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OTHER MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE COURSES
For descriptions of most of these courses, see the current Undergraduate Bulletin.
Cross-listed courses may count toward the major or minor in both Medieval and
Renaissance Studies and in the cross-listed departments or programs.
50. Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Medieval and
Renaissance Studies. Topics differ by section. One course. Staff
100. Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Topics may focus on fine arts,
history, language and literature, or philosophy and religion, frequently engaging
interdisciplinary perspectives. One course. Staff
100S. Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Seminar version of Medieval
and Renaissance Studies 100. One course. Staff
107A. Tudor/Stuart Britain. (CZ) See C-L: History 107A; also C-L: Comparative
Area Studies. One course. Herrup
108S. The Comedies of Shakespeare. (AL) See C-L: English 129A; also C-L:
Drama 108S. One course. D. Randall
109S. The Tragedies of Shakespeare. (AL) See C-L: English 129B; also C-L:
Drama 109S. One course. D. Randall
110. Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Medieval
and Renaissance Studies. Topics differ by section. One course. Staff
111A. Introduction to Italian Literature I. (AL, FL) Conducted in Italian. Not
open to students who have taken the course as Italian 101. See C-L: Italian 111.
One course. Caserta or Finucci
111B. Introduction to Spanish Literature I. (AL, FL) See C-L: Spanish 111.
One course. Garci-Gómez, Vilarós, or staff
111C. Introduction to French Literature I. (AL, FL) Conducted in French. Not
open to students who have taken the course as French 101. See C-L: French 111.
One course. Staff
112A. Gothic Cathedrals. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 110. One course.
Bruzelius
112B. Medieval Architecture. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 111. One
course. Bruzelius
113. The Art of Medieval Southern Italy. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History
112. One course. Bruzelius
116S. The Pagan World of the Divine Comedy. (AL) See C-L: Distinguished
Professor Courses 190S; also C-L: Classical Studies 116S. One course.
Clay
117A. Ancient Myth in Literature. (AL) See C-L: Classical Studies 117. One
course. Davis or Newton
118. Early Modern Europe. (CZ) See C-L: History 117; also C-L: Comparative
Area Studies, and Women's Studies. One course. Neuschel
119. Medieval Philosophy. (CZ) See C-L: Philosophy 119. One course. Mahoney
120. Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. (CZ) See C-L: Philosophy 120.
One course. Mahoney
121A. Medieval English Literature to 1500. (AL) See C-L: English 121A. One
course. Aers
121B. Sixteenth-Century English Literature. (AL) See C-L: English 121B. One
course. DeNeef, Randall, or Shannon
123A. English Literature: 1600 to 1660. (AL) See C-L: English 123A. One
course. DeNeef or Randall
129. The History of Prints and Printmaking. (AL, CZ) Consent of instructor
required. See C-L: Art History 129. One course. Rice
130. Late Antique Christian Art. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 130; also C-L:
Classical Studies 130, and Religion 130. One course. Wharton
131A. Art of the Early Middle Ages. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 131; also
C-L: Classical Studies 131. One course. Wharton
131B. Art of the Late Middle Ages. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 132. One
course. Bruzelius or Wharton
131C. Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History
134. One course. Staff
132A, S. Topics in Renaissance British Literature. (AL) (Taught in the Oxford
Summer Program.) See C-L: English 132C. Two courses. Staff
133A. Poverty and Sanctity in Medieval Society. (CZ) See C-L: History 133A.
One course. Peyroux
133B. British Isles in the Middle Ages. (CZ) Not open to students who have
taken History 134. See C-L: History 133C. One course. Peyroux
134A. History of Jews in the Early Middle Ages. (CZ) See C-L: History 134A;
also C-L: Judaic Studies. One course. Shatzmiller
134B. History of Jews in the Late Middle Ages. (CZ) See C-L: History 134B.
