Term
Spring 2023
Faculty
Marina S. Brownlee
Registrar description
This course aims at reading and analysis of some of the most iconic texts of the Middle Ages including the Mediterranean. In addition to providing a fascinating group of texts for us to discuss, `Rethinking Medieval Cultures' will reveal the many dynamic perspectives at issue during this foundational period of Western civilization. Issues of power - political, religious, amorous and supernatural - attitudes toward sex and gender, slavery, class and dreams are some of the topics voiced in our readings.