Teaching plan

DateTeacherPlaceTopicLecture notes / comments
23.01.2006Tim 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?

25.01.2006Tim 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??

30.01.2006Tim 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.?

01.02.2006Tim 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??

06.02.2006Tim 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.?

24.11.2005Tim 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.?
Published Nov. 24, 2005 5:00 PM - Last modified Jan. 12, 2006 12:35 PM