Honors 300, Spring 2002
Assignments and Grade Determination:
Since this course is designated as writing intensive, particular
attention will be paid to helping students learn to write and reason. The
assignments are designed to help students improve their writing and analytical
skills. In order to get writing intensive credit for this course, you must
demonstrate writing proficiency. Two marks will be assigned at the
end of the term: a grade for the class and an indication of whether the
student has received writing-intensive credit for the course.
1. Research Papers: Students will be required to write two in-depth research papers.
Pilgrimage Project: Students will be required to design their own pilgrimage site. This will require creating a saint, with its own saints’ life, and the actual place of pilgrimage. Students will present their pilgrimage site to the class.
To facilitate the development of the project, students will be required to write a proposal outlining their pilgrimage site and to turn in an annotated bibliography of at least 20 sources.
Gothic Cathedral: Students will be required to write a paper investigating some aspect of Gothic Cathedrals. Topics should be determined by the tenth week of the semester and must have the approval of the instructor. Students must use an extensive bibliography (at least 20 sources), as well as several primary sources.
To facilitate this process, several assignments have been sequenced to aid students in refining their topic and writing their paper:
Paper Proposal
Annotated Bibliography (25 sources)
Paper Outline
2. Analytical Reviews: Students will write two critiques of the books assigned during the semester. The only book assigned for the course that is not eligible for review is The Pilgrim’s Guide to Santiago de Compostela.
3. Essay of Synthesis: Students will be asked to synthesize what they have learned this semester by considering the relationship between art and history. This essay will be due the last week of the semester.
4. Presentation: Students will be required to lead discussion of course readings at various times during the semester.
5. Participation: Since this is a seminar course, student participation is imperative to the success of the class
Class participation is a significant part of your grade in this course: This grade is determined by:
· Attending Class (more than five absences will lower the final
grade for the course by one grade. More than six absences will result in
failure of the course. Students with perfect attendance will receive 10
bonus points).
· Participating in large and small group discussions
· Reading and preparing for discussions
· Completing individual in-class writing and group assignments.
Point Distributions:
Pilgrimage Project:
Paper Proposal
100 points
Annotated Bibliography 50
Presentation
100
Paper/Project
300
Gothic Cathedral:
Paper Proposal
100 points
Annotated Bibliography 50
Outline
50
Paper
300
Book Analyses
300 (150 points each)
Essay of Synthesis
200
Class Presentations
100
Participation
200
Rough Drafts: I am willing to read rough drafts of your papers. Please budget enough time before the assignment is due so I can make comments and you will have time to revise the paper (a minimum of two days is suggested).
Rewrites: Students are strongly encouraged to rewrite papers. The procedure for rewrites is as follows:
1. Meet with the instructor to determine what needs revision. It should be clear from comments on the paper what needs to be rewritten, but discussion with the instructor is imperative for clarification and direction for revision.
2. Rewrites are due within one week of when the paper was returned. Extensions will be granted in certain circumstances. Please be sure to turn in the original draft of the paper with the rewrite.
3. If significant improvement is evident, the paper grade will be raised a maximum of one letter grade.
4. Students may rewrite no more than two assignments during the course of the term.
Assignments will be penalized ONE LETTER GRADE for each day it is late.
After five days, assignments will no longer be accepted.
Please Note: In order to pass this course all assignments must be completed.
Extensions: Permission for make-up exams or extensions for papers/essays will be given only in extenuating circumstances. Please consult with the instructor.
Academic Honesty: Cheating and Plagiarism are unacceptable and will result in a failing grade.
Out of respect for the instructor and fellow class members, please do not wear hats in the classroom.
Be advised: The instructor reserves the right to make additional
assignments, change the dates of tests or due dates for papers. In other
words, all of the above and below is subject to revision or change at the
instructor’s discretion.
Class Schedule and Assignments
Readings for each class, questions for discussion, and assignments may be found on the course web page:
Introduction to the Romanesque Era
Week 1: January 15 Introduction: Romanesque and Gothic
January 17
Overview of the Era of the Romanesque
Noble, Strauss, et al., Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment
pp. 280-302; 311-332
Kagan, Ozment and Turner, The Western Heritage, seventh edition
pp. 192-238
Kagan, Ozment and Turner, The Western Heritage, sixth edition
pp. 200-248
Questions for Discussion
Week 2: January 22
The Medieval Monastery: St. Gall and St. Benedict
Examine The Plan of St. Gall, ed. by Lorna Price, on Reserve in the Library.
