For descriptions of most of these courses, see the current Undergraduate Bulletin. Cross-listed courses may count toward the major or minor in both Medieval and Renaissance Studies and in the cross-listed departments or programs.

50. Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Medieval and Renaissance studies. Topics differ by section. One course.

100. Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Topics may focus on fine arts, history, language and literature, or philosophy and religion, frequently engaging interdisciplinary perspectives. One course.

100S. Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Seminar version of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 100. One course.

106A. Introduction to Old English. (CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: English 110A.

107A. Tudor/Stuart Britain. (CZ, R, W) One course. C-L: History 107A, International Comparative Studies 180E.

109S. The Tragedies of Shakespeare. (ALP) One course. C-L: Theater Studies 112S and English 129BS.

110. Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Advanced Special Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Topics differ by section. One course.

111A. Introduction to Italian Literature I. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: Italian 111.

111B. Introduction to Spanish Literature I. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: Spanish 111.

111ES. Introduction to German Literature. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: German 121S.

112A. Gothic Cathedrals. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 110.

112B. Medieval Architecture. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 111.

113. The Art of Medieval Southern Italy. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 112.

116S. The Pagan World of the Divine Comedy. (ALP, CCI) One course. C-L: Classical Studies 116S.

117A. Ancient Myth in Literature. (ALP, CCI) One course. C-L: Classical Studies 117.

119. Medieval Philosophy. (CCI, CZ, EI) One course. C-L: Philosophy 119.

120. Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. (CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Philosophy 120.

121A. Medieval English Literature to 1500. (ALP, CCI, R) One course. C-L: English 121A.

121B. Sixteenth-Century English Literature. (ALP) One course. C-L: English 121B.

123A. English Literature: 1600 to 1660. (ALP) One course. C-L: English 123A.

129C. Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances. (ALP) One course. C-L: English 129C.

130. Late Antique Christian Art. (ALP, CCI, CZ, W) One course. C-L: Art History 130, Classical Studies 130, and Religion 130.

131B. Art of the Late Middle Ages. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 132.

131C. Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Art History 134.

132AS. Topics in Renaissance British Literature. (ALP) Two courses. C-L: English 132CS.

133B. British Isles in the Middle Ages. (CCI, CZ, EI) One course. C-L: History 133C.

134A. History of the Jews in the Early Middle Ages. (CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: History 134A, Jewish Studies 145.

134B. History of the Jews in the Late Middle Ages. (CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: History 134B, Jewish Studies 146.

134C. Jewish Mysticism. (CZ, EI) One course. C-L: Religion 134, Jewish Studies 106, International Comparative Studies 141C, Ethics.

137. Renaissance and Baroque Art History. (ALP, CZ, CCI) One course. C-L: Art History 144B.

138. Reformation Europe. (CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: History 138, International Comparative Studies.

139AS. Special Topics in British Literature I. (ALP) One course. C-L: English 139AS.

139BS. Special Topics in British Literature II. (ALP) One course. C-L: English 139BS.

140A. France in the Making: Language, Nation, and Literary Culture in Premodern Europe. (CCI, CZ, FL) One course. C-L: French 142, International Comparative Studies.

140BS. Chaucer. (ALP, CCI, R) One course. C-L: English 140S.

140C. Topics in Renaissance Art. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Art History 140.

141. Fifteenth-Century Italian Art. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 141.

141B. Chaucer. (ALP, CCI, R) One course. C-L: English 141.

142. Sixteenth-Century Italian Art. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 142.

143. The Art of the Counter Reformation. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 143.

144A. Courtly Love and Hate. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: French 149.

144AS. Courtly Love and Hate. (ALP, CCI, FL) One Course. C-L: French 149S.

144B. Renaissance and Baroque Art History. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Art History 144A.

144C. The Crusades to the Holy Land. (CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: History 144A, Jewish Studies 148.

145A. Milton. (ALP, R) One course. C-L: English 145.

145B. Renaissance Art in Florence. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Art History 145.

