HISTORY 4347/5366:
HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
First Summer Term 2004, MTuWThF at 8:00 am, HH 127

TEACHER
John Howe
Office: 143 Holden Hall
Office Hours: MTuWThF 12:00-12:30; MTu 1:30-3:00 pm; and by appointment
Telephone: 806 742-1004 ext 233; 806 438-1321
E-Mail: john.howe@ttu.edu
Web: http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/howe
Fax:  806 742-1060

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 the problems posed by potential conflicts between the aesthetic and substantive components of historical writing and film making.


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.
Carl A. Volz. The Medieval Church: From the Dawn of the Middle Ages to the Eve of the Reformation. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997.
Also required is a photocopy packet available at Copy Tech, 145 West Hall (742-2321).
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. 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 below, 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. 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. Summer school classes move so rapidly that absences are especially damaging. You should not be enrolled if you cannot attend 80% of the scheduled classes (that is, do not miss more than four classes).

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. However, the instructor must approve the topic in advance in order to guarantee its suitability, and the researcher's access to the primary sources. The paper should cite at least four primary and six secondary sources (these figures are minimums, not maximums), which should be listed in a bibliography with separate sections for "Primary Sources" and "Secondary Sources."  It should utilize the relevant required readings of the course. Many medieval 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 Thursday, June 10 ("What is your research area?" will be a question on the first exam); a sheet listing the topic, a tentative title, a research plan, and the name of a good relatively scholarly book related to the project must be presented on Friday, June 18; a preliminary draft of the paper would be welcome on Friday, 25, but would still be accepted up to 5:00 on Monday, June 28.  Graded papers will be returned no later than Wednesday, June 30. Either 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 Monday, July 5.

Medieval History in Film
There is one "film festival" scheduled on Monday, June 28, from 6:00-10:30 pm (pizza provided), which will substitute for the homework assignment normally due the following day.  You will be responsible for a knowledge of the film material, which will be discussed in the class following on June 29.  Please try to arrange your schedule so that you can attend.

[Note to Graduate Students
Students taking this course for Graduate Credit will meet with me during the last few minutes of the first scheduled class. Then the students, as a group, will choose two topics on which they will write two two-page reviews.  These reviews will be presented at two additional graduate class meetings on these topics, which will be scheduled at mutually acceptable times.  No late reviews will be accepted after 5:00 pm on Monday, July 5. ]

Examinations
Midterm tests are scheduled for Thursday, June 10, and Monday, June 21. 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 2:30 pm on Tuesday, July 1. Students receiving a grade below "C" on a regularly scheduled midterm should meet with the teacher as soon as possible 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 options; 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); 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 together will count 25%; the final 25%; and the additional book reviews 5% each.] The class participation grade is based on attendance, class preparation, and class contributions. Students outstanding in these get the class-participation percentage credited as an `A'; those adequate but undistinguished in these have the points dropped out of the average (so that they neither help nor hurt); those below acceptable standards have them credited as an `F.'

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

W June 2 Course Introduction / Overview of the Medieval Church

Th June 3 Christianity Becomes Rome’s Official Religion

F June 4 Augustine's Conversion

M June 7 Ecclesiastical Structures / The Fathers (and Mothers) of the Church

[M June 7 Last day to drop a course and to get a full refund]

Tu June 8 The "Fall" of the Western Roman World / Brown’s Augustine as "History"

W June 9  Benedictine Monasticism / Discussion of Possible Paper Topics

Th June 10 Midterm # 1 / Eastern Empire

F June 11 Conversion of the Countryside / Conversion of the Barbarian Kingdoms

M June 14   The Roman Revolution / Charlemagne

Tu June 15  The Carolingian Renaissance / The Carolingian Church / Destruction?

W June 16 Rebuilding the Latin Church

Th June 17 Forms of Worship

[Th June 17 Last day to declare Pass/Fail, to drop a course, or to receive a grade of W for courses dropped.]

F June 18 The "Gregorian Reform"

M June 21  Midterm #2 / The Crusades

Tu June 22 Apostolic Life / The Rise of Universities

W June 23 Papal Monarchy / Canon Law / Research Paper Difficulties

Th June 24 Two Churches:  Connections, Administration

F June 25 Bishops and Saints

M Jun 28 The Mendicants / Medieval Heresies

Tu June 29  Medieval Hollywood:  Presenting History in Film / Ecclesiastical Architecture

[Tu June 29 Last Chance to drop a course, transfer between colleges, or withdraw from the University]

W June 30 Medieval Academia:  Presenting History in Writing / Late Medieval Church Crises

Th Jul 1   The Late Medieval Church on the Eve of the Reformation

[Th Jul 1, 2:30-3:30  Make-Up Exam]

F Jul 2 at 8:00-10:30: FINAL EXAMINATION

M Jul 5 at 5:00 pm DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING REWRITTEN TERM PAPERS

[Either under the door of my office in 143 Holden Hall (use the exterior door SOUTH of the elevator door), or, if the building should be closed, deliver to 3109 25^th Street, Lubbock TX 79410-2134]