HIST 4347/5366:
HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
38425/38431 Fall 2017, Holden Hall 111 |
John Howe,
Professor of
History,
Interim Co-Director,
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Center,
TTU
Office: 143 Holden Hall
Office Hours: MW 10-11:15am, M 9:30-10:15 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 problems posed by potential
conflicts between aesthetics and substance in historical writing.
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 that
may include quizzes, reaction papers, polling the class, and other techniques.
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.
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 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. 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 achieve
your full potential and 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. 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 are to
be listed in a bibliography with separate subsections for
"Primary Sources" and "Secondary
Sources." Your project should cite the required readings of the course
insofar as these are relevant. Many
medieval sources in translation are available electronically and these may
be used so long as you cite them properly.
A tentative research area must be chosen by Monday, September 25 (one quiz
question on September 25 will ask you to name your research area). A sheet
listing the topic, a tentative title, a research plan, and the name of a
relatively scholarly book related to the project must be presented on Monday,
October 16. A preliminary draft of the paper is due on Monday, November
13--failure to submit some sort of preliminary draft at this deadline will
result in a failing grade on the whole assignment. Graded papers will be
returned Monday, November 20. You can keep the initial grade or rewrite the
paper and resubmit it for a new grade. No new papers or rewritten papers will be
accepted after 9:00 am on Wednesday, December 13.
Medieval History in Film
A "film
festival" on Francis of Assisi is scheduled for the evening of Friday, November
17, from 6:00-9:30 pm in Holden Hall 109 (pizza provided). You have ample
advance notice of this scheduled event: please arrange your calendar so that you
can attend. The films shown will be discussed in class on the following Monday
and are part of the material of the course.
[Note to Graduate Students enrolled for H5366 Credit
Students
taking this course for graduate credit will meet with the instructor during the
last few minutes of the first scheduled class on August 28. These students, as a
group, will be responsible for completing the regular work of the class and also
for writing three two-page reviews,
on books related to the "Christianization" of
Europe (due October 11) to relics (due October 23) and to
the inquisition (due November 20). Reviews will be presented at three graduate
class meetings scheduled to meet after the regular class on October 11, October
23, and November 20. ]
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, October 30. It will include
multiple-choice
questions, identification
questions, a single essay
(from two or more choices), and perhaps
map work.
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, December 4, at 3:30-4:30 in HH151.
The final
examination, scheduled for Tuesday December 12 at 7:30-10:00pm. It will feature
multiple-choice
and identification
questions based on the material covered since the midterm, and 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 top four grades on
quizzes; 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 get the class-participation
percentage credited as an `A'; those adequate but undistinguished 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.
UNIVERSITY NOTICE
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 (TTU
Student Judicial Programs)."
Because we live in an imperfect world, it is sometimes necessary to undergird
ideals and norms with enforcement mechanisms: be aware that Texas Tech mandates
specific
Disciplinary Outcomes for Academic Honesty Violations.
READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE
M Aug 28
Course Introduction / Overview of Medieval Church History
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.
[Th Aug 31
Last day for students to add a course]
[M Sept 4
Labor Day Holiday]
M Sept 11
[Quiz]
The Later Roman Empire
/ Augustine's Conversions
[W Sept 13 Last day to drop a course and get a refund.]
Brown 107-255; Fathers of the Church; re Claudia Rapp on Holy Bishops;
M Sept 18 Church Structure / Fathers of the Church/ Augustine as Pastor
Brown 256-366; Map of Europe in 400;
Barbarian Invasions ;
Europe in 476
;
Gelasius ;
prepare an answer for the following quiz question:
"The subject area of my term paper project will be __________."
M Sept 25 [Quiz] Augustine's Literary and Doctrinal Heritage
Brown 383-513; Lynch 29-30 and 43-51; Cesena Sermon; Monastic Diffusion; Benedictine Rule; Benedictine“Leadership”
M Oct 2 Brown's Augustine Reconsidered / The Transformation of Rome / Benedictine Monasticism
Choose
paper topic to be ready for the next quiz, where "The subject area of my term
paper project will be __________."
M Oct 9
[Quiz]
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.
Prepare a sheet that lists your term project's topic, a tentative title, a
research plan, and the name of a relatively scholarly book related to the
project.
M Oct 16 The
Carolingian Church and Its Late Carolingian Challenges
Howe 50-203, 297-313; Lynch 137-70;
Peace of God;
Papal Election Decree of 1059
; Henry
IV to Gregory VII
;
Gregory VII to Henry IV
;
Concordat of Worms
M Oct 23 Ecclesiastical Revival / "Gregorian Reform I": The Investiture Controversy
[M Oct 30 Last day for
student-initiated drop on My Tech with penalty (counts against the drop limit)]
Study
M Oct 30
Midterm / "Gregorian Reform
Lynch 205-40; Howe 204-96
M Nov 6 [Quiz] Apostolic Life / Howe's Before the Gregorian Reform Reconsidered
Lynch 189-204 and 267-83; Some Canons of Lateran IV; Statutes for Paris ; Jacques De Vitry on student life . Finish first term paper draft.
M Nov 13
The Rise of the Papacy / Universities
Lynch 241-266; Francis:
The Authoritative Life
F Nov 17
from 6:00-9:30
Francis of Assisi Film Festival
(pizza provided)
M Nov 20
The Friars / One Church? Or Many?
Brentano 174-255 and 291-352
M Nov 27
[Quiz]
Bishops & Saints /The Written Church
Brentano 353-80; Lynch 308-51
[M Dec 4 Make-Up Test at 3:30-4:30 pm
in HH151]
M Dec 4
[Quiz]
Brentano's Two Churches
Reconsidered / Crises of the Late Medieval Church
[Th Dec 7 Dead Day]
Study
Tu Dec 12 at 7:30 - 10:00 pm FINAL
EXAMINATION H4347/7000
W Dec 13 at 9:00am Deadline
for submitting rewritten papers.