Course Description
The intellectual history of medieval Europe. The nature of Christian behavior will be examined in the development of premodern ideas on the human body, politics, law, and religion.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional research and/or paper(s) are normally required for graduate level coursework.
Athena Title
The Medieval Mind
Prerequisite
Any HIST course or ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1102S or POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students will be able to arrive at conclusions about the medieval mind by gathering and weighing of evidence, logical argument, and listening to counter argument.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to write stylistically appropriate papers and essays. Students will be able to analyze ideas and evidence, organize their thoughts, and revise and edit their finished essays.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to identify how the history of the medieval monastic mind shaped social and cultural identities and attitudes toward religion, knowledge, and art and encouraging them to understand diverse worldviews and experiences.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to apply appropriate methodological approaches to their analysis of primary sources and to organize their evidence to show historical continuities and discontinuities.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to generate their own research question or topic, locate suitable primary and secondary sources, and synthesize their ideas in novel ways.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to initiate, manage, complete, and evaluate their independent research projects in stages and to give and receive constructive feedback through the peer review process.
Topical Outline
- Introduction / The Classical inheritance
- Roman Christianity & the Latin Church Fathers
- From Ancient to Medieval
- Monastic thought and practice
- The Carolingian Age
- The Romanesque Age
- Scholasticism & the Twelfth Century Renaissance
- High Medieval Literature
- Sub-University Culture
- High Medieval Philosophy
- High Medieval Science
- Mendicants and Mystics
- High and Late Medieval Heresy
- Late Medieval Scholasticism
- The Fourteenth Century
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
Communication
The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