One course. Shatzmiller
134C. Jewish Mysticism. (CZ) See C-L: Religion 134; also C-L: Comparative
Area Studies, and Judaic Studies. One course. Bland
135. Jewish Religious Thought. (CZ) See C-L: Religion 135; also C-L:
Comparative Area Studies, and Judaic Studies. One course. Bland
136. Colonial Art of the Andean Region. (AL, FL) (Taught in Spanish
in the Duke in the Andes Program.) See C-L: Art History 133; also
C-L: Latin American Studies. One course. Staff
138. Renaissance and Reformation Germany. (CZ) See C-L: History 138; also
C-L: Comparative Area Studies. One course. Robisheaux
139A, S. Special Topics in British Literature I. (AL) Premodern topics. See C-L:
English 139A. One course. Staff
140A. France in the Making: Language, Nation, and Literary Culture in Premodern
Europe. (CZ, FL) See C-L: French 140; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies.
One course. Solterer
140B, 141B. Chaucer. (AL) See C-L: English 140, 141. One course each. Aers,
Beckwith, DeNeef, or Gopen
140C. Topics in Renaissance Art. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 140. One
course. Rice
141. Fifteenth-Century Italian Art. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 141. One
course. Rice
142. Sixteenth-Century Italian Art. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 142. One
course. Rice
143. The Art of the Counter Reformation. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 143.
One course. Rice
144A. Medieval Fictions. (AL, FL) See C-L: French 144. One course. Solterer
144B. Renaissance and Baroque Art History. (AL, CZ) Consent required. Taught
at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. See C-L: Art
History 144. One course. Staff
144C. The Crusades to the Holy Land. (CZ) See C-L: History 144A. One course.
Shatzmiller
145A. Milton. (AL) See C-L: English 145. One course. Price
145B. Renaissance Art in Florence. (AL, CZ) (Taught in Italy.) See C-L: Art
History 145. One course. Staff
146. Italian Renaissance Architecture. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 146. One
course. Rice
146A, 147A. Introduction to Islamic Civilization. (CZ) Not open to students who
have taken Religion 162, 163. See C-L: Religion 146, 147; also C-L:
Comparative Area Studies, Cultural Anthropology 147, 148, and History 101G,
102G. One course each. Cornell, Lawrence, or staff
147B. Magic, Religion, and Science since 1400. (CZ) See C-L: History 147. One
course. Robisheaux
147C. Seventeenth-Century Fictions of Women. (AL, FL) See C-L: French 147;
also C-L: Women's Studies. One course. Longino
148A. Art of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art
History 148. One course. Van Miegroet
148B. History of Medieval and Renaissance Italy. (AL, CZ) See C-L: History
148B. One course. Witt
150. Italian Baroque Architecture. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 150. One
course. Rice
151A. The History of the Renaissance Europe, 1250-1600. (CZ) Not open to
students who have taken History 104. See C-L: History 151A; also C-L:
Comparative Area Studies. One course. Witt
151B. Spanish Literature of the Renaissance and the Baroque. (AL, FL) See C-L:
Spanish 151. One course. Greer
151C. Art of Italy in the Seventeenth Century. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History
151; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies. One course. Rice
152A. Art of the Netherlands in the Sixteenth Century. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art
History 152; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies. One course. Van Miegroet
152B. Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Centuries. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art History 153; also C-L: Comparative Area
Studies. One course. Van Miegroet
153A. Islamic Mysticism: Arabic (Western) Tradition. (CZ) See C-L: Religion
152A; also C-L: African and African-American Studies 151, and Comparative
Area Studies. One course. Cornell
153B. Golden Age Literature: Cervantes. (AL, FL) See C-L: Spanish 153. One
course. Greer
154A. German Art in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. (AL, CZ) See C-L:
Art History 154; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies. One course. Van Miegroet
154B. Mercantile Culture and Art in the Netherlands. (AL, CZ) See C-L: Art
History 155; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies, and Economics 152. One
course. De Marchi and Van Miegroet
154C. French Art and Visual Culture in the Early Modern Period. (AL,
CZ) See C-L: Art History 156. One course. Van Miegroet
155S. Music History I: To 1650. (AL, CZ) Prerequisite: Music 65 or consent of
instructor. See C-L: Music 155S. One course. Brothers
156A. The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century. (CZ) Not open to students who
have taken Religion 167. See C-L: Religion 158; also C-L: History 156A. One
course. Hillerbrand
158-159. History of Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in a European Context.
