HIS 3317 - Seminar: The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century

Credits: 4
This seminar will examine the twelfth century as formative one for European culture in that the written word began to permeate every facet of life: government records, private letters, memoirs, autobiographies, epics, romances, and contracts were written down, often for the first time, creating a large and varied body of records depicting the thoughts and practices of twelfth-century people. We will examine these primary sources to consider how literate ways of thinking and doing transformed European culture as profoundly as the print revolution of the fifteenth century.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis