Superior

Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses at their home university in the U.S.

The principal objective of this course is an investigation of the belief system, art, law, moral and customs in medieval society. A secondary objective is the development of research skills that will aid students in studying the middle ages. Contents of the course include: historical periods and elements of the middle ages, the world vision of the medieval man and his religious beliefs, social classes and expressions of culture: the clergy, the medieval university, and its students, social classes and cultural expressions: cavalry and popular culture, literary life, love and the feminine condition in the medieval world.