Lecture Two: Black Death I.Introduction II.Short-term consequences of plague A. New attitudes towards death B. Sharper divisions in society C. Undermining church authority III. Long-term consequences of plague: learning and religion
Tutorial One Readings: The Medieval Church at High Tide 1.Thomas Aquinas, Excerpt from Summa theologica (Theological Handbook) 2. Voragine, Golden Legend (Hagiography—lives of saints, legends) 3. Bernard of Clairvaux, Selection from the Song of Songs (Sermon) 4. Excerpts from the Book of Margery Kempe (Autobiography, spiritual autobiography) 5. Boccaccio, Selection from the Decameron (Short story)
Lecture Two: Black Death I.Introduction II.Short-term consequences of plague A. New attitudes towards death B. Sharper divisions in society C. Undermining church authority III. Long-term consequences of plague: learning and religion
Extreme Unction
Transi Tomb of Richard Fleming (Lincoln Cathedral)
Burning of the Jews at Strassburg
Medieval Flagellants
Lecture Two: Black Death I.Introduction II.Short-term consequences of plague A. New attitudes towards death B. Sharper divisions in society C. Undermining church authority III. Long-term consequences of plague: learning and religion
Thomas Aquinas