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Concentration in Medieval and Renaissance Studies

If the period commonly referred to as the Renaissance marks the beginning of the Early Modern period in European history, it nonetheless exists in profound continuity with the Middle Ages. The two periods share common theses, issues, auctores and institutions and participate in a common enterprise: for they both attempt to forge a union out of the impressive remnants of ancient, but pagan, civilization and the living traditions of thought and piety associated with biblical (Jewish and Christian) religion. Even when the Renaissance writers do distance themselves from late medieval practices and thinking, often enough what they are doing is reviving the spirit and language of an earlier Middle Ages in preference to more recent developments. Hence the appropriateness of combining the study of the Renaissance with that of the Middle Ages in a single concentration. Concentrators are free, of course, to emphasize one period more than the other if they choose.

Through a consortium agreement with Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Dallas, it is possible for students pursuing the concentration to take courses in medieval subjects not usually offered here but available at the other institutions, with the approval of the Director of the Center.

The concentration requires the completion of six three-credit upper-division courses, in four different fields, from the list below or otherwise approved by the Director and distributed according to the following principles:

  1. History (two courses)
  2. English, Modern Languages or Classics.
  3. Philosophy or Theology.
  4. A fifth course other than History and other than the fields chosen in #2 and #3.
  5. A sixth course, in any field.

Requirements

Concentration Requirements:

History - 6 credits

English, Modern Language, Classics, Philosophy and Theology courses - 9 credits

 

History Courses

Pick 6 credits (2 courses)
HIS 3307Medieval Europe I

3
HIS 3308Medieval Europe II

3
HIS 3309Topics in Medieval History

3
HIS 3310The Renaissance

3
HIS 3311The Reformation

3
HIS 3312Topics in the Renaissance and Reformation

3
HIS 3321Early Medieval England

3
HIS 3337Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval England

3

Additional approved courses

Choose two (3) credit courses,
ENG 3323Medieval Literature

3
ENG 4359Shakespeare

3
ENG 5324Dante

3
ENG 5312English Renaissance

3
ENG 5320Arthurian Romance

3
CLL 3334St. Augustine

3
CLL 3335Medieval Latin Readings

3
MFR 5V50Special Topics in French

1-6
MGE 3341German Literary Tradition I

3
MSP 3317Peninsular Spanish Literary Tradition

3
THE 4311The Theology of Thomas Aquinas

3
THE 5311Church History I

3
THE 5315Patristic/Byzantine Theology

3
THE 5316Medieval & Modern Theology

3

Required Courses

Choose one 3 credit course.
ART 5356Art of the Italian Renaissance 1300 - 1600

3
ART 5365Medieval Art

3
ART 5367Northern Renaissance 1400 - 1550

3
DRA 3335Theater Literature I

3
POL 3312Political Regimes: Ancients, Christians, and the Advent of Modernity

3
POL 3333Political Philosophy in the Middle Ages

3

Required course

Choose one 3 credit course.
THE 4311The Theology of Thomas Aquinas

3
THE 5311Church History I

3
THE 5315Patristic/Byzantine Theology

3
THE 5316Medieval & Modern Theology

3