Formation and development of Western Christianity, from late antiquity through the late medieval, period (circa 250 to 1450 C.E.). The relation of, popular piety to institutional and high cultural, expressions of Christianity. Issues such as, Christianity and the late Roman empire, the, papacy, monasticism, religious art and, architecture, and heresy and hierarchy discussed, using theological texts, social histories, popular, religious literature.
- Teacher: Benjamin Westervelt