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The medieval aesthetic, political and moral outlook, sense of the divine and (most obviously) languages all frustrate modern expectations. To study the Middle Ages, therefore, the modern student must engage with the academic disciplines (art history, philosophy, theology, comparative literature, etc.) which seek to illuminate these points of contrast.

This course will not attempt to survey the entire 1000 years of European history, literature, and culture that constitute the medieval world. Instead, we will focus on four topics: early monks and nuns (400-700), the age of Vikings (800-1100), tournaments and courtly society (1300s) and the fall of Constantinople (1453). We will approach each topic from a variety of points of view, using a variety of academic disciplines. The course will introduce you to some of the topics that define the Middle Ages and it will provide training in some of the many disciplines necessary to understand the medieval world. 1.0 course

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