| Summer 2008 Courses and Faculty
Summer Courses
MI 30288. Religion and War in the Middle Ages
Stephen J. Molvarec
3 credits
M W R 3:15 - 5:10 P.M.
6/17/08-7/31/08
This course explores the development of monastic and chivalric impulses in medieval Europe from 400-1500 AD. Two of the most persistent images, even to this day, which represent the Middle Ages are that of the monk and of the knight. Monasteries and knighthood were social institutions that significantly shaped societal sensibilities and culture in the West. From the beginning of the Middle Ages, monastic groups and knightly orders took pages from one another's book. Their influence upon one another is seen in monks who came to think of themselves as spiritual warriors and in some knights who came to consider themselves military monks. Rhetorical and physical violence was employed by both knights and monks throughout the period, and instances of this will be examined. In addition to considering the historical realities of monastic and knightly mentalities during the medieval era, this course will also look at representations of monks and knights from the Middle Ages until the 20th century in art, literature, and film. Such images are instructive in consideration of not only the periods that produced them, but of the Middle Ages themselves. Students interested in religious or military history, films, Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, or other representations of the Middle Ages in popular culture, are especially welcome.
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MI 40004/60004. Medieval Latin
Frank A. C. Mantello
3 credits; 10:30-12:25 MWF
6/19/07-8/3/07
This course is an introduction to the Latin language and literature
of the late antique and medieval periods (ca. A.D.
200-1500). Designed to move students toward independent work with
Medieval Latin texts, the course will emphasize the close reading
and careful translation of a variety of representative Medieval
Latin texts and documents, with attention to vocabulary and word
formation, orthography and pronunciation, morphology and syntax,
and prose styles and metrics. The course will also provide a review of the principal construction of Classical Latin and an
introduction to some of the areas of Medieval Latin scholarship,
including lexica, bibliographies, great collections and repertories
of sources, and reference works for the study of Latin works composed
in the Middle Ages. ($45 materials fee.)
The Medieval Academy of America's Committee on Centers and Regional
Associations (CARA) offers two full-tuition scholarships for students
taking a three-credit summer program Latin course through the
Medieval Institute at Notre Dame. Application details and eligibility
information is available at: http://www.nd.edu/~medinst/programs/summer.html.
Prerequisite: Both elementary and intermediate
Classical Latin or the equivalent, taken recently for college
credit.
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MI 47801/67801. Research in Biocultural
Anthropology
Susan G. Sheridan
6 credits 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. MTWRF
6/4/07-7/13/07
This hands-on research course will engage students in an experiential
learning environment that immerses them in anthropological method
and theory. Using the large Byzantine St. Stephen's skeletal collection
from Jerusalem as the cornerstone, historical and archaeological
information will be synthesized in a biocultural reconstruction
of ancient monastic life. Students will conduct original research,
share in an active field trip program, and participate in a lecture
program delivered by top scholars in the fields of biological
anthropology, classics, and Near Eastern studies. Students will
develop a suite of methodological skills in the natural and social
sciences, explore artifacts and life ways of the study population,
delve into the pertinent literature using several world-class
libraries, develop skills for collaborative research, and discover
the importance of a holistic approach to a fuller understanding
of life in the past. Visit the project web site at: http://www.nd.edu/~stephens.
Enrollment limit 10. Permission of instructorand
application required; contact Susan Guise Sheridan (Susan.G.Sheridan.5@nd.edu),
574-631-7670.
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MI 60005. Paleography
Frank A. C. Mantello
3 credits; MWF 2:30-4:25
6/19/07-8/3/07
This course is an introduction to the study of medieval writing
materials and practices and of Latin scripts from antiquity to
the early Renaissance. Designed to provide students with the skills
necessary to make use of Latin manuscripts in their research,
the course will focus on practical exercises in identifying, transcribing,
dating, and localizing the various scripts. It will be of interest
(1) to a wide variety of students whose courses are centered in
or touch upon the Middle Ages and who wish to work with unpublished
Latin materials of the medieval period; (2) to professional Latinists
and other humanists who study the classical tradition and the
transmission of texts before the age of printing; and (3) to librarians
and others with an interest in manuscripts, diplomata, incunabula,
and rare books. ($45 materials fee.)
