OUTLINES FOR HISTORY LECTURES
Wk IX
5/26 Th Cacciaguida on 12th C. Florence
5/24 Tu Justinian on Roman Empire, Par 6
Wk VIII
5/19 Th Earthly Paradise: Procession of the Church
5/17 Tu Medieval Biology Lesson, Purg 25
WK VII
5/12 Th Image
of women in Dante's dream: Purg 19
5/10 Tu Seven Deadly
Sins and Free Will
Wk V I
5/5 Th Purgatorial
Politics, Purg 6-14
Artists: Cimabue & Giotto
Biographies
5/3 Tu Justinian and Empire,
Purg 6-7
Wk V
4/28 Th History
of Purgatory
NT
texts for idea of Purgatory
4/26 Tu The Problem of Evil & Demonology
Wk IV
4/21 Th Dante
& Medieval Political Thought
Notes
on lower Hell
4/19 Tu Guido da Montefeltro, Inferno 27
Donation of Constantine & the Papacy
Wk III
4/14 Th Florence
1300: Black vs White Guelfs
corrected: Anagni 1303, not 1305
Pope Boniface VIII: Unam Sanctam selections
(optional)
4/12 Tu Heresy in 13th C.
Suicide:
Classical versus Christian views
Wk II
4/7 Th 13th
C. Florence: Guelfs & Ghibellines
Battle
of Montaperti, 1260 from Villani Chronicle
4/5 Tu History of Hell: Dante's sources
New
Testament texts on Hell
Wk I
3/31 Th Rome:
Founding Legends
3/29 Tu Dante & Florence
Handout on Buondelmonte murder of 1216