Chapter Outline

I. Literature

1. The Epic [TXT: Beowulf, 8th century, trans Francis Gummere][TXT: The Song of Roland]
2. The Lyric [TXT: The Archpoet: Confession of Golias]
1. Courtly Love [TXT: Andreas Capellanus, The Art of Courtly Love]

3. The Romance [TXT: Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot, excerpts, c. 1170]
4. Fabliaux, Fables, and Mystery Plays
5. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) [IMG: Domenico do Michelino. Dante Explaining the Divine Comedy,1465, [or here]]

II. Architecture and Sculpture [WEB: Danish Church Art]

III. Intellectual Trends [WEB: Medieval Sourcebook: Intellectual Life]

1. Medicine
2. Roman Law
3. Philosophy
4. The Relationship of Faith and Reason
1. Peter Abelard [TXT: Peter Abelard: History of My Calamities, excerpts]

5. The Debate over Universals
6. Political Theory
7. Intellectual Life outside Universities
1. Hildegard of Bingen [WEB: Hildegard of Bingen]
2. Heloise of the Paraclete [TXT: Heloise. Letter to Abelard]

8. Translation and Summations
1. Thomas Aquinas [TXT: Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): Reasons in Proof of the Existence of God, 1270]

9. Natural Philosophy: Science
1. Islamic Science
2. Roger Bacon [TXT: Roger Bacon: On Experimental Science, 1268]