MEMS-4020 (3) Medieval and Early Modern Studies: Texts and Contexts

Focuses on communities in the Mediterranean basin and Europe (i.e., cloister, court, and city), discussing major literary texts and visual monuments associated with them and their historical context. Emphasizes tensions between tradition and innovation, Latin and vernacular, East and West, Christian and non-Christian (Jewish and Islam), sacred and secular, authority and freedom, and male and female. Same as MEMS 5020. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of CLAS 1110 and CLAS 1120 or ENGL 2222 and ENGL 2503 or HIST 1010 and HIST 1020 or HUMN 1010 or HUMN 1020 (minimum grade D-).