This unit explores developments in mystical piety in the Middle Ages. The unit will pay particular attention to the Rhineland Mystics. It will also consider the religious response to urbanization as expressed by the Beguine Movement and the emergence of mendicant friars. The development of particularly feminine responses of women to mysticism and relationship of women mystics to the wider church will also be examined. A seminar based unit, it emphasises the reading of texts and the interpretative process involved in a receptive and critical reading of Medieval sources. It also explores some contemporary approaches to the interpretation of Medieval women’s spiritual experience in a social and cultural context. Students will be required to read and to analyse primary sources from medieval writers including: Hildegard of Bingen; Mechtilde of Magdeburg; Margueritte de Porette, Gertrude the Great, Meister Eckhardt, Francis and Clare, Bonaventure, Catherine of Siena, Angela of Foligno.
Unit code: CH3121C
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3
Unit discipline: Church History
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Catholic Theological College
Show when this unit is running1. | Identify significant spiritual movements in the Middle Ages. |
2. | Elaborate a range of spiritual styles and responses in their cultural and historical context. |
3. | Analyse the relationship of women mystics to their culture and the Church. |
4. | Evaluate the role of mysticism as a means of renewal for the Church |
5. | Demonstrate a range of critical approaches to the study of these texts. |
CH1001C and CH1002C or equivalent
Lectures and seminars
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Seminar or Tutorial | 1,000 word seminar paper |
0 | 20.0 |
Essay | 3000 word essay |
0 | 60.0 |
Seminar or Tutorial | 1,000 word seminar paper |
0 | 20.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2017
Unit record last updated: 2022-04-13 14:27:11 +1000