History 330 (Spring 2006): Seminar.
Revolution and Rebellion in Twelfth-Century Society
This course will examine the revolutionary changes that occurred in all facets
of life in twelfth-century
Books
The following books are available for purchase:
R. I. Moore, The First
European Revolution
R. W. Southern, The
Making of the Middle Ages
Otto of Freising, The
Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa
Suger, The Deeds of
Louis the Fat
Guibert of Nogent,
Memoirs
E-reserves
Many primary source texts can be found as e-reserves. Please bring printed copies of the source readings to class.
Students who require additional
historical background may wish to buy or consult a textbook, such as Cook and
Herzman, The Medieval World View or R. H. C. Davis, A History of
Medieval Europe
Requirements and Grading
You will be graded based on the following components:
Four Short Response Papers (2-3 pages) (25%) (various due dates)
A Research Paper (20 pages) (50%) (due 5/19)
On-time completion of assignments (bibliography, outline, and rough draft) (10%)
Final draft of paper (40%)
Class Participation (25%)
Readings
(Please check History 330 Course Conference for changes to reading assignments)
2/1 Introduction
2/8 Religious Reform
Primary Sources:
The Letters of Gregory VII and Henry IV (e-reserve)
Otto of Freising, Book I, chapters 1-2; Book II, chapters 6, 8, and 10
Suger, chapters 10 and 27
Guibert of Nogent, chapters 12-13 and 18 (pp. 173-81, 199-212)???
Secondary Sources:
Southern, Introduction and pp.118-54
Moore, Introduction and chapter 1
Kathleen G. Cushing, Reform and the Papacy in the Eleventh Century, pp. 29-38
(e-reserve)
Additional Readings (all available as e-reserves):
Kathleen G. Cushing, Reform and the Papacy in the Eleventh Century, pp. 91-110
Dyan Elliott, “The Priest’s Wife: Female Erasure and the Gregorian Reform”
H. E. J. Cowdrey, "The Papacy, the Patarenes, and the Church of Milan," in
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 5th ser. XVIII (1968), 25-48
2/15 Urbanization, Colonization, and Economic Growth
Primary Sources:
Guibert of Nogent's description of the uprising in Laon, pp. 144-73
Otto of Freising's description of Italy, Book II, chapter 13
Secondary Sources:
Southern, chapter 1
Moore, chapter 2
Marshall Sahlins, “The Original Affluent Society”
Robert Bartlett, The Making of Europe, Introduction and chapter 12 (e-reserve)
Additional Readings:
Robert Bartlett, The Making of Europe, chapters 1-11 (Knapp reserve)
Background Reading:
N. J. G. Pounds, An Economic History of Medieval Europe, pp. 90-122, 223-54
2/22 Law and Order: The Revival of Roman Law
Primary Sources:
Otto of Freising, Book II, 42-44 and 47
Guibert of Nogent, pp. 181-98
Secondary Sources:
Moore, chapter 3
Frederic Cheyette, "Giving Each His Due" (e-reserve)
Thomas Head and Richard Landes, The Peace of God, pp. 1-18 (e-reserve)
Additional Readings (all available on Knapp reserve)
Edward Peters, Inquisition, pp. 1-58
M. T. Clanchy, From Memory to Written Record, pp. 1-8 and chapters 2 and 9
Robert Bartlett, Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal, chapters 3-5
3/1 From Feudal Anarchy to Centralized Monarchy: France under Capetian Rule
Primary Sources:
Suger, Life of Louis the Fat
Secondary Sources:
Southern, pp. 74-98
Elizabeth Hallam, Capetian France, chapter 1 and pp. 145-78
Additional Readings: Hallam, pp. 203-21 or 239-57 (Knapp reserve)
3/8 Germany, Italy, and Frederick I Barbarossa's Roman Empire
Primary Sources:
Otto of Freising, Book II
Secondary Sources:
Horst Fuhrmann, Germany in the High Middle Ages, chapter 5 (e-reserve)
David Abulafia, Italy in the Central Middle Ages, chapter 1
Benjamin Arnold on ministeriales
3/15 The New Monasticism: Cistercians, Carthusians, and the Flowering of Mysticism
Primary Sources:
Life of Bernard of Clairvaux (e-reserve)
Life of Hildegard of Bingen (e-reserve)
Life of Christina of Markyate, pp. 31-48, 69-79, 89-101, 107-9 (e-reserve)
Guibert of Nogent, pp. 24-34, 69-91, 93-108
Secondary Sources:
Southern, 154-69; 219-40
McGinn, The Growth of Mysticism, pp. 149-68
Additional Readings:
Carolyn Bynum, Jesus as Mother, chapter 4
Constance Berman, “Were There Twelfth-Century Cistercian Nuns?”
