Hell

Hell

Course Description: Fear of Hell and its punishments wracked the medieval mind and provided material for a series of lurid descriptions of visions of it that constituted a kind of medieval fan fiction. Participants in this course will read a series of selections of descriptions of Hell, from the late Antique Visio Pauli through Bede's description of Dryhthelm's Vision, the Visio Tnugdali, the Visio Anselli, and the Anonymous Revelatio Visionis.

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, 6:00p.m.

Cost
$250

Course is at capacity. Please fill out this waiting-list form.

Instructor

John Weretka

John Weretka holds qualifications in medieval history, musicology, art history, theology, and Latin and is currently enrolled in an MLitt programme in Viking Studies. He is the convenor of the University of Melbourne (Australia) Medieval Latin Reading Group and has taught extensively for the Paideia Institute on texts including the Ecclesiastical History of Bede, the Vita of Matilda of Tuscany of Donizo, and the Carmen de Hastingae Proelio by Guy of Amiens. John has also taught at the Sydney University Latin Summer School.