St. Michael's College, U of T

Mediaeval Studies: SMC Courses and Cross Listed Courses

The following listings include courses offered by St. Michael’s College as well as cross-listed courses. SMC courses are indicated. Please note that not all courses are offered every year.

View SMC Courses Offered 2008-09

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Courses by Relevance:

Core course | Approved courses: History, Thought, Literature, The Arts, Other

Core Course

SMC 210Y1 The Mediaeval Tradition
This course provides an introduction to the thought and culture of the European Middle Ages. Students are introduced to the important monuments of mediaeval History, Thought, Literature, and Art, and follow some of the common threads that run through all these disciplines. The course explores some of the classical antecedents and chief expressions of mediaeval life and thought.

Foundational Courses:

SMC 302H1 Christianity and Symbols
SMC 307Y1 Scripture in the Christian Tradition
SMC 358H1 The Mediaeval Book
SMC 359H1 Mediaeval Theology
SMC 360H1 Vernacular Literature of the Middle Ages
SMC 361H1 Mediaeval Law

Latin Courses:

SMC322H1 Mediaeval Latin I
SMC323H1 Mediaeval Latin II

Approved Courses

Group A: History

SMC Courses:

SMC 211H1 The Middle Ages and the Movies
SMC 215H1 Varieties of Christian Community
SMC 345Y1 From Tribalism to Feudalism: Early Celtic History
SMC 357H1 The Mediaeval Child
SMC 403H1 The Mediaeval Church
SMC 421H1 Jews and Judaism in Christian Traditions

Cross Listed Courses:

CLA 378H1 Late Antiquity
HIS 208Y1 History of the Jewish People
HIS 220Y1 The Shape of Medieval Society
HIS 251Y1 History of East Central Europe
HIS 320Y1 Early Medieval Europe, c. 300-1100
HIS 322Y1 The High Middle Ages
HIS 323H1 Rites of Passage and Daily Life in the Middle Ages
HIS 336H1 Medieval Spain
HIS 395Y1 Topics in History (if on a medieval topic)
HIS 403Y1 Jews and Christians in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
HIS 424H1 Violence in Medieval Society
HIS 427H1 History and Historiography in the Golden Legend
HIS 428H1 Medieval Monasticism
HIS 432H1 Topics in Mediaeval History
HIS 434Y1 Kievan Rus’
HIS 438H1 Inquisition and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
HPS 201H1 Origins of Western Technology
HPS 430H1 History of Technology I
NMC 270H1 History of Syriac Christianity
NMC 272H1 The Byzantine Empire and its Civilization
NMC 273Y1 Islamic History to the Fall of Baghdad (1258)
NMC 353H1 Pre-Ottoman Anatolia and the Early Ottoman State
NMC 366Y1 The Islamic City
NMC 376H1 History of Islamic Spain and North Africa (640-1492)

Group B: Thought

SMC Courses:

SMC 205H1 Varieties of Christian Experience
SMC 307Y1 Scripture in the Christian Tradition
SMC 332H1 Apocalypse and Millennium
SMC 350H1 Celtic Spirituality
SMC 359H1 Mediaeval Theology
SMC 361H1 Mediaeval Law
SMC 402H1 Mediaeval Canon Law
SMC 425H1 Uses of the Bible in the Middle Ages

Cross Listed Courses:

CLA 336H1 Roman Law
MAT 390H1 History of Mathematics up to 1700
PHL 20DY1 Ancient Philosophy
PHL 205H1 Early Medieval Philosophy
PHL 206H1 Later Medieval Philosophy
PHL 303H1 Plato
PHL 304H1 Aristotle
PHL 307H1 Augustine
PHL 308H1 Aquinas
PHL 309H1 Topics in Medieval Philosophy
PHL 336H1 Islamic Philosophy
RLG 241Y Early Christian Writings I
RLG 331Y1 Eastern Christianity

Group C: Literature

SMC Courses:

SMC 343Y1 Celtic Literature and Society 500-1500
SMC 360H1 Vernacular Literature of the Middle Ages
SMC 440Y1 Middle Welsh Language and Literature
SMC 441Y1 Old and Middle Irish
SMC 450Y1 Celtic Mythology

Cross Listed Courses:

ENG 240Y1 Old English Language and Literature
ENG 241Y1 Medieval Literature
ENG 300Y1 Chaucer
ENG 330H1 Drama before 1558
ENG 367Y1 History of the English Language
ENG 400Y1 Beowulf and Other Old English Poetry
ENG 401Y1 Studies in Medieval Literature
ENG 481H1 Studies in Medieval Literature
FRE 321H1 Ardour and Armour in Mediaeval France (formerly FRE 420H1)
FRE 471H1 Medieval French Language
GER 429H1 Topics in Medieval German Literature
ITA 311H1 Medieval Italian Literature in Translation: Dante
ITA 312H1 Medieval Italian Literature in Translation: Petrarch and Boccaccio
ITA 320H1 Dante: Vita Nuova and Divina Commedia (Inferno)
ITA 430H1 History of the Italian Language
LAT 100Y1 Introductory Latin
NMC 255Y1 Arabic Literature in Translation
NMC 350H1 Syriac Literature in Translation
SLA 330Y1 Old Church Slavonic
SPA 425H1 History of the Spanish Language
SPA 450H1 Studies in Medieval Iberian Literature

Group D: The Arts

SMC Courses:

SMC 302H1 Christianity and Symbols
SMC 344Y1 Celtic Archaeology and Art
SMC 358H1 The Mediaeval Book
SMC 422H1 Sacred Space in the Christian Tradition

Cross Listed Courses:

*(Note that admission to FAH courses at the 400 level is limited. Please
contact the Fine Art History Department early if you wish to enrol.)

FAH 215H1 Early Medieval Art and Architecture
FAH 216H1 Later Medieval Art and Architecture
FAH 316H1 Accessing the Sacred
FAH 318H1 Monastic Art and Architecture
FAH 319H1 Illuminated Manuscripts
FAH 325H1 Church Decoration
FAH 326H1 Art and Liturgy
FAH 327H1 Secular Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages
FAH 328H1 Gothic Cathedral
FAH 420H1 Studies in Western Medieval Art and Architecture
FAH 421H1 Studies in Medieval Cities
FAH 424H1 Studies in Medieval Book Illumination
FAH 425H1 Studies in Medieval Art and Gender
FAH 426H1 Medieval Art in Local Collections
FAH 492H1/Y1 Independent Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
MUS 208H1 Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces
NMC 366Y1 The Islamic City
NMC 464H1 Medieval Middle Eastern Ceramics

Group E: Other

SMC Courses:

SMC 406H1/SMC 407H1 Mediaeval Seminar I/II
SMC 490Y1 Senior Essay in Mediaeval Studies