Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: MEDIEVAL COURTSHIP, LOVE, AND MARRIAGE IN THE AGE OF CHIVALRY

Department: Stdy of Women, Gender, & Sxlty

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The literature of the High Middle Ages is the first since antiquity to probe the hazards and potentials of romance between men and women, as well as single-sex friendship and love. This course will show how the literary ideal of love emerged in a society that was torn apart by war and rivalry. The poems and stories we will read belong to the treasures of medieval literature from German lands. Taught in English. Cross-list: GERM 330, HUMA 330, MDST 335.