READING GUIDES
Reading Guide 1 (week of 8/17 - 8/19): Pagan Medical and Philosophical Information
Reading Guide 2 (week of 8/24 - 8/26): Early Christian Definitions of Women
Reading Guide 3 (week of 8/31 - 9/2): Early Medieval Queens and Marriage Practice
Reading Guide 4 (week of 9/7 - 9/9): Early Medieval Saints and Nuns
Reading Guide 5 (week of 9/14 - 9/16): Feudal Society, Church Reform, and the Cult of the Virgin
Reading Guide 6 (week of 9/21 - 9/23): Marriage Practice and Courtly Love
Reading Guide 7 (week of 9/28 - 9/30): Hildegard
and Heloise
ASSIGNMENTS
Bibliography Assignment
a. Statement
of topic, along with one secondary source: due Thursday, October 14, in
class
b. Final bibliography:
due Friday, December 3, by Noon, in my office
First Paper Assignment (on Heloise and Abelard) (due 10/14/99)
Second Paper Assignment (on Christine of Pizan) (due 11/23/99)
Short Writing Assignment 1 (due 9/2/99) : on Frankish women
Short Writing Assignment 2 (due 9/28/99): on marriage practice in the 12th century