Reading assignments should be done aproximately when indicated. Doing this will keep you on track for intersections with lectures and for tests, as well as helping to organise your semester and keep your lives in control.
 

Part One: The Central Middle Ages, 1000-1300

• 1 Sept. Introductory Class
• 4 Sept. King Harald's Saga
• 6 Sept. King Harald's Saga
• 8 Sept. King Harald's Saga
• 11 Sept. Arthurian Romances, I
• 13 Sept. Letters of Abelard and Heloise
• 15 Sept. TEST: Political and Geographical Basics
• 18 Sept. Letters of Abelard and Heloise
• 20 Sept. The First Crusade
• 22 Sept. The First Crusade
• 25 Sept. The First Crusade
• 27 Sept. Arthurian Romances, II
• 29 Sept. Arthurian Romances, II
• 2 Oct. Arthurian Romances, II
• 4 Oct. Arthurian Romances
• 6 Oct. Research Topics Handed out
• 9 Oct.  No Class (Yom Kippur or a research day, as you choose)
• 11 Oct. Arthurian Romances, III
• 13 Oct. Fall Break
• 16 Oct. First Life of St Francis
• 18 Oct. First Life of St Francis
• 20 Oct. TEST: The Central Middle Ages: Church and State

  
   

• Part Two: The Later Middle Ages, 1300-1540
  • 23 Oct. Inferno
  • 25 Oct. Inferno
  • 27 Oct. Inferno
  • 30 Oct. Purgatorio
  • 1 Nov. Purgatorio
  • 3 Nov. Purgatorio
  • 5 Nov. Paradisio
  • 8 Nov. Paradisio
  • 10 Nov. Paradisio
  • 13 Nov. Joan of Arc
  • 15 Nov. Joan of Arc
  • 17 Nov. Joan of Arc
  • 20-24 Nov. Thanksgiving Recess (No Classes)
  • 27 Nov. The Book of Margery Kempe
  • 29 Nov. The Book of Margery Kempe
  • 1 Dec. The Book of Margery Kempe
  • 4 Dec. The Book of Margery Kempe
  • 6 Dec. Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
  • 8 Dec. TEST: Later Medieval Europe
  • 14 Dec. 9:00AM: RESEARCH PAPERS DUE