THE CHRISTIANISATION OF EUROPE
c.300-1300 AD
Six sessions of TWO HOURS each, but in practice each session will be 2 subsections of 55 minutes each with a 10 minute break in the middle.
SESSION 1: Introduction
a) What is conversion?
b) Christianity in the era of Constantine
Readings:
C. Stewart, From Creolization to Syncretism, in S. Vertovec (ed.) The Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies, London: Routledge (forthcoming)
E. Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars, introduction & c.4
St. Augustine Confessions book 8
Mark Edwards, ‘The Beginnings of Christianisation’, in N. Lenski (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine (2006).
SESSION 2: Christianity and the Roman World
a) The Dissolution of the Temples
b) The Romanisation of Christianity
Readings:
Julian: select letters (8 pages)
G. Fowden, ‘Bishops & Temples in the East Roman empire’.
Peter Brown 'Christianization and religious conflict' CAH 13 [AD 337-425]
Heather, ‘New Men for new Constantines’
SESSION 3: Christianity and the Fall of Rome
a) Christianity & Islam in the East
b) Christianity & the Early Medieval West
Readings
S. Griffiths, The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque cc. 1 & 8
P.M. Sijpesteijn, ‘New rule over old structures: Egypt after the Muslim conquest’ in H. Crawford (ed), Regime Change in the Ancient Near East and Egypt: From Sargon of Agade to Saddam Hussein (2007) is on the practicalities of Islamic rule in a single region.
The Martyrdom of Isaac Tabanos & Alvar’s introduction to the Martyrs of Cordoba
Yves Moderan, The Notitia Provinciarum
Peter Brown, The Rise of Western Christendom c. 6
Bede Gregory’s Letter to Mellitus; 7th c. Kentish Law Codes
SESSION 4: The Transformation of Christian Authority
a) Carolingian Correctio
b) Papal Monarchy?
Readings:
Braulio of Saragossa, Letter 21 to Pope Honorius
De Jong, Charlemagne’s Church
Lawrence, Medieval Monasticism, cc. 5-6
Heather, The Restoration of Rome chapter 8
SESSION 5: New Pieties
a) Christianity & Gender
b) Religious enthusiasms
Readings:
Gregory of Tours, Revolt at the Holy Cross Nunnery
Hunter, Sexuality, Marriage and the Family
McLaughlin, Men & Women
Peters, Heresy & Authority in Medieval Europe documents 11-12.
L. Little, Religious Poverty cc. 2-3
B. Mayne Kienzle, ‘Religious poverty and the search for perfection’, CHC 2
SESSION 6: The Making of Christendom
a) Papal Reform
b) Inquisitio
Readings
Worcester Diocesan Synod 1267
Canterbury Visitation Documents 1290-2
A. Bernstein, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory
B. Hamilton, ‘Religion and the laity’, NCMH 4, part 1.
J.H. Arnold, ‘Repression and power’, in M. Rubin & W. Simons (eds.), Cambridge History of Christianity, vol. 4, Christianity in Western Europe, c.1100–c.1500 (2009)
M. Pegg, ‘On Cathars, Albigenses and Good Men of Languedoc’, Journal of Medieval History, 27 (2001)
Rhythmus | Tag | Uhrzeit | Format / Ort | Zeitraum |
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Studiengang/-angebot | Gültigkeit | Variante | Untergliederung | Status | Sem. | LP | |
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Bielefeld Graduate School In History And Sociology / Promotion | Theory and Methods Classes | 0.5 | Theory Class |
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