| Date | Teacher | Place | Topic | Lecture notes / comments |
| 23.01.2006 | Tim Bolton? | Blindernvn.11, room 1, 10.15 - 12.00? | week 4? | 1st hour - Lecture 1: Creation of books, and the importance of books for medieval society; 2nd hour - Seminar 1: General Introduction Seminar: introductions and discussion of course themes? |
| 25.01.2006 | Tim Bolton? | Blindernvn.11, room 1, 10.15 - 12.00? | week 4? | 1st hour - Lecture 2: The missionary period in Norway and Denmark: from St. Ansgar’s lost library to the surviving eleventh-century fragments.2nd hour - Seminar 2: Discussion of the use of Latin and Runic script on Scandinavian coins of this period. Pragmatic use or political statement?? |
| 30.01.2006 | Tim Bolton? | Blindernvn.11, room 1, 10.15 -12.00? | Week 5? | 1st hour - Lecture 3: The beginnings of monasticism in Norway and Denmark through to the emergence of reformed monastic houses. The impact of these newcomers on Scandinavian society.2nd hour - Seminar 3: Examination of the archaeology of the cloisters at Hoved?ya and Nonneseter in Oslo. Focus on the interaction of structures, ideology and function.? |
| 01.02.2006 | Tim Bolton? | Blindernvn.11, room 1, 10.15 -12.00? | Week 5? | 1st hour - Lecture 4: Adoption of Latin learning and script into Norwegian and Danish culture, and the political and religious relationships that brought this about.2nd hour - Seminar 4: Comparison of Saxo Grammaticus’ translation of Eddaic poems with those that now survive in ON. What was Saxo doing?? |
| 06.02.2006 | Tim Bolton? | Blindernvn.11, NB! room 3, 10.15 -12.00? | Week 6? | 1st hour - Lecture 5: Adoption of vernacular European books. The entrance of the ‘Romance’ and the ‘Lay’ into the court-cultures of the Norwegian and Danish elites.2nd hour - Seminar 5: Discussion of the motives of King H?kon H?kon’s son as a literary patron.? |
| 24.11.2005 | Tim Bolton? | ? | Week 6 or 7? | In addition 2 hours will be spent in the Nasjonalbibliotheket here in Oslo looking at and handling a selection of medieval manuscript fragments and books, ranging in date from the 10th century to the 14th century. This should give you some hands-on experience with the material, and will aim to teach basics in the construction of, and illumination of medieval books in Europe and in Norway.? |
Teaching plan
Published Nov. 24, 2005 5:00 PM
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