Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: VISUAL CULTURE OF MEDIEVAL PILGRIMAGE

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1 TO 4

Description: We will examine the theological, practical, and experiential aspects of pilgrimage in Western Europe and the Holy Land and the symbols, images, and places encounered along the routes. For an additional credit hour, students may spend the last two weeks fo May walking a pilgrimage trail in France. For each lecture, Graduate Students will be assinged additional readings. they will write an annotated bibliography of all these readings to be turned in at the end of the semester. We will meet for an additional hour every two or three weeks to discuss interpretive and methodological problems and ideas associated with the readings. Graduate Students will be expected to complete all the requirements of the class in addition to writing a substantial reseach paper due at the end of the semester. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 437. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 537 if student has credit for HART 437.