August 23, 2001

HISTORY 4347/5366:
HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
Fall 2001, Mondays 7-9:30, HH 126

TEACHER
John Howe
Office: 143 Holden Hall
Office Hours: MWF 11:00-11:45; M 9:30-10:00 pm; TTh 8:45-9:30; and by appointment
Telephone: 742-1004 ext 233
E-Mail: john.howe@ttu.edu
Web: http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/howe


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 have used to analyze them. To develop increased skill in historical writing.


COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Required Texts
Robert Brentano. Two Churches: England and Italy in the Thirteenth Century. Berkeley / Los Angeles / London: University of California Press, 1988.
Peter Brown. Augustine of Hippo: A Biography. 2nd ed. Berkeley / Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2000.
Norman F. Cantor. The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of `Medieval History'. New York: HarperPerennial, 1994.
Regular Life: Monastic, Canonical, and Mendicant `Rules'. Introduced by Douglas J. McMillan and Kathryn Smith Fladenmuller. TEAMS Documents of Practice Series. Kalamazoo: Western Michigan University Medieval Institute Publications, 1997, rpt. 2000.
Richard W. Southern. St. Anselm: A Portrait in a Landscape. 1990, rpt. in paperback Cambridge, Engl.: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Also required is a set of documents to be taken from the WEB. You can "click" to these directly if you access the syllabus via the WEB. Print these texts a few days in advance. Last minute consultations can be thwarted by server or network problems.

Required Reading
Specific reading assignments for each class are listed in the "Reading and Lecture Schedule," 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. 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
Successful completion of this course requires regular attendance. Part of the course grade is based on class participation, and you need to be present to participate. If you anticipate missing more than three classes, you should not be enrolled.

Research Paper
Students will produce a typed double-spaced fifteen to eighteen page research paper (ca. 5000 words) concerning any aspect of the medieval Church. However, the instructor must approve the topic in order to guarantee its suitability, access to the primary sources, and the competence of the researcher. The paper should cite at least four primary and six secondary sources (these figures are minimums, not maximums), and should utilize the required readings of the course where these are relevant. Many sources in translation are available electronically and these may be used so long as they are properly cited.
A tentative research area must be chosen by Monday, Oct 1; the topic, title, and research plan are due Monday, October 15; the preliminary bibliography and a two-page book review of a relevant monograph on Monday, October 22; the paper itself on Monday, November 12. Graded papers will be returned on Monday, November 19 (earlier if you provide a stamped, self-addressed envelope). The initial grade can be kept or the paper can be rewritten and resubmitted for a new grade. Late papers will be penalized one grade. No new papers or rewritten papers will be accepted after 5:00 pm on Wednesday, December 12.

[Note to Graduate Students
Students taking this course for Graduate Credit will write two additional reviews, on books or articles whose titles are contained in topical bibliographies concerning women in the Church, canon law, and sermons. No reviews will be accepted after 5:00 pm on Wednesday, December 12. Several separate graduate student meetings to discuss these topics will be held on Wednesday, October 10; Wednesday, November 7; and Tuesday, November 20. Although each student only needs to write reviews on two of the three topics, everyone should plan on attending all three graduate student meetings.]

Examinations
Midterm tests are scheduled for October 1 and November 19. Each will include multiple-choice questions, identifications, a single essay (to be selected from two or more choices), and perhaps map work. If, for good reason, a test is missed, it may be made up at 4:00 pm on Monday, December 3. Students receiving a grade below "C" on a midterm should meet with the teacher to discuss it.
The final examination will feature multiple-choice and identification questions on the material covered since the second midterm, and several essay questions covering the material of the entire course. Two of the essay questions will be chosen out of group of four or five optional questions; another will be: "Was the medieval Church a success or a failure?" Bring blue books for the final.

GRADING
The course grade will be computed as follows: 30% from the midterm tests (that is, 15% from each); 25% from the final; 5% from the book review; 30% from the research paper (5% for title and plan; 5% for preliminary bibliography and review; and 20% for the completed paper); and 10% from class participation. [For graduate students the midterms together will count 25%; the final 20%; and the additional book reviews 5% each.]

