A richly illustrated account of how premodern botanical illustrations document evolving knowledge about plants and the ways ...

Students can get either a major or a minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MEDREN). Duke is one of a handful of universities in the U.S. to offer an undergraduate major in Medieval and ...

The book captures a moment when the competing ambitions of the Mughal Empire and the English East India Company brought them into armed conflict. The central document is a previously unpublished diary ...

MEDREN 201S Music History I: Antiquity Through Renaissance CCI, ALP, CZ MUSIC 255S MEDREN 202S Music History II: 1600 through Mozart CCI, R, ALP, CZ MUSIC 256S MEDREN 215 Gothic Cathedrals CCI, R, ALP ...

Topics may focus on fine arts, history, language and literature, or philosophy and religion. Open to seniors and graduate students; other students may need consent of instructor.

Exploration of ancient Germanic fantasy worlds with their gods, giants, dwarves, dragon-slayers, werewolves, shapeshifters, and witches. Readings of short texts and excerpts from myths, epics, legends ...

Michael Cornett (MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is the Associate Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Duke's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and he is ...

MEDREN 304 The Problem of Love in Western Literature CCI, R, ALP, CZ ITALIAN 225 ...

Examination of twelve plays by Shakespeare written before 1600. Satisfies Area I requirement for English majors.

A Boccaccian Renaissance brings together essays written by internationally recognized scholars in diverse national traditions to respond to the largely unaddressed question of Boccaccio’s impact on ...

The Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies promotes the interdisciplinary study of the twelve-hundred-year period from 500 to 1700 that definitively shaped the civilizations of Western Europe, ...

A global history of Islamic thought, practice, spirituality, politics, and culture. This course analyzes the emergence of Islam and the spread of Muslim culture and learning across Africa, Asia, and ...