The Medieval Academy of America's Committee on Centers and Regional
Associations (CARA) offers two full-tuition scholarships for students
taking a three-credit summer program Latin course through the
Medieval Institute at Notre Dame. Application details and eligibility
information is available at: http://www.nd.edu/~medinst/programs/summer.html
Prerequisite: Both elementary and intermediate
Classical Latin or the equivalent, taken recently for college
credit, or MI 40004/60004 (=MI 470/570) or the equivalent.
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Summer Session
Faculty
Frank A. C. Mantello
Professor Mantello has a doctorate from the University of
Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies. Since 1979 he has taught
Medieval Latin, Latin Paleography, Codicology and Textual Criticism
at the Catholic University of America, where he is a professor
in the Department of Greek and Latin and chair of the department. He is coeditor of Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide, the standard English handbook in the field.
Susan Guise Sheridan
Professor Sheridan is the coordinator of the Byzantine St. Stephen's
Project, a biocultural study of life in a large urban monastery
in Jerusalem. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado
and is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Notre Dame.
Stephen Molvarec
Mr. Molvarec holds a master's degree from the University of Notre Dame and is completing his doctoral dissertation in the History Department on Carthusian monasticism.
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Other Courses of
Interest to Medievalists
THEO 60250. Introduction to Early Christianity
Robin Darling Young
3 credits
M T W R F 2:00 - 4:20P
06/16/08 - 07/04/08
From its origins in the Judaism of first-century Palestine, early Christianity spread quickly into Aramaic-, Greek-, and Latin-speaking communities of the Roman Empire. This course will introduce the institutions created by Christianity as it separated from Judaism, as well as its interaction with the cultures into which it spread around the Mediterranean basin and into Mesopotamia and the Caucasus. From these interactions came an articulated church structure, with literary and liturgical cultures specific to particular territories, and a cluster of beliefs both shared with and differentiated from Graeco-Roman and eastern cultures. Along with the history of these cultures, the course will consider the book cultures of early Christianity and its catechists, who gave rise to a web of teachings modulated in controversy and ecumenical councils. The resultant theology, particularly teachings about the divine nature of Jesus and the related doctrine of the triadic godhead, is an important philosophical legacy of early Christianity, and will be the focus of inquiry as the course progresses.
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THEO 60251. Aquinas: Spiritual Master
Keith Egan
3 credits
M T W R F 2:00 - 4:20P
07/07/08 - 07/25/08
This course will be an introduction to the texts and major themes in the theology of Thomas Aquinas and to the development of skills in the interpretation of the theology of this saint and doctor of the church. Special attention will be paid to Aquinas' ability to keep in an intimate relationship theology and what we refer to as spirituality, what we can call Aquinas' Theological Spirituality. Attention will also be given to the use of scripture by this Master of the Sacred Page.
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THEO 60857. Augustine and the Christian Life
Lawrence Cunningham
3 credits
M T W R F 8:10 - 10:30A
06/16/08 - 07/04/08
This course will focus on a close reading of some of Saint Augustine's shorter works with a precise concentration on what the great Father of the Church considers to be a life lived under the grace of God in faith. Our readings will concentrate on some treatises found in the volume, On Christian Belief, ed. Boniface Ramsey. We would concentrate on the "Enchiridion of Faith, Hope and Charity" but also read "The Advantage of Believing,""Faith and the Creed," and a few others as time permits. A short essay will be required at the end of each week and class discussion will be part of our close reading of Augustine's texts. In anticipation of the class it might be useful to read his classic work, Confessions.
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