FOVOG Summer School 2009: Basic Structures of Monastic and Religious Orders in the Middle Ages (1 - 19 June, 2009)

FOVOG Summer School 2009: Basic Structures of Monastic and Religious Orders in the Middle Ages
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
1 - 19 June, 2009

The FOVOG Summer School offers a range of intensive courses in the history of medieval religious orders. The courses are held by faculty staff of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and international guest professors. Its goal is a broad insight into the history, structure and organisation of medieval monasteries and orders and their significant cultural potentials in the process of creating medieval Europe. The sessions will deal (by comparative approach) with the following aspects:

- Structures of organisation and administration
- Spirituality, guiding ideas, systems of norms
- Surroundings and social funtions
- Religious life in urban context; networks
- Architecture, art, forms of symbolisation
- History and research methods in the history of religious orders

Please note that the schedule may change due to circumstances beyond our control. For this reason please also check our website for latest information.

Hours per week: 25
Participants: max. 15
ECTS Credits: 3.0
US Credits: 3.0
Tuition: EUR 550.00 including two excursions
Course Date: 01 June 2009 - 19 June 2009
(registration deadline: 31 March, 2009)