augustins & on paper topics
Brown 441-520; Cesena Sermon
F Feb 10 Retrospective on Peter Brown’s Augustine
Study; finish identifying the area of your research paper
M Feb 13 Midterm #1
Lynch 29-30; Monastic Diffusion; Benedictine Rule;
Benedictine Leadership
W Feb 15 Benedictine Monasticism
Lynch 37-51; Letters of Gregory;
F Feb 17 The World of Gregory the Great
Lynch 62-64; Gregory of Tours' Account of the Conversion of Clovis; Martin of Tours; prepare a sheet listing a research
topic and a scholarly book related to it
M Feb 20 Internal Conversion
Lynch 64-71; Confession of Patrick; Bede’s Conversion of England;
Map of Europe AD 600; Elf Charms. Texts about St. Boniface.
W Feb 22 Converting the British Isles
Lynch 72-128; Howe 13-17; Einhard's "Charlemagne";
Map of Europe 800; Letter to Baugulf; Royal Frankish Annals 777-828
F Feb 24 Carolingian Empire & Church
Lynch 118-23; Howe 17-49 The Annals of Xanten, 845-853,
Prepare a sheet listing the topic, a tentative title, the name of a scholarly book related to the project, and a tentative research plan
M Feb 27 The Carolingian Collapse
Lynch 123-38; Howe 50-111; Europe 900
W Mar 1 Revival and Rebuilding
Howe 112-203; Lynch 139-55
F Mar 3 Spiritual Life in the Medieval Church
Howe 203-66
M Mar 6 Institutional Structure in the Medieval Church
Howe 267-313; Howe as Teleologist.
W Mar 8 Retrospective on Howe’s Before the Gregorian Reform
Study
F Mar 10 Midterm #2
March 11-19 Spring Vacation]
Lynch 156-70; Dictatus Papae, ; Bans on Lay Invesititures,
Concordat of Worms,
M Mar 20 Gregorian Reform
Lynch 205-40
W Mar 22 The Apostolic Life
Lynch 189-204; Innocent III ; Some Canons of Lateran IV;
F Mar 24 Rise of the Papacy and Innocent III
Lynch 268-83; Statutes for Paris ; Jacques De Vitry on student life .
M Mar 29 Universities
W Mar 31 Mendicants
Finish first draft of term paper for class on April 1
F Apr 1 Discuss Term Paper Research
Brentano xi-xviii, 3-61
M Apr 3 Brentano’s “Connections”
Brentano 62-173
W Apr 5 Brentano’s “Provinces , Dioceses…”
Brentano 174-237
F Apr 7 Optional Consultation about term paper progress (HH 226, from 11:30am-1:00pm “)
[M Apr 10 Easter Holiday]
W Apr 12 Brentano’s “Bishops & Saints” “Written Church” and “Conclusion”
Brentano 353-80
F Apr 14 Retrospective on Brentano’s Two Churches
Lynch 264-307
M Apr 7 The Sacramental Life
Summa Theologiae ; Tips on Reading Aquinas
W Apr 19 The Scholastic Synthesis and Its Fraying
Lynch 308-20
Th Apr 20 Th 4:00-5:30pm at the Auditorium of the Texas Tech Museum : Extra Credit Option for attending Centennial Lecture on Learning Institutionalized"
F Apr 21 The Fall of the Papacy
Lynch 320-33
M Apr 24 Fourteenth- & fifteenth-Century Church
Lynch 333-46; The Stripping of the Altars
W Apr 26 Late Medieval Popular Religion
Prepare to speak about your research
F Apr 28 Student Reports
M May 2 Student Reports & Summing Up
[M May 2 Make-Up Test at 3:30-4:30 pm]
[W May 4 Dead Day]
Study
F May 5 2023 1:30-4:00pm FINAL EXAMINATION
Tu May 9 9:00am DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING REWRITTEN PAPERS