146A. Introduction to Islamic Civilization. (CCI, CZ, EI) One course. C-L: Religion 146, Cultural Anthropology 147, History 101G, International Comparative Studies 141A, Information Science and Information Studies.

147A. Introduction to Islamic Civilization. (CCI, CZ, EI) One course. C-L: Religion 147, Cultural Anthropology 148, History 102G, International Comparative Studies, Ethics.

147B. Magic, Religion, and Science since 1400. (CCI, CZ, STS) One cours. C-L: History 147.

148B. History of Medieval and Renaissance Italy. (ALP, CZ) One course. C-L: History 148B.

148S. Italians Abroad, Foreigners in Italy: Seeing and Being Seen. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Italian 148S, English 123FS, International Comparative Studies.

149. Sex, Death, and a Little Love: Boccacio’s Decameron. (ALP, CZ, CCI, R) One course. C-L: Italian 144, International Comparative Studies 182H.

150. Italian Baroque Architecture. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 150.

151A. The History of the Renaissance in Europe 1250-1550. (CZ, W) One course. C-L: History 151A, International Comparative Studies.

151B. Spanish Literature of the Renaissance and the Baroque. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: Spanish 151.

151C. Art of Italy in the Seventeenth Century. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 151, International Comparative Studies.

151S. Eros in the Renaissance. (ALP, CZ, R, W) One Course. C-L: Romance Studies 151S.

152B. Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 153, International Comparative Studies.

153A. Islamic Mysticism: Arabic (Western) Tradition. (CCI, CZ, EI) One course. C-L: African and African-American Studies 151, Religion 152A, Ethics, International Comparative Studies, Islamic Studies.

153B. Golden Age Literature: Cervantes. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: Spanish 153.

155S. Music History I: To 1650. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Music 155S.

156A. The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century. (CCI, CZ, EI) One course. C-L: History 156A, Religion 158, International Comparative Studies 181H, Ethics.

157. French Art and Visual Culture in the Early Modern Period. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 156, International Comparative Studies 180A.

157A. Rise of Modern Science: Early Science through Newton. (CZ, STS, W) One course. C-L: History 157A.

158. History of Netherlandish Art in a European Context. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Art History 158, International Comparative Studies.

159. History of Netherlandish Art in a European Context. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Art History 159, International Comparative Studies.

160S. Topics in Renaissance Literature and Culture. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: French 143S, International Comparative Studies.

161S. Topics in Medieval and/or Early Modern Literature and Culture. (ALP, CCI) One course. C-L: Italian 145S.

162S. Renaissance Lyric Poetry. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: French 144S.

164D. Love in the Western World. (CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: History 164AD.

165S. The Vikings and Their Literature. (ALP, CCI, EI) One course. C-L: German 165S.

166. Dante’s Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. (ALP, CZ, CCI, EI) One course. C-L: Italian 143, Religion 161G, History 142.

168S. Germanic Heroic Literature. (ALP, CCI, R) One course. C-L: German 167S, English 121S.

182. Shakespeare before 1600. (ALP, EI, R) One course. C-L: English 143, Theater Studies 109.

183. Shakespeare after 1600. (ALP, EI, R) One course. C-L: English 144, Theater Studies 110.

188. Topics in Early Modern Netherlandish Art and Material Culture. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Art History 188.

198S. The Discovery of the Old World: Utopias, Ancient and Modern. (ALP, CZ, CCI) One course. C-L: Classical Studies 151S.

200. Advanced Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. One course.

200S. Advanced Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. One course.

201S. Introduction to Medieval German: The Language of the German Middle Ages and Its Literature. (ALP, FL, R) One course. C-L: German 209S.

202A. Christian Thought in the Middle Ages. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

202B. Early and Medieval Christianity. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

202C. Modern European Christianity. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

203S. Sex, Gender, and Love in Medieval German Literature. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: German 210S.

204. Origen. (CZ, EI) One course. C-L: Religion 204.

205. The English Reformation. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

205S. Topics in Dante Studies. (ALP, CZ, CCI) One course. C-L: Italian 205S.

