HIST 4347/5341:
HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
57627/59709
Spring 2019, Holden Hall 28 |
John Howe,
Professor of
History,
Advisor,
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Center,
TTU
Office: 143 Holden Hall
Office Hours: MW 11:00am-12:15pm; MW 9:45pm-10:15 pm,, and by appointment
Telephone: 834‑7544 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 the critical procedures historians use to analyze them. To develop
increased skill in historical writing. To introduce historiographic problems
posed by potential conflicts between aesthetics and substance.
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 quizzes, examinations, a course
paper, class discussion, and miscellaneous classroom assessment activities.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Required Texts
Robert
Brentano, Two Churches: England and Italy in the Thirteenth Century.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.
Peter
Brown, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography. 2nd ed. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 2000.
John Howe,
Before the Gregorian Reform: The Latin Church at the Turn of the First
Millennium.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2016.
Lynch, Joseph
H., and Philip C. Adamo, The Medieval
Church: A Brief History. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2014.
Also required
is a set of documents to be taken from the Web. Their URLs are electronically
linked to the Web version of this syllabus. Print these a few days in advance,
since server or network problems can thwart last minute consultations.
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. In the classroom difficult reading
assignments are interpreted and contextualized; additional subject matter is
introduced; and audio-visual materials are used. If you cannot attend at least
80% of the classes (i.e. miss no more than four), 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 internet
resources. On-line sources, like printed sources, must be
properly cited.
A tentative research area must be chosen by Monday, February 18 (one question on
Quiz 2 will ask
"What is your term paper research area?"). A sheet
listing the topic, a tentative title, a research plan, and the name of a
scholarly book related to the project must be presented on Monday, February 25. A preliminary draft of the paper is due on Monday,
April 1--failure to submit some sort of preliminary draft by this deadline will
result in a failing grade for the whole assignment. Graded papers will be
returned Monday, April 8. You can keep the initial grade or you can rewrite the
paper and resubmit it for a new grade up until 5:00 pm on Tuesday, May 14.
Medieval History in Film
A "film
festival" on Francis of Assisi is scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, April
17, from 6:00-9:30pm (pizza provided). You have ample
advance notice of this scheduled event. Please arrange your calendars so that you
can attend. The films shown will be discussed in the following class
and are part of the material of the course.
[Note to Graduate Students enrolled for H5341 Credit
Students
taking this course for graduate credit will meet with the instructor as soon as
possible to discuss a supplemental program.. Graduate students taking this
course for graduate credit will be responsible for completing both the regular work of the class and also
for writing and discussing three two-page reviews,
on agreed-upon books.]
Examinations
Six short
quizzes are scheduled in classes throughout the semester, each featuring
multiple-choice
and identification
questions related to that week's assigned readings.
One one-hour
midterm examinations is scheduled for Monday, April 1. It 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 midterm. 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 Monday May 13 at 7:30-10:00pm. It will feature
multiple-choice
and identification
questions based on the material covered since the 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 to the final.
GRADING
The course grade will be computed as follows: 10% from the quizzes (that is, 2%
from each of your top five scores); 20% from the midterm test; 30% from the
final; 30% from the research paper (5% for a sheet listing the topic, a
tentative title, a research plan, and the name of a good relatively scholarly
book related to the project; 25% for the completed paper); and 10% from class
participation. [For graduate students the midterms and quizzes together will
count 25%; the final 25%; the three additional book reviews 5% each; and class
participation 5%.]
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.
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observance of a religious holy day shall be allowed to take an examination or
complete an assignment scheduled for that day within a reasonable time after the
absence. A student who is excused under this provision may not be penalized for
the absence; however, the instructor may respond appropriately if the student
fails to complete the assignment satisfactorily.
