The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary minor consisting of five courses taken within at least three disciplines (Art History, Comparative Literature, English, French, Hispanic Studies, History, Music). One of the five courses must be a history course and two of the courses must be taken in the same department.
For complete information about the courses listed below, including prerequisites, enrollment limits and when a course is offered, consult the full descriptions under the appropriate departments.
ART HISTORY
270 Visual Culture of the Middle Ages
282 The Renaissance: Reframing the Golden Age
CLASSICS
390 Medieval Latin
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
211 Readings in World Literature I
228 From Different to Monstrous: Muslim (and Christian) Subversions and Coercions
266 Storytelling in Arabic and European Literatures
284 From Harlot to Saint: Muslim Women, Christian Women and Other Women
289 Introduction to Arabic Literature
ENGLISH
221 Introduction to Old English
222 Chaucer: Gender and Genre
225 Shakespeare
226 Milton
293 The Making of English
323 Other Worlds in Middle English Literature
327 English Renaissance Literature 1550-1660
328 English Renaissance Drama
329 When God Shakes a Kingdom
427 Shakespeare in Context
428 Muslims, Women, and Jews: Alterity and Identity in the Middle Ages
FRENCH
403 In Her Own Voice: French Women Writers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
404 Legends of the Round Table
406 Comic Visions in French Literature from the Fabliaux to Figaro
414 East Meets West: Cultural Encounters in Medieval French Literature
416 Saints and Sinners in Medieval French Literature
HISPANIC STUDIES
300 Medieval Spanish Literature
HISTORY
145 Christianity to 1500
202 Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
206 Medieval Europe
207 Europe and the Mediterranean 1100-1500
295 The Crusades in Context
320 Power and Lordship in Medieval Europe
339 Asia and Europe 1200-1700
LATIN
390 Topics in Roman Society and Culture: Medieval Latin
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES
223 Gender and Violence in the Middle Ages
MUSIC
251 Music in Europe Before 1600
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
145 Christianity to 1500
[223S]
Gender and Violence in the Middle Ages.
This course serves as an introduction to the field of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Drawing on multiple disciplinary perspectives, including those of literature, law, history, and art, we will examine the intersection of ideas about the body, gender, and violence in the European Middle Ages. Readings may include the Bible and early patristic writings; the lives of saints; poems and advice manuals on courtly love; depictions of women in the Crusades; Icelandic sagas; and perspectives on the trial of Joan of Arc.
(Oral Presentations.)
Prerequisite, One 100-level course in literature or history, or AP 4 or 5 in English or history.
(Same as English and Creative Writing 223 and English and Creative Writing 223 and History 223.)
Maximum enrollment, 24.
(from the Hamilton Course Catalogue)
The interdisciplinary nature and immense range of medieval and Renaissance studies — from antiquity to the late 17th century — makes the minor an attractive option for students across the humanities. It enables students to make connections among and across specialized fields and to develop historical perspectives on contemporary areas of interest such as women's studies, foreign languages, culture and sociology.
Courses in medieval and Renaissance studies at Hamilton are taught in small classes by faculty members who are distinguished scholars and know their students on an individual basis. That means one-on-one encouragement, personal direction and research opportunities suited to your needs and interests. In the best liberal arts tradition, courses stimulate analytical thinking, critical reading and the ability to write and speak with clarity, precision and authority.
Imagine a field of study in which you can read and discuss Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Molière and great, unheralded women writers from several centuries and cultures. You explore them not in isolation, but in the context of their times and cultures. The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program presents literary works as windows on a vibrant, fascinating past.
The interdisciplinary nature and immense range of medieval and Renaissance studies — from antiquity to the late 17th century — makes the minor an attractive option for students across the humanities. It enables students to make connections among and across specialized fields and to develop historical perspectives on contemporary areas of interest such as women's studies, foreign languages, culture and sociology.
Courses in medieval and Renaissance studies at Hamilton are taught in small classes by faculty members who are distinguished scholars and know their students on an individual basis. That means one-on-one encouragement, personal direction and research opportunities suited to your needs and interests. In the best liberal arts tradition, courses stimulate analytical thinking, critical reading and the ability to write and speak with clarity, precision and authority.
Imagine a field of study in which you can read and discuss Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Molière and great, unheralded women writers from several centuries and cultures. You explore them not in isolation, but in the context of their times and cultures. The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program presents literary works as windows on a vibrant, fascinating past.
The interdisciplinary nature and immense range of medieval and Renaissance studies — from antiquity to the late 17th century — makes the minor an attractive option for students across the humanities. It enables students to make connections among and across specialized fields and to develop historical perspectives on contemporary areas of interest such as women's studies, foreign languages, culture and sociology.
Courses in medieval and Renaissance studies at Hamilton are taught in small classes by faculty members who are distinguished scholars and know their students on an individual basis. That means one-on-one encouragement, personal direction and research opportunities suited to your needs and interests. In the best liberal arts tradition, courses stimulate analytical thinking, critical reading and the ability to write and speak with clarity, precision and authority.
Imagine a field of study in which you can read and discuss Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Molière and great, unheralded women writers from several centuries and cultures. You explore them not in isolation, but in the context of their times and cultures. The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program presents literary works as windows on a vibrant, fascinating past.
