01-02 LS&A Bulletin

Courses in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Division 429)

MEMS 411(MARC 411). Special Topics.: (1-3).; Designed to accommodate courses taught only once by various faculty members on a variety of subjects. The topic are specified each term and may fall into any of the basic areas of concentration.
MEMS 414(MARC 414) / HISTORY 412. Social and Intellectual History of the Florentine Renaissance.: I or II. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A consideration of leading cultural and intellectual features of Florentine life based upon an analysis of the changing social, economic, and political character of the city and environs from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. Special attention is given to problems of demography, immigration, structure of family life, business and guild organization, as well as to government regulation and finance.
MEMS 421(MARC 421) / RCHUMS 386. Medieval Drama.: RC Hums. 280. (4).; Designed to trace parallel developments in the medieval drama of France and England, with special reference to problems of production, from the tenth century to the sixteenth century. The Germanic origins and the German carnival play are included as well.
MEMS 422(MARC 422). Early and High Middle Ages: Thematic Studies II.: (3-4). Rackham credit requires additional work. May be elected for credit more than once.; A variable courses with an interdisciplinary emphasis.
MEMS 423(MARC 423). Early and High Middle Ages: Thematic Studies III.: (3-4). Rackham credit with additional work. May be elected for credit more than once.; A variable course with an interdisciplinary emphasis.
MEMS 425(MARC 425) / HISTORY 518. Jews and Christians in Late Renaissance Italy (1400-1650).: Upperclass standing. (3).; The separate histories of the Church and of Jews in the Italian states provide context for the critical interactions between the two. We examine three main topics: the activities of itinerant preachers in the 1470s, the inquisition of Marranos and Lutheran heretics, and the program of the Catholic Reformation.
MEMS 428(MARC 428) / HISTORY 414. Northern Renaissance and Reformation.: (3; 2 in the half-term).; Religion, philosophy and political thought from the decline of Conciliarism to the end of the Reformation.
MEMS 430(MARC 430). The Northern Renaissance and Reformation: Thematic Studies III.: (3-4). Rackham credit with additional work. May be elected for credit more than once.; A variable course with an interdisciplinary emphasis.
MEMS 439(MARC 439) / ITALIAN 433. Dante's Divine Comedy.: A knowledge of Italian is not required. (4).; Lectures and discussion are dedicated to a reading and exposition of one of the landmarks of Western literary tradition, both in its immediate social and intellectual context, and against the background of contrasting and competing traditions of thought and poetry. The text is made available in facing-page dual language editions.
MEMS 440(MARC 440) / LATIN 435. Medieval Latin I, 500-900 A.D.: Two years of college Latin. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A survey of the major literary works from Boethius to the Carolingian Age. Provides the basic methodology for studying Medieval Latin and emphasizes the continuity of the classical tradition.
MEMS 441(MARC 441) / LATIN 436. Medieval Latin II, 900-1350 A.D.: Two years of college Latin. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A study of a major author or genre in the period with topics varying from year to year. Examples include Medieval Latin lyric, satire, drama, etc.
MEMS 443(MARC 443) / GERMAN 444. Medieval German Literature in English Translation.: (3; 2 in the half-term). Rackham credit requires additional work.; Representative authors and works from the period of Charlemagne to 1300. A discussion of heroic, precourtly, courtly, and other genres.
MEMS 444(MARC 444) / FRENCH 461. Reading of Old French Texts.: Two of French 366, 367, 368, 369. (3).; Through intensive reading and study of the fundamentals of Old French philology, students without previous knowledge of Old French learn how to read, understand, and appreciate medieval French literary texts.
MEMS 455(MARC 455) / ENGLISH 455. Medieval English Literature.: (3; 2 in the half-term).; Studies in the literature of the medieval period in England. Readings are drawn from such works as Beowulf, Gawain and the Green Knight, Middle English romances and lyrics, Piers the Ploughman, the miracle plays, and Malory's Morte d'Arthur.
MEMS 457(MARC 457) / ENGLISH 457. Renaissance English Literature.: (3; 2 in the half-term).; Studies in the literature of the Renaissance period in England. Readings are drawn from the works of such authors as Sidney, Spenser, Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Milton, and Marvell.
MEMS 465(MARC 465). / ENGLISH 465. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales.: (3; 2 in the half-term).; An intensive study of Chaucer's major work with reading in Middle English and background lectures covering as many tales as possible at the discretion of the instructor.
MEMS 475(MARC 475) / GERMAN 465 / HISTORY 485. Marriage and Marital Life in History: Medieval and Early Modern Germany.: (3; 2-3 in the half-term).; We explore marriage discourse and policies in a culturally well-defined context, the German-speaking countries between ca. 1350 and 1600. By examining the depiction of marriage in major literature of the age as well as in historiography we come to a more complex understanding of what marriage was supposed to be and what it really meant.
MEMS 485(MARC 485) / HISTART 651. Iconography of Renaissance Art and Architecture.: Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
MEMS 490(MARC 490). Directed Reading.: Permission of instructor. (1-4). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Independent reading and/or research under the supervision of a faculty member. Intended for students with projects not subsumed under regular MEMS offerings.

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