NECESSARY ACCOMMODATIONS
Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible so that the necessary accommodations can be made.

READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE

M Aug 27 Introduction / The Conversion of Rome

Cantor 1-66; Brown 1-130; Web Introduction; Edict of Milan; Christian Laws1, Christian Laws2, Rite for the Conversion of a Synagogue into a Church. Print a page from three different medieval bibliographical sites. For more information on Augustine, you may wish to consult James O'Donnell's Augustine page at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html.

[M Sept 3 Labor day Holiday]

M Sept 10 Augustine's Conversion

[W Sept 12 Last day to drop a course and to get a full refund]

Cantor 66-88; Brown 131-283;Regular Life xiii-xvi,1-5, 21-37; the "Vincentian Canon"; Sardica; Gelasius

M Sept 17 Latin Fathers / Church Structure

Cantor 89-121; Brown 283-437

[M Sept 24 Last day to withdraw from the University with a partial refund]

M Sept 24 Transformation of Rome

Study; paper topic due; Brown 441-520; Regular Life 37-66

M Oct 1 Test / Benedictine Monasticism

Cantor 123-60; Gregory of Tours' Account of the Conversion of Clovis; the Confession of St. Patrick, Elf Charms

[M Oct 8 Last Day to declare pass-fail intentions. Last day to drop a course and receive an automatic W.]

M Oct 8 The Conversion of Northern Europe

[W Oct 10 at 7:00-8:30 in HH141 Graduate Student Meeting No. 1: The Role of Women in the Church]

Cantor 161-95; Einhard's "Charlemagne"; Letter to Baugulf of Fulda; Saxon Capitulary. Prepare paper topic, title, research plan.

M Oct 15 The Carolingian Church

Cantor 195-233; Southern xv-xviii, 1-137; Ekkehard of Saint-Gall; HucBald's Praise of Baldness; Cluny's charter; the Peace League of Bourges; Cluniac Data Base

M Oct 22 The Benedictine Centuries

Paper bibliography and related book review are due; Cantor 235-76; Southern 138-329; 1059 Synod of Rome; Dictatus Papae; Henry IV's Letter to Gregory VII; Gregory VII's 1080 Banning of Henry IV, Concordat of Worms

M Oct 29 "Gregorian Reform"

Cantor 277-393; Southern 330-441; Bernard; Description of Clairvaux

M Nov 5 Apostolic Life / Education / Law

[W Nov 7 at 8:00-9:30 in HH141 Graduate Student Meeting No. 2: Canon Law]

Cantor 395-428; Brentano 3-173; Innocent III's Letters; Lateran IV; first draft paper due

M Nov 12 The Papal Monarchy

Study; Brentano 352-80; Waldo; Rainerius Saccho on the Sects of Modern Heretics; Bernard Gui on the Cathars;

M Nov 19 Test / Heretical Movements

[Tu Nov 20 at 7:00-8:30 Graduate Student Meeting No. 3: Sermons]

Cantor 428-452; Brentano 174-290; Regular Life 66-80; Canticle of the Sun (Italian & English); Testament of Francis

M Nov 26 The Mendicants

[F Nov 30 Last day to declare Pass/Fail, to drop a course, to receive a grade of W for courses dropped.]

Cantor 452-505; Brentano 291-352; Boniface VIII's Clericis Laicos; Anagni

M Dec 3 Late Medieval National Churches / Struggles for Reform

STUDY

M Dec 10 FINAL EXAM, scheduled for 7:30-10:00. [However, if no student in this class is also enrolled in a class at 4:30 MW or in Acct 2300, 2301, or CE 2301 (the few finals that are scheduled to be held immediately before ours), I will ask the dean to reschedule our final for the class's normal 7:00-9:30 time slot.]

W Dec 12 at 5:00: Last opportunity to turn in rewritten papers.