Faculty coordinator:
Professor Steven Marrone, History
The interdisciplinary minor in medieval studies presents a multidisciplinary focus on the world of the Middle Ages. The medieval world introduces us to the cultural roots of Europe and Islam in a preindustrial society and to the beginnings of Western and Middle Eastern languages and literatures.
Five credits with at least one course from each of the three categories are required for the minor. In addition to the five credits, a student is required to complete an appropriate project, such as a thesis, an oral presentation, or a performance, which integrates the knowledge and methodologies of the disciplines involved. (See Interdisciplinary Minor Program for details.)
The following courses are listed for the convenience of interested students. (See departmental listings for course descriptions.)
Category A
English 101 Old English
English 104 The Literature of the Middle Ages
English 105 Middle English Literature (excluding Chaucer)
English 107 Chaucer
French 31 Readings in French Literature I
French 131 Medieval French Literature
German 129 Women in Medieval Art and Literature (Cross-listed as Art History 129)
German 141 Literature of Medieval Germany: Abbey, Court, and Town
German 191 Special Topics (Medieval German)
Italian 41 Italian Civilization, 1200-1600
Italian 51 Dante's Inferno
Italian 52 Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso
Latin 91/191 Special Topics (Medieval Latin)
Spanish 30/130 The Civilization of Muslim Spain
Spanish 31 Main Currents of Spanish Literature I
Spanish 131 Spanish Literature of the Middle Ages
World Literature 91 Scandinavian Literature
Category B
Art History 20 Image and Icon: Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
Art History 21/121 Early Islamic Art
Art History 22/122 Iconoclasm and Iconophobia: Threat of the Image
Art History 23 Art and Politics of the Middle Ages
Art History 25B/125B Medieval Architecture, 250-1300
Art History 27 The End of the World in Art and Thought, Fourth to Fourteenth
Century
Art History 30/130 Fourteenth-Century Art
Art History 120 Armenian Art, Architecture, and Politics: Fourth to Fourteenth
Century
Art History 124 Early Medieval Art
Art History 126 Monasteries and the Arts, 1000-1200
Art History 127 Cathedrals and the Arts
Art History 29/129 Gender and Medieval Art and Literature (Cross-listed as German
and Comparative Religion 29/129)
Art History 192A Seminar in Armenian or Byzantine Art (Cross-listed as
Comparative Religion 192A)
Art History 192B Seminar in Western Medieval Art (Cross-listed as
Comparative Religion 192B)
Music 120 Seminar: Medieval and Renaissance Music
Category C
History 20 Europe in the Early Middle Ages
History 21 Europe in the High Middle Ages
History 64 Medieval Islamic History
History 113 The Religious
and Spiritual Map of Europe, 300-1500 (Cross-listed as Comparative Religion 113)
History 114 Science, Magic, and Society, 1100-1700
History 115 Spain and the Atlantic, c.1492
History 146
The Mongol Empire
Fletcher Diplomacy 261 Islamic History and Civilization
To view Course Descriptions, please go to: http://webcenter.studentservices.tufts.edu/courses/main.asp.