Spring 2013
Portland State University
Linked material (c) John S. Ott
HST 407s/507s :
The Medieval Church and Reform, 950-1150
(T/TH, 2:00-3:50, CH 494)
Course description
This seminar continues our analysis, begun in HST 405/505,
of the pivotal period in European history of 900-1150 C.E., a time when
the
medieval papacy experienced rapid institutional growth, expanding
social and
religious influence, and sharp resistance to its authority.
This term focuses on the post-Gregorian period
of ca. 1085-1150, and examines: the longer-term implications of the
so-called
Investiture Controversy for the stature, authority, and institutional
development of the papacy and imperial monarchy; the growth and
diversification
of reform initiatives within the church and lay society; the rise of
the
schools and transformation of intellectual life; and emergence of
dissent and
its confrontation and control.
Course structure
The central focus of this class is the completion of an
18/25-page research paper.
Building on
historiographical research commenced last term, students will work to
craft a
primary-source based, analytical paper that seeks to answer a
closely-defined
and well thought-out historical question.
Emphasis this term will, in addition to continuing course
content, be
placed on the successful completion of this project and its formal
presentation, as part of a research group, to the class.
Course materials
Students are required to obtain the following books, either
from the PSU Bookstore or elsewhere.
Also note that the course will make use of materials found in
various
full-text databases subscribed to by PSU, as well as materials on
E-reserve at
Millar.
- A Warrior Bishop of the Twelfth
Century. The Deeds of Albero
of Trier,
by Balderich, trans. Brian A. Pavlac (Toronto: PIMS, 2008);
- Jacques Dalarun, Robert of
Arbrissel. Sex, Sin, and
Salvation in the Middle Ages, trans. Bruce L. Venarde (Washington, D.C.:
Catholic University of America
Press, 2006)
- Imperial Lives and Letters of
the Eleventh Century, trans.
T. E. Mommsen and K. F. Morrison (Columbia University Press, 1962/2002)
(continued use from last term)
Student evaluation
Students will be evaluated according to the following
criteria:
- Attendance, preparation for, and active participation in
class discussion – 25% (250 points). As
this is a
small group seminar/topics course, it is imperative that students come
prepared
to each class and actively contribute to class discussions and group
work with
quality insights, comments, and critiques gleaned from the texts. Class attendance will be weighted at 5
points/class; the remaining balance of points will consist of
participation. Excellent attendance
without oral participation will usually be assessed a grade of “C”
(75%).
- Group presentation – 20% (200 points). Research groups will
be formed early in the term, and presentations will take place on June
4 and
June 6.
- Research paper (18/25
pp.) – 55% (550 points). This will be subdivided as follows:
- Prospectus, including primary sources, hypothesis(-es), and
working bibliography or list of works cited – 5% (50 points). Due April 11.
- Draft of research paper to be distributed to group members
and 1 copy to instructor – 10% (100 points). Due Tuesday, May 28; to be
returned by June 4.
- Final paper – 40% (400 points). Due
by 5:00, Tuesday, June 11, in my office. ABSOLUTELY NO LATE PAPERS WILL
BE ACCEPTED.
Plagiarism policy
Plagiarism, intentional or unintentional, is an intolerable
infraction in any setting where ideas are exchanged and discussed.
I routinely uncover plagiarized papers each
year.
Detecting plagiarism is extremely
easy.
Papers that can be shown to have
been plagiarized will automatically receive an “F” grade.
Students will be required to resubmit their
papers, and will be deducted in their grade an amount appropriate to
the late
paper policy given in the assignment guidelines.
Repeated
or particularly egregious offenses
may be the cause for additional action.
Remember, ignorance is no excuse.
If you are unsure what constitutes plagiarism, you may test
yourself at
this web site maintained by
Indiana University:
http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/plagiarism_test.html.
I consider as plagiarism work submitted for
other courses and turned into me as original, and will ask students to
submit
new, original work.
Students with
disabilities
Students with disabilities who need additional consideration
for the timely completion of any of the course requirements should
speak to the
instructor at the beginning of the term, and must be registered with
PSU’s
Disability
Resource Center
(
drc@pdx.edu).