(AL, CZ) (Taught in the Netherlands.) Not open to students who have taken 241-
242. See C-L: Art History 158, 159; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies. Two
courses. Van Miegroet
160S. Topics in Renaissance Literature and Culture. (AL, FL) See C-L: French
145S; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies. One course. M. Tetel
161S. Topics in Renaissance Literature and Culture. (AL, FL) See C-L: Italian
145S. One course. Dainotto or Finucci
162S. Montaigne and Self-Portraiture. (AL, FL) See C-L: French 146S. One
course. M. Tetel
164S. Medieval German Literature. (AL) Taught in English. See C-L: German
164S. One course. Rasmussen
165S. The Vikings and Their Literature. (AL) Taught in English. See C-L: German
165S. One course. Keul
166, 167. Dante. (AL) Prerequisites: for 167, Medieval and Renaissance
Studies 166 or equivalent. See C-L: Italian 128, 129. One course each.
Caserta
171. Topics in Seventeenth-Century French Theater. (AL, FL) See C-L: French
148; also C-L: Drama 171. One course. Longino
172. History of Women in Early Modern Europe. (CZ) See C-L: History 171A;
also C-L: Comparative Area Studies, and Women's Studies. One course.
Neuschel
182, 183. Shakespeare. (AL) Not open to students who have taken Drama 115,
116. See C-L: English 143, 144; also C-L: Drama 182, 183. One course each.
DeNeef, Gopen, Jones, Porter, Randall, or Shannon
198S. The Discovery of the Old World: Utopias, Ancient and Modern. (AL) See
C-L: Distinguished Professor Courses 198S; also C-L: Classical Studies 151S.
One course. Clay
200. Advanced Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Topics may focus
on fine arts, history, language and literature, or philosophy and religion.
Open to seniors and graduate students; other students may need consent of
instructor. One course. Staff
200S. Advanced Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Topics may focus
on fine arts, history, language and literature, or philosophy and religion.
These seminar courses frequently engage interdisciplinary perspectives,
historiography, and interpretation of medieval and Renaissance cultures. Open
to seniors and graduate students; other students may need consent of instructor.
One course. Staff
201S. Introduction to Medieval German: The Language of the German Middle
Ages and Its Literature. (AL, FL) See C-L: German 201S. One course.
Rasmussen
202A. Christian Thought in the Middle Ages. (CZ) A survey of the history of
Christian theology from St. Augustine to the young Martin Luther. Also offered
as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors and seniors only. One course.
Steinmetz
202B. Early and Medieval Christianity. (CZ) A survey of the history of
Christianity from its beginnings through the fifteenth century. Also offered
as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors and seniors only. One course.
Keefe and Steinmetz
202C. Modern European Christianity. (CZ) A survey of the history of
Christianity from the Reformation to the present, with emphasis on the early
modern era. Also offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors and
seniors only. One course. Heitzenrater and Steinmetz
203S. Sex, Gender, and Love in Medieval German Literature. (AL, FL) See C-L:
German 203S. One course. Rasmussen
204. Origen. (CZ) See C-L: Religion 204. One course. Clark
205. The English Reformation. (CZ) The religious history of England from the
accession of Henry VIII to the death of Elizabeth I. Extensive readings in the
English reformers from Tyndale to Hooker. Also offered as a Divinity School
course. Open to juniors and seniors only. One course. Steinmetz
206. The Christian Mystical Tradition in the Medieval Centuries. (CZ) Reading
and discussion of the writings of medieval Christian mystics (in translation).
