Magic and Witchcraft in Early Europe
HIST 134
Spring 2013 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
MDST 134 |
This course will examine the development and diversity of forms of magic and witchcraft in Europe before 1600. We shall ask what magic is and how it relates to Christian and "pagan" religion and science. We shall examine how attitudes toward the magical, including the saintly and the miraculous, constantly shifted in a world consistently committed to the possibility of supernatural and extraordinary powers. The course will examine both documents from the past and some of the fascinating scholarship that historians and others have produced on such things as magic, miracles, relics, witches and witch-hunting, astrology, ghosts, and demonology. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (MDST)(MDST-Art/Arch)(MDST-History)(MDST-Lang/Lit)(MDST-Phil/Reli) |
Major Readings:
Richard Kieckhefer, Magic in the Middle Ages
Patrick Geary, Furta Sacra
Carlo Ginzburg, The Night Battles
Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic
Kors and Peters, Witchcraft in Europe
Valerie Flint, The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe
Jean Claude Schmitt, Ghosts in the Middle Ages
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Examinations and Assignments:
Class Attendance and participation.
Six Response Essays
Two Essays on Set Texts
Term Paper |
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