E-mail policy
But please bear in mind the following when contacting me via
e-mail:
- I consider 48-72 hours to be a reasonable period in which
to respond to inquiries.
I am usually
much faster than this, but not always.
- I will not, in general, respond to student e-mails
received after 5:00 p.m. until the following day(s), nor will I
generally
respond to student e-mail sent after 5:00 on Friday until Monday
morning.
Please plan accordingly.
- Please remember to identify yourself and state your query
as clearly as possible.
- I will not fill in students who miss class on the details
of a particular lecture or discussion.
Please seek that information from your fellow students.
Syllabus
T (4/2) – (Re-)introduction. The road ahead.
To do:
Schedule check-in meeting with Instructor by 4/11
TH (4/4) – Visit to Millar Library Special Collections (meet
in Room 160) for presentation of medieval manuscripts by Cris Paschild.
Please meet at Library at 2:00.
Reading:
- John Gilchrist, “Was there a Gregorian Reform Movement in
the Eleventh Century?” Canadian Catholic Historical Association Study
Sessions
37 (1970): 1-10 (Use Google Scholar)
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I.
Gregory VII, Urban
II, and beyond – the fortunes of papacy and empire to 1122
T (4/9) – The Church at/and War: reform and crusading
(primary sources)
Readings:
- Gregory VII, Letters
1.46 and 2.31, trans. H. E. J. Cowdrey
(Oxford University Press, 2002) (Instructor
will furnish);
- Fulcher of Chartres, Historia
Hierosolymitana (History of
the Expedition to Jerusalem),
trans. M. E. McGinty (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press,
1941),
pp. 9-21, 24-25 (E-reserves);
- H.E.J. Cowdrey, “The Reform Papacy and the Origin of the
Crusades,” in idem, The Crusades and
Latin Monasticism, 11th-12th Centuries
(Aldershot: Ashgate/Variorum, 1999), pp. 65-83 (E-reserves)
TH (4/11) – The quandary and criticisms of ecclesiastical
warfare
Readings:
- Sigebert of Gembloux, “A Letter of the People of Liège
against Pope Paschal II (1103),” trans. W. L. North (On-line: http://www.acad.carleton.edu/curricular/MARS/Sigebert.pdf);
- Carl Erdmann, The Origin of
the Idea of Crusade, trans.
Marshall W. Baldwin and Walter Goffart (Princeton University Press,
1977; orig.
pub. 1935), chap. 8, ‘For and Against Ecclesiastical War’ (pp. 229-268)
(E-reserves)
T (4/16) – Consequences of failure: Gregory VII and Henry IV
in hindsight
- Refresh your memory: read/skim Blumenthal, The Investiture
Controversy, chap. 5 (pp. 135-142, 167-173);
- Anonymous, The Life of Emperor
Henry IV, in Imperial Lives
and Letters, pp. 101-137;
- Anonymous, An Altercation
between Urban and Clement, trans.
W. L. North (E-Reserves);
TH (4/18) – Pope Paschal II (1099-1118) and Emperor Henry V
(1106-1125) (primary sources)
Readings:
- A Warrior Bishop of the Twelfth
Century. The Deeds of Albero
of Trier, by Balderich, trans. Brian A. Pavlac (Toronto: PIMS,
2008), pp. 27-36 (with
attention to pp. 33-35, where the first privilege of Paschal II [12
February
1111] is given);
- The Conventio of Ponte
Mammolo (11 April 1111) and other
documents, trans. Ott (made available
by Instructor);
- The second privilege of Pope Paschal II (12 April 1111),
trans. Ott (made available Instructor);
- Hesso, scholasticus of Strasbourg,
“A Brief Description of how the Case between the King and the Lord Pope
Began
and Proceeded (1119),” trans. W. L. North (On-line at: http://www.acad.carleton.edu/curricular/MARS/Hesso.pdf);
- “The Concordat of Worms, 1122” (made
available by Instructor)
T (4/23) – Finance and corruption
Readings:
- I.S. Robinson, ‘Papal finance,’ chap. in The Papacy,
1073-1198 (Cambridge University Press, 1990), pp. 244-291 (E-reserves);
- Tractatus Garsiae, or The Translation of the Relics of SS.