ADA Statement
Any
student who, because of a disability, may require special arrangements in order
to meet the course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as
possible to make any necessary arrangements. Students should present appropriate
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READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE
[M Jan 21 Martin Luther King Holiday]
[Tu Jan 22 Last day for student-initiated Drop/Add]
Lynch 1-29; Brown 7-107; Edict of Milan; Christian Laws1, Christian Laws2, For geographical orientation, in addition to the maps of North Africa and Italy in Brown 4-5, see Diocletian's Rome and the Empire in 395. For more information on Augustine, you may wish to consult James O'Donnell's Augustine page.
M Jan 28
Course Introduction /
The Later Roman Empire
/ Augustine's Conversions
Brown 107-255; Fathers of the Church; read the review of Claudia Rapp on Holy Bishops; visit the Museum of Texas Tech University (SE corner of 4th Street & Indiana, open Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1-5pm) and spend at least 30 minutes surveying the exhibit on "Pre Modern Bibles: From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Complutensian Polyglot Bible"--be prepared to discuss manuscript technology and early traditions of biblical scholarship
[Sat Feb 2 Last day to drop without penalty; last day to drop and receive a refund]
M Feb 4 [Quiz #1] Church Structure / Fathers of the Church / Augustine as Pastor
Brown 256-366; Map of Europe in 400; Barbarian Invasions ; Europe in 476 ; Gelasius
M Feb 11 Augustine's Literary and Doctrinal Heritage
Brown 383-513; Lynch 29-30 and 43-51;
Cesena
Sermon;
Monastic Diffusion; Benedictine
Rule;
Benedictine“ Leadership”; prepare
in advance an answer for the following quiz question:
"What is your term paper research area?"
M Feb 18 [Quiz #2] Brown's Augustine Reconsidered / The Transformation of Rome / Benedictine Monasticism
Lynch 37-43, 50-71;
Letters of Gregory;
Gregory
of Tours' Account of the Conversion of Clovis; the
Confession of St. Patrick
;Bede
on the Conversion of England;
Map of
Europe AD 600;
Elf Charms.
M Feb 25 [Quiz #3] The World of Gregory the Great / The Conversion of Northern Europe
Lynch 72-128; Howe 7-49; Einhard's "Charlemagne"; Map of Europe 800; Letter to Baugulf of Fulda; Saxon Capitulary ; Treaty of Verdun Map
M Mar 4
Howe 50-203, 297-313; Lynch 128-70;
Peace of God;
Papal Election Decree of 1059
; Henry
IV to Gregory VII
;
Gregory VII to Henry IV
;
Concordat of Worms
[Mar 9-17
Spring Vacation]
M Mar 18 Ecclesiastical Revival / "Gregorian
Reform I": The Investiture Controversy
Study
M Mar 25
Midterm / "Gregorian Reform
[W Mar 27 Last day for student-initiated drop (with penalty); last day to
declare pass/fail intentions]
Lynch 205-40; Howe 204-96; Howe as
Teleologist. f
M Apr 1 [Quiz #4] Apostolic Life / Howe's Before the Gregorian Reform Reconsidered
M Apr 8
The Rise of the Papacy / Universities
Francis: The
Authoritative Life; Lynch 241-266;
;
Brentano xi-xx, 3-173
M Apr 15 [Quiz #5] Mendicants / Brentano's "Connections" and "Provinces & Dioceses"
Brentano 174-255 and 291-352
W Apr 17
from 6:00-9:30pm
Francis of Assisi Film Festival
(pizza provided)
[M Apr 22 Easter Holiday: Day of No Classes]
M Apr 29
Discussion
on Francis of Assisi in Film / Brentano's "Bishops & Saints" and "The Written Church
Brentano 353-80; Lynch 308-51
[M May 4 Make-Up Test at 2:00-3:00pm
in HH151]
M May 6
[Quiz
#6]
Brentano's Two Churches
Reconsidered / Crises of the Late Medieval Church
[W May 8 Dead Day]
Study
Tu
May 14 at 5:00am Deadline
for submitting rewritten papers.