206. The Christian Mystical Tradition in the Medieval Centuries. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course and as Religion 206.

207. Readings in Historical Theology. (CZ) Prerequisites: MEDREN 202 and 203. One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

209S. Middle English Literature: 1100 to 1500. (ALP, CCI, R) One course. C-L: English 212S.

210AS. History of the Spanish Language. (FL) One course. C-L: Spanish 210S, Linguistics 210S, International Comparative Studies 230AS.

210S. Topics in Renaissance Studies. (ALP, CZ, CCI) One course. C-L: Italian 210S, Art History 210S.

210CS. Renaissance and Reformation. (ALP, CCI, FL, R) One course. C-L: German 215S.

212. Notation. (ALP, R) One course. C-L: Music 212.

213S. Chaucer and His Contexts. (DS1; ALP, CCI, R) One course. C-L: English 213S.

216. Augustine. (CZ, EI) One course. C-L: Religion 219.

218S. Medieval Philosophy. (CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Philosophy 218S.

219S. Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. (CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Philosophy 219S.

220AS. The Society and Economy of Europe, 1400-1700. (CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: History 221AS, Economics 221S.

220BS. Religion and Society in the Age of Reformation. (CZ, R) One course. C-L: History 221BS.

220S. Shakespeare: Selected Topics. (ALP, R) One course. C-L: English 220S.

221BS. Renaissance Prose and Poetry: 1500-1660. (ALP, R) One course. C-L: English 221S.

223A. Music in the Middle Ages. (ALP, R) One course. C-L: Music 222.

223B. Music in the Renaissance. (ALP, R) One course. C-L: Music 223.

224. Music in the Baroque Era. (ALP, R) One course. See C-L: Music 224.

228. The Legacy of Greece and Rome. (ALP, CCI, CZ) One course. C-L: Classical Studies 228.

233S. Topics in Early Christian and Byzantine Art. (AL) See C-L: Art History 233S, Classical Studies 230S, Religion 275S. One course.

234A. Early Christian Asceticism. (CZ, EI) One course. C-L: Religion 234, Study of Sexualities, Women’s Studies.

236A. Luther and the Reformation in Germany. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

237S. Topics in Romanesque and Gothic Art and Architecture (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 236 S.

239S. Special Topics in Latin Literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance One course. C-L: Latin 240S.

240. Medieval Fictions. (ALP, CCI, FL) One course. C-L: French 240.

241. History of Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in a European Context. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 241, International Comparative Studies.

242. History of Netherlandish Art and Visual Culture in a European Context. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 242, International Comparative Studies.

243S. Topics in Netherlandish and German Art. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 243S, International Comparative Studies.

245. Problems in Reformation Theology. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

245S. Art and Markets. (ALP, CCI, R, SS) One course. C-L: Art History 245S, Economics 244S, Arts Management and Cultural Policy.

246. Problems in Historical Theology. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

247. Readings in Latin Ecclesiastical Literature. (CCI, CZ) One course. Also offered as a graduate Religion and Divinity School course.

248S. Topics in Italian Renaissance Art. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 247S.

249. Early Modern Studies. (ALP, FL, R) Onen course. C-L: French 247.

250. Women in the Medieval Church. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

254. Justice, Law, and Commerce in Islam. (CZ, EI) One course. C-L: Religion 254, African and African-American Studies 254, International Comparative Studies.

260B. History of the German Language. (FL) One course. C-L: German 260, Linguistics 260.

261S. Topics in Italian Baroque Art. (ALP, CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: Art History 260S.

267S. Britain in the Sixteenth Century. (CCI, CZ, R, SS) One course. C-L: History 267S.

268S. England in the Seventeenth Century. (CCI, CZ, R) One course. C-L: History 268S, International Comparative Studies.

272. The Early Medieval Church. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

273. The Early Medieval Church, Out of Africa: Christianity in North Africa before Islam. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.

276. The Sacraments in the Patristic and Early Medieval Period. (CZ) One course. Also offered as a Divinity School course.