Selections from the Rule of St. Benedict
Questions for Discussion
Romanesque Art and Society
January 24
Romanesque Art: Definitions and Patrons
Petzold, Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2
Questions for Discussion
Week 3: January 29 Faculty Retreat – no class
January 31 Society
in the Era of the Romanesque
Petzold, Chapters 3 and 4
Fulbert of Chartres, Duties of lords and Vassals at
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/fulbert1.html
Economic documents concerning the church at:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1150Clunyprop.html
Selections from the Cartulary of St. Trond at
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1j.html#The
Church and the Economy
Introduction to The Book of Sainte Foy, ed. and trans. Pamela Sheingorn,
on Reserve in
the Library
Questions for Discussion:
Week 4: February 5
Conques and the Cult of Ste. Foy
pp. 33-111 in The Book of Sainte Foy, ed. and trans. Pamela Sheingorn,
on Reserve in the Library
Questions for Discussion
February 7 Discussion
of Furta Sacra
Guidelines for Discussion
Week 5: February 12 Discussion of Furta
Sacra and Translatio of Ste. Foy
Translatio in The Book of Sainte Foy, ed. and trans. Pamela
Sheingorn, on Reserve in the Library
Guidelines for Discussion
February 14 Discussion of The Pilgrim’s
Guide to Santiago
Questions for Discussion
Week 6: February 19 Discussion of
The
Pilgrim’s Guide to Santiago
Questions for Discussion
Annotated Bibliography for Pilgrimage Project Due
February
21 Women and Romanesque Art
Petzold, Chapter 5
Selection of additional readings
Questions for Discussion
First Book Analysis due
Guidelines for the Book Analysis
Introduction to the Gothic Period: Society, Economy and Culture
Week 7: February 26 Overview
of the Gothic Period
Read pertinent chapters in Western Civilization Texts on Reserve in
the Library
Little, Chapters 1-3.
Questions for Discussion and Reading Assignment
Guidelines for reading Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval
Europe
February 28 Society and Economy in
the Twelfth Century
Articles in Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century,
ed. by Robert Benson and Giles
Constable
Questions for Discussion
Week 8: March 5 Pilgrimage Presentations
Pilgrimage Project Papers Due
March 7 Pilgrimage Presentations
March 9-17 Spring Break
Week 9: March 19
The Twelfth Century Renaissance: Culture and Economics
Article from Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century,
ed. by Robert Benson and Giles
Constable or The Twelfth Century Renaissance by Charles Homer Haskins
Assignment and Questions for Discussion
March 21
Discussion of Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval
Europe
Guidelines for reading Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval
Europe
Gothic Cathedral Project Proposal Due
Possible Topics for Gothic Cathedral
Project
Guidelines for Proposals
Week 10: March 26
Economy and Cathedrals
Little, Chapters 10 and 12
Gimpel, pp. 1-60
Guidelines for reading Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval
Europe
Discussion Questions for Gimpel and Little
Gothic Cathedrals
March 28 The Development
of Gothic
Gimpel, pp. 61-154
Von Simson, Chapters 1 and 2
Questions for Discussion
Week 11: April 2
Light and Philosophy
Von Simson, Chapter 3
Handout from Abbot Suger, ed. by E. Panofsky
Questions for Discussion
April 4 Chartres
Von Simson, Chapters 4 and 5
Week 12: April 9
Chartres Cathedral
Von Simson, Chapters 6 and 7
Questions for Discussion
Annotated Bibliography for Gothic Cathedral Project Due
April
11 Film Day
Please pick up the films in the History Department Office. Return them
after viewing them.
Week 13: April 16 Discussion
of Bread, Wine and Money
Questions for Discussion
April
18 Discussion of Bread, Wine
and Money
Questions for Discussion
Week 14: April 23 Sythesis and Book
Analysis Day
Guidelines for Discussion
Outline for Gothic Cathedral Project Due
Guidelines for Outline
April
25 The Cathedrals of Notre
Dame of Paris, Amiens and Reims
Selections from Gold was the Mortar by Henry Kraus and from
Romanesque and Gothic France by Viviane Minne-Seve and Herve Kergel
on electronic reserve in the Library (password: liv300)
Questions for Discussion
Second Book Analysis Due
Week 15: April 30 Women and Gothic
Cathedrals
Reading Assignment and Questions for Discussion
May 2 International Congress of Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan – No class, but
Week 16: May 7 Closure: The End of Gothic
Assignment and Questions for Discussion