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020015 VO-L Middle Ages (2023S)

History of Christianity during the Middle Ages

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 2 - Evangelische Theologie
MIXED
Moodle

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course starts March 14!

  • Tuesday 07.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 14.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 21.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 28.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 18.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 25.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 02.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 09.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 16.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 23.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 06.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 13.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 20.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Tuesday 27.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture offers an overview of "The Church in the course of 1000 years between 450 and 1450 A.D." and is held as a lecture with readings and discussion:
I. Until 600 A.D. (Migration period; Synod of Orange 529; Benedictine monasticism; Boethius; Cassiodor; Dionysius Exiguus; Gregor the Gr.; Fulgentius of Ruspe; Isidor of Seville)
II to 750 A.D. (Ascent of the Carolingians; Ascent of Islam; Concilium Germanicum; Irish and Anglo-Saxon Mission; Boniface)
III to 900 A.D. (Charlemagne/Carolingian; Saxon mission; Carolingian reform; Adoptianism dispute; Eucharist dispute; Predestination dispute; Debate about filioque; Alkuin; Paulus Diaconus; Einhard; Hrabanus Maurus)
IV. Up to 1000 (Ottonians; Ottonian "imperial church system"; Cluny monastery; Gorze monastery; Mission; Widukind von Corvey)
V. Until 1300 A.D.; High Middle Ages (Investiture Controversy I; 1054 Schisma; Crusades; New Orders; Scholasticism; Papacy, the Lateran Councils and Investiture Controversy II)
[VI to 1450; Late Middle Ages (Papacy in Avignon 1309-1377, Oriental Schism 1378-1415; Council 1410 Pisa, 1414-1418 Konstanz, 1431-1449 Basel [Ferrara, Florence]; Late Scholastics)]

Assessment and permitted materials

The examination is carried out in the form of an oral examination (20 min.); no aids are allowed.
29.6.2023 ab 9 Uhr; 12.7.2023 ab 9 Uhr

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students should be able to name and describe central topics and developments in response to generalizing questions about the lecture material. A subject area can be chosen as a starting point.

Examination topics

The students gained an in-depth insight into the events, developments and themes of the history of Christianity between 450 and 1450 AD.
This lecture material is the examination material.

Reading list

A.M. Ritter/B. Lohse/V. Leppin (Hg.), Mittelalter, Kirchen- und Theologiegeschichte in Quellen. Ein Arbeitsbuch, Band 2, 6. Auflage Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008;
B. Moeller (Hg.), Ökumenische Kirchengeschichte Band 1: Von den Anfängen bis zum Mittelalter, Band 2: Vom Hochmittelalter bis zur frühen Neuzeit, Darmstadt 2006;
V. Leppin, Geschichte des mittelalterlichen Christentums, Tübingen 2012.
W.-D. Hauschild / V.H. Drecoll, Alte Kirche und Mittelalter. Lehrbuch der Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte 1, Gütersloh 2016.

Association in the course directory

[B]KG-MA
[BRP]KG-MA

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