Santa Clara University

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES

Director: Blake de Maria

The minor in Medieval and Renaissance studies offers students from all departments a cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary program of study in Europe’s Middle Ages and Renaissance. These periods lay on the edge of modernity, when the distinctive characteristics of the contemporary world began to form and when major new connections were made between Europe and Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and the Americas. Study of these periods from many different points of view affords an opportunity to gain valuable perspectives on the ways that Medieval and Renaissance persons, events, and institutions helped to shape the modern world. Completion of the minor is noted on the student’s transcript, and students receive a certificate acknowledging their accomplishment.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR

Students must complete the following requirements for a minor in Medieval and Renaissance studies:

• Seven courses selected from three different departments with a maximum of three lower-division courses
• One of the upper-division courses must require an interdisciplinary research paper based on source materials and secondary works dealing with a topic rooted in the Medieval and/or Renaissance periods. The research paper requirement may be fulfilled by enrolling in MRST 199 under the supervision of an affiliated faculty member and the program director.
• The study of French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, and/or Spanish is strongly recommended but not required. Students should consult with the program director to determine the cluster of courses best suited to their personal interests and preparation.

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES COURSES

199. Independent Study
Directed reading and research in source materials and secondary works dealing with selected problems rooted in the Medieval and/or Renaissance periods, culminating in an interdisciplinary paper. Prerequisite: Permission of program director and instructor. (2–5 units)

Note: In addition to the courses listed below, many departments offer occasional special topics, directed reading/directed research, and seminar courses on Medieval and Renaissance topics. Students should consult with the program director to determine the applicability of these, as well as of courses taken at other institutions or while studying abroad, to the minor.

• ANTH 146. Perspectives on the Spanish and Native American Experience

ART HISTORY COURSES

• ARTH 21. The Ancient World
• ARTH 22. The Visual Culture of Early Modern Europe
• ARTH 110. Early Christian and Byzantine Art
• ARTH 114. Early Medieval Art
• ARTH 116. Romanesque and Gothic Art
• ARTH 121. Venice and the Other in the Renaissance
• ARTH 122. The Art of Early Modern Rome
• ARTH 128. 17th-Century Italian Painting and Sculpture
• ARTH 164. Islamic Art, 600-1350 CE

CLASSICS COURSES

• CLAS 69. History of Early Christianity
• CLAS 112. World of Augustine
• CLAS 135. Medieval Latin

ENGLISH COURSES

• ENGL 12A. Cultures and Ideas II
• ENGL 41. Survey of English Literature I
• ENGL 54. Shakespeare
• ENGL 116. Shakespeare’s Tragedies
• ENGL 117. Shakespeare’s Comedies
• ENGL 118. Shakespeare Studies
• ENGL 141. Studies in Medieval Literature
• ENGL 143. Studies in Renaissance Literature
• ENGL 188. Senior Seminars (on Medieval and Renaissance topics)

HISTORY COURSES

• HIST 22. Western Civilization: Medieval and Early Modern
• HIST 91. Introduction to the History of Africa
• HIST 103. Encounter with the Other: the Jesuits in World History
• HIST 117. State and Church in the Middle Ages: 1000–1450
• HIST 119. Sex, Family, and Crime in Mediterranean Europe, 1300-1800
• HIST 121. Interpreting the English Reformation
• HIST 122. Pirates of the Mediterranean, Pirates of the Caribbean 1300-1800
• HIST 126. Conflicts in Medieval Christianity
• HIST 127. The World of St. Francis
• HIST 146A. Medieval and Early Modern Japan
• HIST 147A. Premodern China
• HIST 154A. Ancient, Classical, and Medieval India
• HIST 192. Seminar in Medieval or Early Modern Europe

MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES COURSES

• FREN 115. Major Works of French Literature I
• FREN 120. Moyen Age
• FREN 130. Humanism and the Renaissance
• ITAL 110. Italian Civilization I
• ITAL 120. Survey of Italian Literature I
• ITAL 130. Dante, La Divina Commedia I
• ITAL 131. Dante, La Divina Commedia II
• ITAL 140. Duecento, Trecento
• ITAL 150. Quattrocento, Cinquecento (Rinascimento)
• SPAN 120. Major Works of Spanish Literature I
• SPAN 122. The Spanish Picaresque Novel
• SPAN 123. Siglo de Oro Drama
• SPAN 130. Survey of Latin American Literature I
• SPAN 165. Cervantes: Don Quijote

MUSIC COURSES

• MUSC 11A. Cultures and Ideas I
• MUSC 12A. Cultures and Ideas II
• MUSC 101. Music History I: Antiquity Through Renaissance

PHILOSOPHY COURSES

1. PHIL 11A. Cultures and Ideas I
2. PHIL 12A. Cultures and Ideas II
3. PHIL 132. Medieval Philosophy

RELIGIOUS STUDIES COURSES

• RSOC 65. Early Christianity
• RSOC 144. Gender, Body, and Christianity
• SCTR 126. Sufi Mysticism
• SCTR 132. Apocalypse Now
• TESP 82. Witches, Saints, and Heretics: Religious Outsiders
• TESP 143. Theology and Ethics of Thomas Aquinas

THEATRE COURSES

• THTR 11A. Cultures and Ideas I
• THTR 12A. Cultures and Ideas II
• THTR 110. Medieval Theatre
• THTR 112. Topics in Theatre and Drama prior to 1700
• THTR 120. Acting Styles I: Shakespeare
• THTR 151. Fashion, Politics, and Issues of Gender
• THTR 187. Seminar in Theatre and Dance before 1700