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October 24, 2006
Sorry for the hiatus
I apologize to anyone who missed me, but I ran off to a conference and then had to play catch up.
The conference theme was drama in the Middle Ages, and I fell back on "those who don't do, teach" - I gave a pedagogical paper. It went over well, though - I have a good module for handling the high Middle Ages in European Studies 101.
1. Read Rutebeuf's Miracle of Theophilus
2. Study the north transept portal at Notre Dame de Paris, which tells a slightly different version of the Theophilus legend.*
3. Discuss ecclesiastical administration and organization, homage, written contract, Jews in the 13th century, magic, Hell, intercession and patronage, the role of the Virgin Mary, the Ptolemaic model of the cosmos -- the list, as one says, goes on.
It was well-received in the conference sense and, I believe, in the "ooh - I'm going to try that!" sense.
And I'd like to acknowledge Another Damned Medievalist for her two read throughs.
*sorry for the link to someone's flickr site, but I'm queasy about posting copyrighted pictures and am having trouble doing better.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at October 24, 2006 6:43 AM