Gold and Silver, trans. Rodney M. Thomson (Leiden: Brill, 1973) (E-reserves)
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II. Reform, renewal, and the transformation of medieval
Christendom
TH (4/25) – Ideas and forces of reform
Readings:
- Gerhart B. Ladner, The Idea of
Reform. Its Impact on
Christian Thought and Action in the Age of the Fathers
(Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press, 1959), chap. 1, ‘Distinction of the Idea of
Reform
from Other Ideas of Renewal’ (pp. 9-34) (available at ACLS Humanities E-Book);
- Brian Stock, The Implications
of Literacy. Written Language
and Models of Interpretation in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
(Princeton,
N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983), chap. 2, ‘Textual Communities’
(pp.
88-101) (E-reserves)
T (4/30) – Pathways, experimentation, conflict
Readings:
- Giles Constable, The
Reformation of the Twelfth Century
(Cambridge University Press, 1996), chap. 3, ‘The Circumstances and
Types of
Reform’ (pp. 88-124) (E-reserves);
- R., Libellus de diversis
ordinibus qui sunt in ecclesia
[Little Book concerning the diverse orders found in the Church],
ed. and trans.
G. Constable and B. Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972) (extracts)
(E-reserves)
TH (5/2) – The laity and reform
Reading:
- Dalarun, Sex, Sin, and
Salvation, pp. 1-80
T (5/7) – The laity and reform (cont’d.)
Reading:
- Dalarun, Sex, Sin, and
Salvation, pp. 81-fin.
TH (5/9) –
NO CLASS. INSTRUCTOR AT
CONFERENCE
T (5/14) – Theology and Liturgy
Readings:
- Chrysogonus Waddell, “The Reform of the Liturgy from a
Renaissance
Perspective,” in Renaissance and
Renewal in the Twelfth Century (Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press, 1982), 88-109 (E-reserves);
- Constant J. Mews, “Philosophy and Theology 1100-1150: The
Search for Harmony,” in Le XIIe
siècle. Mutations et renouveau en France
dans la première moitié du XII siècle [The Twelfth
Century. Transformations and
Renewal in France
in the
first half of the Twelfth Century], ed. Françoise
Gasparri (Paris,
1994), 159-203 (E-reserves)
TH (5/16) – Schools and masters
Readings:
- Letter of a Paris
student on his studies (ca. 1109-1112), trans. Ott (made available by
instructor);
- Letter of Fulk of Deuil, Letter
XVI to Peter Abelard, on his
misfortunes, trans. W. L. North (on-line at Carleton MARS website: http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/mars/Translations/primary_sources/)
- C. Stephen Jaeger, The Envy of
Angels. Cathedral Schools and
Social Ideals in Medieval Europe, 950-1200 (University of
Pennsylvania Press,
1994), chap. 8, ‘Old Learning against New’ (pp. 217-243) (E-reserves)
T (5/21) – Plus ça change?
Reading:
- A Warrior Bishop of the Twelfth
Century. The Deeds of Albero
of Trier, by Balderich, trans. Pavlac (finish book)
TH (5/23) –
NO CLASS SCHEDULED;
MEETINGS WITH INSTRUCTOR AS
NEEDED
T (5/28) – Discipline and punishment
Reading:
- Bernard of Clairvaux on heresy and heretics, in Heresies of
the High Middle Ages, trans. W. Wakefield and A. P. Evans
(Columbia University
Press, 1969/1991), pp. 122-138 (E-reserves);
- R. I. Moore, The Formation of
a Persecuting Society (Oxford:
Blackwell, 1987), chap. 4, ‘Power and Reason’ (pp. 124-153) (E-reserves)
DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER DUE; DISTRIBUTE 1 COPY EA. TO GROUP
MEMBERS AND 1 TO INSTRUCTOR
TH (5/30) – Final considerations
Readings:
- John Van Engen, “The Future of Medieval Church History,” Church History 71:3
(September 2002): 492-522 (E-reserve/Google
Scholar)
T (6/4) –
CLASS PRESENTATIONS
TH (6/6) –
CLASS PRESENTATIONS
(CONT’D.)
T (6/11) –
ALL RESEARCH PAPERS DUE,
BY 5:00, IN MY OFFICE