Guy of Amiens Carmen de Proelio Hastingae

Guy of Amiens Carmen de Proelio Hastingae

NB This course starts on Friday July 21st and will meet weekly for ten weeks until September 29th.

Course Description: Written by an eyewitness to the events, Bishop Guy of Amiens' epic poem on the Battle of Hastings is the principal source dealing with the events that changed the course of English history and inspired the Bayeux Tapestry. The Carmen deals with the Battle itself, as well the preparations William the Conqueror made for the crossing, the political aftermath of the Conquest, and the coronation of William as king of England.

DETAILS

Level: Intermediate to Advanced Latin reading.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Fridays, 6pm EDT

Cost
$250

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Instructor

John Weretka

John Weretka holds undergraduate and graduate qualifications in medieval history, musicology, art history, theology, and Latin, and he recently completed a Master’s degree in Viking Studies with a thesis examining the ethnology of the ‘North’ from Tacitus to the Vínland sagas. He is completing a second Master's degree in Germanic Philology. He has taught extensively for Telepaideia, including courses on Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, Donizo’s Life of Matilda of Tuscany, the works of Athanasius Kircher, texts on Hell, heresy, and apocalypse in the Middle Ages, and the Itinerarium Mentis of St Bonaventure. Perennially interested in languages, current fascinations include Old English, Classical Syriac, Old Norse, and Coptic.

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