Robert Pasnau, Duke Philosophy's Mahoney Visiting Scholar, will be giving a Seminar entitled "Medieval Voluntarism and Chaucer's Clerk's Tale".

Robert Pasnau, Duke's Visiting Mahoney Scholar will be giving a talk entitled: "How to Control Your Will and Succeed in Life" Abstract. Controlling our wills, by common consent, is one of the keys to ...

Investigation of pilgrimage and tourist destinations (Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago, Orlando, New York) from the Middle Ages to the present through a study of their material remains, primary sources and ...

MEDREN 236 Pilgrimage and Tourism CCI, EI, W, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 336 MEDREN 281 Religion, Reform, and Violence in Early Modern Europe CCI, CZ HISTORY 257 MEDREN 287 Magic, Religion, and Science since ...

The Caribbean region from the arrival of Columbus (1492) to the emergence of sugar and slavery as powerful shapers of society and culture, by 1700.

This class explores conflicting and competing ideas about nature in Shakespeare's plays. We examine creatureliness, human and non-human, in relation to ideas of the natural and the supernatural.

The history of magic and witchcraft in western culture from the Renaissance to the present, with particular attention to the relationship of supernatural beliefs to religion and science. The renewal ...

The history of music in medieval and early Europe in its cultural and social context. Prerequisite: Music 261 or consent of instructor.

This course will examine the transition of Western Europe into a fortified landscape from the mid-11th century until the advent of large-scale artillery in the mid-15th century. In addition to ...

Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 340B Trent Hall Campus Box 90656 Durham, NC 27708 (919) 681-8883 [email protected] ...