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Assignment 8
Remember to "REFRESH."
Late Rome to Byzantium, Early Islam, and the Supernatural Arts
For Monday:
Read Davies: pp. 238-258 (also read
boxes on p. 233, and pp. 260-261.)
Read Part I, in this short history
of Early Islam thing: Newsome-et_al-EARLY_ISLAM-notes.htm
This
birth-chart shows the houses (numbered and with basic realm of influence) and
the astrological constellations/signs (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, ... , etc) and
the approximate positions of the heavenly bodies (sun, moon, planets). The rotational orientation of the
houses is determined by the date and hour in question, like a birth. The Macrocosm (the heavens) and the
Microcosm (the person, or some terrestrial question) are connected. In the center of this chart are
geometrical relationships mapped out for this particular astrological
arrangement. These can also be
read in musical terms.
For
Wednesday:
Fill out this Survey, print it out and
hand it in to me in class. Survey.doc or in HTML: Survey.htm
Read on astrology and astral magic
in Kieckhefer's book, Magic in the Middle Ages: pp. 85-90 and 120-133. Kieckhefer-Magic_Middle_Ages-Astrology.pdf
[11.1MB] [Sorry for the large file and poor quality.]
Read Part II of the Early Islam
reading: Newsome-et_al-EARLY_ISLAM-notes.htm
Read this – "Can You Tell
a Sunni From a Shiite?" by Stein - PDF
Optional: NY Times- Oct. 27, 2009
– "The Human Body Is Built for Distance" – Parker-Pope Human Body Built
for Distance - 2009/10/27/health/27well.html {The "Barefoot
Running" video link on this page is of related interest.}
Essay: As usual, write about the
readings and try to incorporate previous readings.
This is the
extent of Islamic rule as of the 8th c. It was huge.
For
comparison, here is the Roman Empire at its largest.
If
the Byzantine Empire is really just a Christianized Eastern Roman Empire, can
the Muslim expansion also be seen as an Islamic Roman Empire of sorts?
There have been numerous schisms
and conflicts and defections throughout the history of Christianity. Here are
just a fewÉ
-The Schism (343-98)
during the Arian troubles: associated with Trinitarian philosophy and a variety
of gnostic issues
-The Great Schism of
1054 between Western Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
-Another ÒGreat SchismÓ lasting
from 1378-1414 during which time there were 3 popes
-Martin Luther posts his 95
Theses (protestations about the power structure and behavior of the Roman
Church) in Wittenberg in 1517: from this act Protestantism begins, leading to
the hundreds if not thousands of protesting denominations like the Lutherans,
Calvinists, Unitarians, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, EvangelicalsÉ etc.
Back to
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[EuroHist-HHS123-F09]
My
email – HHS123F09@mifami.org
Special Presentation by ....
Joe on Magic, and other Supernatural Arts....
Here is a research package: Medieval_Magic.htm