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020017 VO-L Middle Ages (2025S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 2 - Evangelische Theologie
MIXED
We 05.03. 11:30-13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG

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Language: German

Lecturers

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Die Vorlesung entfällt am 12. 3. (Rektorstag).
Die Vorlesung entfällt am 2. März und am 7. Mai!

  • Wednesday 19.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 26.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 02.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 09.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 30.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 07.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 14.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 21.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 28.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 04.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 11.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 18.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 25.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture offers an overview of "The Church in the course of 1000 years between 450 and 1450 A.D." and is held as a lecture with readings and discussion:
I. Until 600 A.D. (Migration period; Synod of Orange 529; Benedictine monasticism; Boethius; Cassiodor; Dionysius Exiguus; Gregor the Gr.; Fulgentius of Ruspe; Isidor of Seville)
II to 750 A.D. (Ascent of the Carolingians; Ascent of Islam; Concilium Germanicum; Irish and Anglo-Saxon Mission; Boniface)
III to 900 A.D. (Charlemagne/Carolingian; Saxon mission; Carolingian reform; Adoptianism dispute; Eucharist dispute; Predestination dispute; Debate about filioque; Alkuin; Paulus Diaconus; Einhard; Hrabanus Maurus)
IV. Up to 1000 (Ottonians; Ottonian "imperial church system"; Cluny monastery; Gorze monastery; Mission; Widukind von Corvey)
V. Until 1300 A.D.; High Middle Ages (Investiture Controversy I; 1054 Schisma; Crusades; New Orders; Scholasticism; Papacy, the Lateran Councils and Investiture Controversy II)
[VI to 1450; Late Middle Ages (Papacy in Avignon 1309-1377, Oriental Schism 1378-1415; Council 1410 Pisa, 1414-1418 Konstanz, 1431-1449 Basel [Ferrara, Florence]; Late Scholastics)]
In addition to the lecture, source texts and secondary literature on the moodle platform offer material for reworking and self-study.
The lecture is evaluated with 4 ECTS (1 ECTS = 25 h working time):
The attendance of the lecture (about 14 units of 1.5 h) or respective own reading results in (just) 1 ECTS.
The lecture is accompanied by further reading tasks (per unit/topic both source texts and secondary literature [about one essay of 10-20 p.)], which serve to deepen and secure what has been heard (about 3-4 h = 2 ECTS).
Exam preparation: 1 ECTS.

Assessment and permitted materials

The examination is carried out in the form of an oral examination (20 min.); no aids are allowed.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students should be able to name and describe central topics and developments in response to generalizing questions about the lecture material. A subject area can be chosen as a starting point.

Examination topics

The students gained an in-depth insight into the events, developments and themes of the history of Christianity between 450 and 1450 AD.
This lecture material is the examination material.
Prüfungstermine sind 14. Juli; 23. September; 2. Oktober 2025.

Reading list

A.M. Ritter/B. Lohse/V. Leppin (Hg.), Mittelalter, Kirchen- und Theologiegeschichte in Quellen. Ein Arbeitsbuch, Band 2, 6. Auflage Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008;
B. Moeller (Hg.), Ökumenische Kirchengeschichte Band 1: Von den Anfängen bis zum Mittelalter, Band 2: Vom Hochmittelalter bis zur frühen Neuzeit, Darmstadt 2006;
V. Leppin, Geschichte des mittelalterlichen Christentums, Tübingen 2012.
W.-D. Hauschild / V.H. Drecoll, Alte Kirche und Mittelalter. Lehrbuch der Kirchen- und Dogmengeschichte 1, Gütersloh 2016.
K. Greschat, Kirchengeschichte 1: Von der Alten Kirche bis zum Hochmittelalter (Lehrwerk Evangelische Theologie 3), Leipzig 2023.

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