A different focus each year: for example, Women at Prayer; Fourteenth-Century
Mystics; Spanish Mystics. Less well-known writers (Hadewijch, Birgitta of
Sweden, Catherine of Genoa) as well as giants (Eckhart, Ruusbroec, Tauler,
Suso, Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, Catherine of Siena, and Bernard of
Clairvaux) included. Also offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors
and seniors only. One course. Keefe
207. Readings in Historical Theology. (CZ) Also offered as a Divinity School
course. Open to juniors and seniors only. Prerequisites: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies 202B and 202C. One course. Staff
208. History of the English Language. (SS) Not open to students who have taken
English 112. See C-L: English 208; also C-L: Linguistics. One course. Butters
or J. Tetel
209. Middle English Literature: 1100 to 1500. (AL) See C-L: English 212. One
course. Aers or Beckwith
210A. History of the Spanish Language. (FL) See C-L: Spanish 210S; also
C-L: Linguistics 210S, Comparative Area Studies. One course. Garci-Gómez
210B. History of the French Language. (FL) See C-L: French 211; also C-L:
Linguistics. One course. Thomas
211, 212. Notation. (AL) See C-L: Music 211, 212. One course each. Brothers
or Silbiger
213, 214. Chaucer. (AL) See C-L: English 213, 214. One course each. Aers or
Beckwith
215S. German Baroque Literature. (AL, FL) See C-L: German 215S. One
course. Borchardt
216. Augustine. (CZ) See C-L: Religion 219. One course. Clark
218S. Medieval Philosophy. (CZ) See C-L: Philosophy 218S. One course.
Mahoney
219S. Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. (CZ) See C-L: Philosophy
219S. One course. Mahoney
220. Shakespeare: Selected Topics. (AL) See C-L: English 220. One course.
Porter or Shannon
221A. Special Topics in the History of Europe, 1200-1700. (CZ) See C-L:
History 221; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies. One course. Neuschel or
Robisheaux
221B. Renaissance Prose and Poetry: 1500 to 1660. (AL) See C-L: English 221.
One course. DeNeef, Randall, or Shannon
221C. Medieval Latin. (AL, FL) See C-L: Latin 221. One course. Newton
222A. The Humanist as Reformer: Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Erasmus. (CZ)
Prerequisites: History 151A and reading knowledge of German, French, or
Italian. See C-L: History 222A. One course. Witt
222B. Florence: Renaissance City. (CZ) See C-L: History 222B. One course.
Witt
222C, S. Petrarch. (CZ) See C-L: History 222C. One course. Witt
223A. Music in the Middle Ages. (AL) See C-L: Music 222. One course.
Brothers
223B. Music in the Renaissance. (AL) See C-L: Music 223. One course.
Brothers or Silbiger
224. Music in the Baroque Era. (AL) See C-L: Music 224. One course.
Silbiger
233S. Topics in Early Christian and Byzantine Art. (AL, CZ) Consent of
instructor required. See C-L: Art History 233S; also C-L: Classical Studies
230S, and Religion 275S. One course. Wharton
234A. Early Christian Asceticism. (CZ) See C-L: Religion 234; also C-L:
Women's Studies. One course. Clark
234B. Heresy: Theological and Social Dimensions of Early Christian Dissent.
(CZ) See C-L: Religion 235. One course. Clark
235. Topics in the History of Monasticism. (CZ) See C-L: History 236A. One
course. Peyroux
236A. Luther and the Reformation in Germany. (CZ) The theology of Martin
Luther in the context of competing visions of reform. Also offered as a
Divinity School course. Open to juniors and seniors only. One course.
Steinmetz
236B. Special Topics in Early Medieval History. (CZ) See C-L: History 236B.
