Modifications to the course outline for the winter term, 2014 [revised Jan. 5]

[This is a revised version of the original posting of 4:22 p.m., Jan. 4. It replaces that previous posting, so please read it. The changes are also in red.]

Please note the following important additions:

The midterm will be on Feb. 3 and will be the same format as the previous one. In addition to what we read this month, it will include the readings from Medieval Mosaic pages 71–75 (Pope Gregory I [sections A, B, and C], 77–80 [Venantius Fortunatus], and 81–85 [Isidore of Seville].

The assignments will be due on Feb. 10 and Mar. 10, and handed out on the previous Wednesday.

(The final exam will still be in the formal exam period, and scheduled by the registrar’s office. I have virtually no say in when it will be.)

On Dec. 5 I posted a list a list of readings for the start of term. I will hand out a fuller one in about two weeks. Meanwhile, here they are again:

M.M. pages 84–85: Isidore's Chronicle
R.M.L. 6.3: St. Andomnan
M.M. pages 86–88: “The voyage of St. Brendan”
pages 89–90: Vita Sancti Ciarani de Saigir
R.M.L. 7.2: St. Bede
(a): Ecclesiastical History
M.M. pages 99–101: St. Cuthbert (“Letter on the death of Bede”)
R.M.L. 8.1: Epitaph of Agapius
[M.M. pages 107–109: Alcuin (I would like you to skim this on your own--it is a fairly easy read and will help you work a bit on deducing meaning from context)]
R.M.L. 8.3: St. Gregory of Tours
9.1: Charlamagne’s Capitulare episcoporum
9.3: Paul the Deacon