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“Binding the
Rhinoceros”
Medieval Catholic Reform and the Taming of Nature(1025--1153)
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Lecturer: |
John Rao, D.
Phil., Oxford
Associate Professor of History, St. John's
University
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Date &
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All sessions
will meet on Sundays, at 2:30 p.m.
(see
schedule below)
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Location: |
Hall of the Church of St. Joseph
371 Sixth Avenue
*Note the new location!*
Entrance on Washington Place, South of
Waverly
Wheelchair Accessible
A, B, C, D, E, F, V trains to West 4th
Street
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Registration: |
Wine & Cheese Reception.
Entrance Fee at
door of $10.00
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Schedule: |
Autumn-Spring 2007-2008 Schedule
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September 16: |
Imperial Christianity & National
Churches |
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September 30: |
Clergy, Laity and the Monastic
Explosion |
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October 7: |
A
Passion for Wider Reform |
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October 21: |
St. Leo IX and the Roman
Revolution |
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November 4: |
Radical Reform, Simony, Celibacy
& the East |
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November 18: |
Hildebrand, Investiture and the
Battle with the Empire |
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December 2: |
The Many Fronts of the Reform
War |
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December 16: |
A
Fragile Peace of Church and
State |
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January 20:
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From Malitia
to
Militia Christi |
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February 3: |
Islam, the Turks and the Plight
of the East |
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February 17: |
First Crusade |
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March 2:
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The Crusading States, Byzantium
& the West |
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March 16: |
Reforming Monks, Mystical
Theology & Poetry |
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March 30: |
Canons, Preachers & Cathedral
Schools |
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April 13: |
The Dialectic Method & its
Enemies |
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April 27:
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The “Two Swords” and the “Two
Laws” |
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May 4: |
St. Bernard, the Military Orders
& the Second Crusade |
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Questions? |
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