One course. Peyroux
237S. Topics in Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture. (AL, CZ) Consent
of instructor required. See C-L: Art History 236S. One course. Bruzelius
238S. Europe in the High Middle Ages. (CZ) Not open to students who have
taken History 133B. See C-L: History 238S. One course. Shatzmiller
240. Medieval Narrative. (AL, FL) See C-L: French 240. One course. Solterer
241-242. History of Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in a European
Context. (AL, CZ) (Taught in the Netherlands.) Not open to students who have
taken Art History 158-159. See C-L: Art History 241, 242; also C-L:
Comparative Area Studies. Two courses. Van Miegroet
243S. Topics in Netherlandish and German Art. (AL, CZ) Consent of instructor
required. See C-L: Art History 243S; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies. One
course. Van Miegroet
244. Classical Islamic Theology and Ethics. (CZ) See C-L: Religion 241; also
C-L: African and African-American Studies 241. One course. Cornell
245. Problems in Reformation Theology. (CZ) Consent of instructor required.
Also offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors and seniors only.
One course. Steinmetz
246. Problems in Historical Theology. (CZ) Consent of instructor required. Also
offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors and seniors only. One
course. Staff
247A, 247B. Readings in Latin Theological Literature. (CZ) Critical translation
and study of important theological texts in Latin from various periods of the
history of the Church. Also offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors
and seniors only. Prerequisite: reading knowledge of Latin. One course each.
Keefe
248S. Topics in Italian Renaissance Art. (AL, CZ) Consent of instructor required.
See C-L: Art History 247S. One course. Rice
250. Women in the Medieval Church. (CZ) The history of the Medieval Church
told from its women figures. Attention to the life and writings of saints,
heretics, abbesses, queens, mystics, recluses, virgins, bishops' wives, and
reformers. Topic varies. Also offered as a Divinity School course. Open to
juniors and seniors only. One course. Keefe
251A. Topics in Intellectual History of Europe, 1250-1450. (CZ) See C-L:
History 251A. One course. Witt
251B. Topics in Intellectual History of Europe, 1450-1650. (CZ) See C-L:
History 251B; also C-L: Comparative Area Studies. One course. Witt
254. Justice, Law, and Commerce in Islam. (CZ) See C-L: Religion 254; also
C-L: African and African-American Studies 254, and Comparative Area Studies.
One course. Cornell
260A. The Byzantine Empire. (CZ) See C-L: Classical Studies 260. One course.
Rigsby
260B. History of the German Language. (FL) See C-L: German 260; also C-L:
Linguistics. One course. Rasmussen
261S. Topics in Italian Baroque Art. (AL, CZ) Consent of instructor required.
See C-L: Art History 260S. One course. Rice
267S. Britain in the Sixteenth Century. (CZ, SS) Consent of instructor required.
See C-L: History 267S. One course. Herrup
268S. England in the Seventeenth Century. (CZ) See C-L: History 268S; also
C-L:Comparative Area Studies. One course. Herrup
272. The Early Medieval Church. (CZ) Also offered as a Divinity School course.
Open to juniors and seniors only. One course. Keefe
273. The Early Medieval Church, Out of Africa: Christianity in North Africa
before Islam. (CZ) Selected writings of Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine, as
well as lesser known African Fathers, on topics such as the African rite of
baptism, African creeds, and African church councils. Focus on major theological,
liturgical, and pastoral problems in the African church in order to gain
perspective on the crucial role of the African church in the development of the
church in the West. Also offered as a Divinity School course. Open to juniors and
seniors only. One course. Keefe
276. The Sacraments in the Patristic and Early Medieval Period. (CZ) A study of
the celebration and interpretation of baptism or eucharist in the church orders
and texts of the early church writers. Also offered as a Divinity School course.
Open to juniors and seniors only. One course. Keefe
285. Dante. (AL, FL) One course. C-L: IT 285. Staff
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