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14) Tues. 10/29. Church government and ecclesiastical structures from Gregory VII to Innocent III.

Defining belief and practice. Canon law. Heresy and dissent. Intellectual and popular heresies. The position of the laity in Christian society. Institutional structures from the Investiture Crisis to the Fourth Lateran Council. Slides: Romanesque architechture and sculpture. Art of Rome and the papacy.

Required Readings: Lynch, Chapters 11, 17 and 18 "the Age of the Papacy," "The Framework of the Christian Life," and "The Sacramental Life," pp. 168-182, 256-302. L. Eckenstein, Women Under Monasticism., Ch. VI, "The Monastic Revival of the Middle Ages." 184-221.

15) Thurs. 10/31. Anselm and His Context: Intellectual, Political, Monastic.

Apostolic Life and Evangelical Awakening. Religious texts and manuscript culture. Feudal and courtly culture. The Life and Writings of St. Anselm.

Required Readings: Lynch, Chapter 12 "The New Testament Revival," pp. 183-196; Chapter 16 "The Schools," pp.239-255; (Chapter 17 "The Framework of the Christian Life," also relevant here.) Sourcebook 2: Reading from Anselm.

Section 8: Readings from Anselm.

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