M. D. Chenu, Nature, Man, and Society in the Twelfth Century, chapters 6-7
Stephen White, Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints, chapters 1-2
3/29 The New Aristocracy: Banal Lordship and the Birth of Primogeniture
With guest professor Dr. Richard Barton, University of North Carolina
Primary Sources:
Guibert of Nogent, pp. 3-13, 21-24, 34-47 (chapters1-3, 7, 12-14)
Orderic Vitalis on Robert of Rhuddlan, vol. 4, 135-147
Orderic Vitalis on Henry I
Secondary Source Readings:
Moore, chapter 4
Southern, chapter 2
Additional Readings:
Constance Bouchard, Strong of Body, Brave and Noble, chapters 1 and 3
Timothy Reuter, “Nobles and Others: the Social and Cultural Expressions of Power
Relations in the Middle Ages”
Amy Livingstone, “Diversity and Continuity: Family Structure and Inheritance in
the Chartrain, 1000-1200”
Alexander Murray, Reason and Society, chapter 4
Georges Duby, “Youth in Aristocratic Society”3/31 Research Questions and Bibliographies Due
4/5 The Crusades: Religious Fervor and European Expansion
Primary Sources:
The Council of Clermont, various accounts (e-reserve)
Albert of Aachen on the Peasant’s Crusade (e-reserve)
Solomon bar Samson: The Massacre of the Jews (e-reserve)
Secondary Sources:
Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Crusades: A Short History, chapters 1-2
Jean Flori, “Ideology and Motivations in the First Crusade” (e-reserve)
Additional Readings:
Christopher Tyerman, The Invention of the Crusades, pp. 1-29
Jonathan Riley-Smith, “Crusading as an Act of Love”
Michael Signer & John Van Engen, Jews and Christians in Twelfth-Century Europe,
Introduction and chapters 1-3
4/12 The Fourth Lateran Council: Orthodoxy, Heresy, and Judaism
Primary Sources:
Documents on Henry of Le Mans, Arnold of Brescia, and Peter Parenzo
(e-reserve and Otto of Freising, Book I, chapters 48-61)
Canons of the Fourth Lateran Council, canons 1, 3, 5-6, 12-22, 42-54, 62, 69-71
(www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/LATERAN4.HTM)
Secondary Sources:
Moore, chapter 5
R. I. Moore, The Origins of European Dissent, Introduction
Heinrich Fichtenau, Heretics and Scholars in the High Middle Ages, chapter 2
R. I. Moore, Formation of a Persecuting Society, chapter 1
Additional Readings:
Moore, Origins of European Dissent, pp. 63-81, 82-101, or 115-36
André Vauchez, Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages, pp. 13-57
Heinrich Fichtenau, Heretics and Scholars in the High Middle Ages, chapter 4
Christine Caldwell Ames, “Does the Inquisition Belong to Religious History?”
4/14 Revised Research Questions and Bibliographies Due, with a Preliminary Outline
4/19 Student Presentations
4/26 Student Presentations
4/28 Rough Drafts Due
5/10 The Twelfth Century Renaissance
Reading Assignments TBA
5/19 Final Papers Due