LOVE, LUST AND VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES Medieval Europe was undoubtedly gruff and violent but it also gave birth to courtly culture—raw warriors transformed into knights who performed heroic deeds, troubadours wrote epics in their honor and love songs about their ladies, women of the elite carved out a place in public discourse as patrons of the arts, and princely courts were increasingly defined by pageantry from jousting tournaments to royal coronations. This course will trace the development of this courtly culture from the eleventh to the sixteenth century, from its roots in Southern France to its spread to Northern France and then to various kingdoms in Europe. Central themes will include the transformation of the warrior into the knight, the relationship between violence and courtliness, courtly love, cultural production and the patronage of art, and the development of court pageantry and ceremonial. This is a class on cultural history and, as such, will rely on the interpretation of objects of art and material culture, literature as well as historical accounts. Course: Love, Lust and Violence in the Middle Ages Course Number: HIST 307-401 When: MW 2:00-3:30 Ada Maria Kuskowski Instructor: Prof. Contact Info: akusk@upenn.edu Office Hours: Office: College Hall 306E REQUIRED BOOKS Keen, Maurice. New Haven: Yale University Press (Yale Nota Bene), 2005. Chivalry. Georges Duby. Pantheon, 1987. William Marshall: The Flower of Chivalry. Chretien de Troyes, trans. by Burton Raffel. New Lancelot (The Knight of the Cart), Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. Geoffroi de Charny. (The Middle Ages Series), trans. by A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry Elspeth Kennedy and intro. by Richard Kaeuper. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. Andreas Capellanus, trans. by P.G. Walsh. London: Andreas Capellanus on Love, Duckworth (Paperduck), 1982. Lambert of Ardres, (The Middle The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres Ages Series), trans. by Leah Shopkow. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
LOVE, LUST AND VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES Medieval Europe was undoubtedly gruff and violent but it also gave birth to courtly culture—raw warriors transformed into knights who performed heroic deeds, troubadours wrote epics in their honor and love songs about their ladies, women of the elite carved out a place in public discourse as patrons of the arts, and princely courts were increasingly defined by pageantry from jousting tournaments to royal coronations. This course will trace the development of this courtly culture from the eleventh to the sixteenth century, from its roots in Southern France to its spread to Northern France and then to various kingdoms in Europe. Central themes will include the transformation of the warrior into the knight, the relationship between violence and courtliness, courtly love, cultural production and the patronage of art, and the development of court pageantry and ceremonial. This is a class on cultural history and, as such, will rely on the interpretation of objects of art and material culture, literature as well as historical accounts. Course: Love, Lust and Violence in the Middle Ages Course Number: HIST 307-401 When: MW 2:00-3:30 Instructor: Prof. Ada Maria Kuskowski Contact Info: akusk@upenn.edu Office Hours: Office: College Hall 306E REQUIRED BOOKS Keen, Maurice. Chivalry. New Haven: Yale University Press (Yale Nota Bene), 2005. Georges Duby. William Marshall: The Flower of Chivalry. Pantheon, 1987. Chretien de Troyes, Lancelot (The Knight of the Cart), trans. by Burton Raffel. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. Geoffroi de Charny. A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry (The Middle Ages Series), trans. by Elspeth Kennedy and intro. by Richard Kaeuper. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. Andreas Capellanus, Andreas Capellanus on Love, trans. by P.G. Walsh. London: Duckworth (Paperduck), 1982. Lambert of Ardres, The History of the Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres (The Middle Ages Series), trans. by Leah Shopkow. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
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