New York City at New Manhattan Location
“Binding the Rhinoceros”
Medieval Catholic Reform and the Taming of Nature
(1025--1153)
Lecturer: John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford
Associate Professor of History, St. John's University
September 16: Imperial Christianity & National Churches
September 30: Bishops, Priests, Monks, Hermits & the Laity
October 7: A Passion for Wider Reform
October 21: St. Leo IX and the Roman Revolution
November 4: Radical Reform, Simony, Celibacy & the East
November 18: Hildebrand, Investiture and the Battle with the Empire
December 2: The Many Fronts of the Reform War
December 16: A Fragile Peace of Church and State
January 20: From Malitia to Preudommes & Militia Christi
February 3: Islam, the Turks and the Plight of the East
February 17: The First Crusade
March 2: The Crusading States, Byzantium & the West
March 16: Poets, Monks & Mystical Theology
March 30: Canons, Preachers & Cathedral Schools
April 13: The Dialectical Method: Its Friends & its Enemies
April 27: The “Two Swords” and the “Two Laws”
May 4: St. Bernard, the Military Orders & the Second Crusade
All sessions will meet on Sundays, at 2:30 pm.
Wine & Cheese Reception. Entrance Fee at door of $10.00
University Parish Church of St. Joseph/371 Sixth Avenue
Church Hall Entrance on Washington Place, south of Waverly Place
A, B, C, D, E, F, V trains to West 4th Street Station
Wheelchair Accessible