Universität Wien

020019 VO-L Middle Ages (2021W)

History of Christianity during the Middle Ages

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 2 - Evangelische Theologie
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course will take place online.

  • Wednesday 06.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 13.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 20.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 27.10. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 03.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 10.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 17.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 24.11. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 01.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 15.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 12.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 19.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1 Schenkenstraße 8-10 5.OG
  • Wednesday 26.01. 18:30 - 20:00 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 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)

Assessment and permitted materials

The examination is carried out in the form of an oral examination (20 min.); no aids are allowed.
Date: Febrary 3rd 2022 (list will be available at the secretariat for registration); further dates: February 24; May 5 2022.

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.

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.

Association in the course directory

[B]KG-MA
[BRP]KG-MA

Last modified: We 13.07.2022 19:08