Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Studies
Director: Patterson and Powell
Advisory Board: Burr, DeTurk, Grimes, Krahmer, Lewin, Shannon, St. Amour
The Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation Studies program includes courses offered by the departments of History, Fine and Performing Arts, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Political Science and Theology. Courses taken to satisfy requirements of this program may also serve to satisfy GEP/GER or major requirements, including Integrative Learning courses where appropriate. Participants choose a minimum of six courses from those listed below, with at least one from each group and no more than three from any one department. Substitutions may be approved upon request to the directors. Students who successfully complete the program requirements earn a Minor in Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Studies.
History Group
The Rise of the West, 400-1200 |
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The Italian Renaissance, 1000-1500 |
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Revolutions, 1517-1648: Religious, Social, and Scientific |
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England from Danes to Tudors: 700-1485 |
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Tudor-Stuart England |
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HIS 339 |
The Mongol Empire, 1100-1500 |
Colloquium in European History |
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Directed Readings: The Italian Renaissance |
Language, Literature and Fine Arts Group
Early Christian and Medieval Art |
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Architecture Renaissance Art and Architecture |
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ENG 301 |
Middle English Literature |
ENG 302 |
Renaissance Non-Dramatic Literature |
Renaissance Drama |
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Chaucer and the Medieval World |
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Shakespeare: Early Works |
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Shakespeare: Later Works |
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English, Irish, Anglophone Authors (with pre-1700 focus) |
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France: Medieval to Early Modern |
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Love and Desire in Medieval French Literature |
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Medieval German Literature |
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ITA 315 |
Italy through Art |
Italian Journeys |
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The Artist and the Madman in the Renaissance & Reformation |
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ITA 445 |
The Medici COurt: Poetry, Patronage and the Art of Power |
Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio and the Dawn of the Renaissance |
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Love, Courtship and Violence in Medieval Literature |
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Passions of the Heart and the Soul in Imperial Spain |
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Staging Gender, Sexuality and Social Conflict in Spain's Golden Age |
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Don Quijote |
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The Literary Age of Ignatius Loyola |
Philosophy and Theology Group
PHL 360 |
THe Philosophy of God in Aquinas |
Medieval Philosophy |
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The Philosophy of Aquinas |
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Islam |
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Gender and Christian Spirituality |
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Christian Origins |
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Knowledge and Love of God in the Middle Ages |
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16th Century Protestant and Catholic Debates |