The title of the 2009–2010 Roman Forum New York Church History Discussion Series was Counterattack! Primal Assaults on the Medieval Catholic Synthesis. Both audio and videotapes of all lectures will be posted on the Roman Forum Soundcloud.

Syllabus

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2009

September 20: The Headless Christendom of 1270 A.D

October 4: Holding the Fort–The 2nd Council of Lyons (1274)

October 18: Critiques of Reason & the Nominalist Advance

November 1: Mystical Revival: Orthodox, Heretical, & Apocalyptic

November 15: Turmoil Among the Franciscans

November 22: Papal Politics, Legalism, & Heresy

December 6: Special Lecture: Dr. David Allen White

December 20: Philip the Fair Versus Boniface VIII

2010

January 24: From Loss of the Holy Land to Attack on the Templars

January 31: John XXII & the Definitive Move to Avignon

February 14: John XXII, the Empire, & the Lay Spirit

February 28: Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio & the Revival of Letters

March 14: A Changing Aesthetic & Spiritual Environment

March 28: War, Plague, & Ecclesiastical Disruption

April 25: Byzantine Divisions & Crusading Dilemmas (Followed by Birthday of Rome Cocktail Party)

May 1: The Avignon Administrative Machine & its Opponents

May 16: Sinners, Preachers, Saints & the Dream of Reform