{"id":1196,"date":"2022-04-12T18:23:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T22:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/?page_id=1196"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:55:43","slug":"euh-3180-weekly-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/euh-3180-weekly-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"EUH-3180 – Weekly topics"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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EUH-3180 – Weekly topics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Monday, June 27: Introduction. What is magic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a01-4;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a067-79 and 113-119<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Tuesday, June 28: Sources on medieval magic \u2013 Arabic and Latin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a05-12 and 90-92;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0119-122, 143-143 and 220-224<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Wednesday, June 29: Sources on medieval magic \u2013 Romance, Celtic and Norse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a0111-112 and 121;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0104-110 and 208-213<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Thursday, June 30: Hermetic and Solomonic magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • Read: \u00a0Lawrence- Mather and Escobar Vargas<\/em>\u00a023-26 and 102-105;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0254-262<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Friday, July 1:\u00a0In-class assignment #1<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

          Monday, July 4:\u00a0Independence Day \u2013 no classes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

          Tuesday, July 5: Necromancy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          • Read:\u00a0Rampton\u00a0<\/i>224-230 and 262-269<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Wednesday, July 6: Late medieval magic: from John of Morigny to Peter of Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            • Read:\u00a0Rampton\u00a0<\/i>290-292<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Thursday, July 7: Magic in the church (magic as illusion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a013-23 and 99-102;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0247-250<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Friday, July 8: Magic and natural philosophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a037-43 and 106-111;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0286-290 and 327-333<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Monday, July 11: Medical magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a060-74 and 119-122;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0156-160 and 344-355<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                    Tuesday, July 12: Magic and gender<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a087-88;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0151-156 and 269-272<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      Wednesday, July 13:\u00a0In-class assignment #2<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

                      Thursday, July 14: Magic at court: trusting the stones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a054-56 and 113-115;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0181-187<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                        Friday, July 15: Herbals and potions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a056-57 and 115-117;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0165-168<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                          Monday, July 18: Bestiaries\u2014was that magic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a057-59 and 117-118<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                            Tuesday, July 19:\u00a0Midterm exam<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

                            Wednesday, July 20: Magic in the university<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a027-35 and 112<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                              Thursday, July 21: Magic in literature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              • Read:\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0187-199, 205-208, 249-254 and 399-404<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                Friday, July 22: Magic in music<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

                                Monday, July 25: The archaeology of medieval magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

                                Tuesday, July 26: Magic images and magic art<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

                                Wednesday, July 27: Magic figures<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

                                Thursday, July 28:\u00a0In-class assignment #3<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

                                Friday, July 29: Opposition to magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a044-52;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0168-173, 234-241 and 393-399<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                  Monday, August 1: Magic in the pastoral literature and preaching<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  • Read:\u00a0Rampton\u00a0<\/em>139-142, 160-165, 214-218 and 269-272<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                    Tuesday, August 2: Sorcery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                    • Read:\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0102-104 and 234<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                      Wednesday, August 3:\u00a0In-class assignment #4<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

                                      Thursday, August 4:\u00a0Witchcraft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      • Read:\u00a0Lawrence-Mathers and Escobar-Vargas<\/em>\u00a080-87;\u00a0Rampton<\/em>\u00a0281-286, 295-314 and 344-357<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                        Friday, August 5:\u00a0Final exam<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1133,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1196","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1196\/revisions\/1861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}