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Readings

In addition to a complete bibliography of readings in the course, readings assigned  by class session are available.

Required Texts

Platt, Rutherford Hayes, and J. Alden Brett, eds. The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. New York: Plume, 1974. (LBB)

Petroff, Elizabeth Alvilda, ed. Medieval Women's Visionary Literature. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. (MWVL)

McNamara, Jo Ann, John E. Halborg, and Gordon Whatley, eds. Sainted Women of the Dark Ages. Durham: Duke University Press, 1992. (SWDA)

Barsby, John, tr. Terence. Cambridge: Harvard University Press - Loeb Classics, 2001.

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim. A Florilegium of Her Works. Translated by Katharina M. Wilson. Cambridge: Boydell & Brewer, 1998.

Hildegard of Bingen. Scivias. Translated by Columba Hart, and Jane Bishop. New York, Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1990.

Abelard, and Heloise. The Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Translated by Betty Radice. London: Penguin, 1974.

Bogin, Meg, ed. The Women Troubadours. New York: W. W. Norton, 1980.

Marie de France. The Lais of Marie de France. Translated by Robert Hanning, and Joan Ferrante. Durham NC: Labyrinth Press, 1978.

Christine de Pizan. The Book of the City of Ladies. Translated by Earl Jeffrey Richards. New York: Persea Books, 1982.

Willard, Charity Cannon, ed. The Writings of Christine de Pizan. New York: Persea Books, 1993.

Joan of Arc. In Her Own Words. Translated by Willard Trask. New York: B. O. O. K. S. and Co., 1996.

Julian of Norwich. Showings. Edited by Edmund Colledge. New York: Paulist Press, 1977.

Kempe, Margery. The Book of Margery Kempe. Translated by B. A. Windeatt. New York and London: Penguin,1985.

Readings by Class Session

SES #TOPICSREADINGSHANDOUTS
1Introduction
2Biblical and Patristic MaterialsGenesis. 2.4-3:24.

Revelations. 12.

Romans. 5-7.

1 Corinthians. 7, 14.

2 Corinthians. 11.

Galatians. 3-4, Ephesians. 5.

1 Timothy. 2.

Augustine. On the Literal Meaning of Genesis XI. xxxvii. 50, xlii. 58-59.

Jerome. Against Jovinian. Book I.

(Available on-line through the Electronic Text Services at the University of Virginia, and through the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.)
(PDF)

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3Hagiography: Late Antiquity and the Early Middle AgesPaul and Thecla. (LBB)

Perpetua. The Passion of Ss. Perpetua and Felicitas. (MWVL)

Venantius Fortunatus, and Baudonivia. The Life of the Holy Radegund. (SWDA)
(PDF)
4Virgin Martyrdom in the Comic ModeTerence. The Eunuch.

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim. Letter to Patrons; Dulcitius.
5Transforming the PastHrotsvit of Gandersheim. Basilius; Callimachus; Abraham; Sapientia; Thais.
6The Trivium: Scholasticism and the Literary CurriculumAbelard. Historia Calamitatum.
7Medieval Rhetoric and the Power of EmotionsAbelard, and Heloise. Letters 1-4.(PDF)
8The Self ReformedAbelard, and Heloise. Letters 5-7. Abelard's Confession of Faith.
9Independent Research Project Presentations
10Independent Research Project Presentations (cont.)
11Courtly Love and Self-presentationWomen Troubadours.
12Romance and Aristocratic SocietyMarie de France, Lays. "Prologue"; "Guigemar"; "Bisclavret"; and "Lanval."
13Adventures on the Celtic FringeMarie de France, Lays. "Equitan"; "Chaitivel"; and "Eliduc."
14The Quadrivium: Science in the Medieval CurriculumHildegard of Bingen. Scivias. Declaration.

Book I, Visions 1-3.

Book II, Visions 1-3.
15The Science of SalvationHildegard of Bingen. Scivias. Book II, Vision 7.

Book III, Visions 10-13.
16Spirituality and Courtly LoveElizabeth of Schönau. Visions - Book Two.

Mechthild of Magdeburg. Flowing Light of the Godhead.

Hadewijch of Brabant. Letters to a Young Beguine, Visions.

Beatrijzs of Nazareth, Seven Manners of Loving. (MWVL)
17Mysticism and HeresyCatherine of Siena. Letters.

Angela of Foligno. The Book of the Experience of the Truly Faithful.

Na Prous Boneta. Confession of Na Prous Boneta.

Marguerite Porete. The Mirror of Simple Souls. (MWVL)
(PDF)
18Affective Piety and AutobiographyJulian of Norwich. Showings.
19The Disorders of Divine LoveKempe, Margery. The Book of Margery Kempe. Proem, Book I, chapters 1-39.
20Objects of AffectionMargery Kempe. The Book of Margery Kempe. Book I, chapters 40-58.
21Imitations of LoveMargery Kempe. The Book of Margery Kempe. Book I, chapters 59-89.
22Disciplines of the SelfMargery Kempe. The Book of Margery Kempe. Book II.
23Late Medieval FeminismChristine de Pizan. The Book of the City of Ladies. Part I.(PDF)
24Allegories of PowerChristine de Pizan. The Book of the City of Ladies. Part II, sections 1-43.
25The Social OrdersChristine de Pizan. The Book of the City of Ladies. Part II, sections 44-69.

Part III.
26The Crisis of NationalismChristine de Pizan. The Poem of Joan of Arc.

Joan of Arc.

 








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