Updated Monday, 8 November:

Tutorial Schedule

Extra Credit on the Quiz This Week (see Quiz Section below)

NO LAUGHING! 

A mug shot of me -- WITH HAIR! -- from about 10 years ago when I was in the Army.

General

Howdy folks! We're approaching the home stretch, so make sure that you stay on tops of things. I'll do my best to help you along.

Remember that you will need to turn in the first version of your paper along with the second version, which is formally due on the last lecture of the semester. (I don't recall the date off hand.)

I apologize for the rather -- shall I say -- lame discussions we had of The Romance of Tristan. As usual, there was too much to talk about and not enough time. It seems, to me at least, that once we get going it is time to leave. So bring to me any questions, comments, or concerns that you have about the book when we meet for your tutorials. Unfortunately, we must move on.

Please read Koenigsberger Chapter 6 and Zophy Chapters 1-3; also begin Chapters 4-5 in Zophy if you have time. I would like you to read Boccaccio's "Preface" to The Decameron (pages 1-17). I think that I'll do most of the talking this week. I'll show how I would go about situating the book and explaining what Boccaccio is getting at. I think this exercise will help you as you write the second version of your papers.

You'll find my synthesis/outline of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance AND an outline of the decline of the papacy on my Lecture Supplements page.

Don't forget to sign up for your paper tutorials! The sign-up sheet will be passed around with the attendance sheet on Monday.

Quiz

There will be TWO items on the quiz this week.

Cog

Ghengis Khan

Boniface VIII

Avignon Papacy

Condotierri

Communes

Peace of Lodi

EXTRA CREDIT-- Up To 10 Points:

You'll have to identify the major parts (i.e. technical terms) of a Gothic Cathedral. I'll include a diagram on the quiz. Go to these links for help:

http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/his211/Lecture%20Seven/technical_terms.htm

http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/his211/Lecture%20Seven/lect6.html

Email Assignment

Don't forget to email Pennington. He should have received three email messages from you by now. Right now (Saturday, 6 November) I don't have a formal email assignment for you. But this may change. On Monday or Tuesday (no later) I may ask you something about The Decameron. 

CHECK THIS OUT!

Last week I bought a CD of Perceval, or The Quest for the Grail (ca. 12th Century). This song, "Ou iras-tu, vallet, dis va?" , is too cool. It's only 1:10 min. (1.34 MB), so it shouldn't take too long to download. (Remember, you need to right click and save the file to your hard drive.)

(Sorry Rebecca Lee and Veronica Armour for not including the accents in the French transcription.)

Chevalier Vermeil:

Ou iras-tu, vallet dis va?                        Tell me, young man, where are you going?
Valet, fait il, tu ferras bien.                    Young man, he said, that is a fine idea!
or va donc tot et si reviens,                    Go swiftly then, and return fast
et tant diras au mauvais roi                    and tell that bad king this:

que s'il veut tenir de moi                        If he does not want to pay me homage
sa terre, eh bien, qu'il me la rende        for his land, he must give it to me
ou il envoit qui la defende                       or send a champion to defend it
car je soutiens qu'elle est a moi.            against me, for I claim it as mine.

Et a ces enseignes t'en crois                And so that he will believe your words,
que devamt lui pris il buvait                   remind him that I snatched
avec tout le vin que il buvait                from him this cup I am carrying
cette coupe que je emporte.                just now, with this wine still in it.

Perceval:

Je veux, fait il a cour aller                I want to go to court, he replied,
au roi ces armes demander.                to ask the king for this armor.