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The new model monastery: Cluny. Cluny and Benedictine Monasticism in the
10th & 11th Centuries. Liturgical culture of central Middle Ages. The
Old Testament and the Biblically shaped imagination. Other religious movements:
wandering preachers, hermits, experimental women's houses. Investiture
Controversy. Pope Gregory VII. The papacy defines its powers. The new model
priesthood. Simony, concubinage, homosexuality and the life of the average
priest. The price of purity. The birth of a persecuting society?
Required Readings: Lynch, Chapters 9 & 10, "The Eleventh-Century
Reforms" & "The Rise of Christendom," pp. 136-164 Sourcebook 2: Readings
on monastic culture, spiritual friendship, and the "invesiture crisis."
13) Thurs. 10/24. Those who fought: Crusaders and Crusading.
Western and Eastern Christians. Christians and Non-Christians. The
Muslim world in the 9th-11th centuries. Jews in Muslim and Christian Culture.
The Crusaders' Set Off. Domestic enemies. Crusade against the Jews. Beyond
the Sea: Jews, Muslims and Christians appraised each other. Cultural encounter,
perception and conflict.
Required Readings: Lynch, chapter 10 "The Rise of Christendom," revisit
pp. 159-167. Sourcebook 2: Documents on the crusades.
Section 7: Discuss: Accounts of the First
Crusade.
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