
The Medieval-Renaissance Studies major is an interdepartmental major that will focus your attention on the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and their classical antecedents. This major will give you the structure of discipline-specific courses (including history, literature and art history) and the flexibility of working across scholarly disciplines.
If you want to declare this major, you must have your major programs approved by the Medieval-Renaissance Committee before entering your junior year; subsequent changes in major programs must also be approved by the Committee.
Hanover graduates with this major pursue positions as:
- College professors
- Librarian
- Playwright
- Museum curator
- Scenic Designer
- Theatre Director
Jenaba Waggy '09
Here's a sampling of the graduate programs recent Medieval-Renaissance students have entered:
- University of St. Andrews, Scotland
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Courses
History
HIS 215 The West: Ancient to Medieval
HIS 241 Tsarist Russia
HIS 243 Tudor and Stuart England
HIS 244 Studies in Early Modern Europe
HIS 252 Roman History
HIS 344 The High Middle Ages
HIS 345 The Renaissance
HIS 350 Florence in the Age of Dante and Petrarch (taught in Florence and Rome)
Literature
ENG 218 Viking Myths and Legends
ENG 243 Early Literature
ENG 244 Survey of Medieval English Literature
ENG 254 Survey of Renaissance and Restoration Literature
ENG 327 Arthurian Literature
ENG 334 Shakespeare
ENG 347 Chaucer Seminar
ENG 348 Shakespeare in England (taught in Stratford, U.K.)
ENG 350 Florence in the Age of Dante and Petrarch (taught in
Florence and Rome)
SPA 438 Medieval and Golden Age Literature of Spain
GER 431 The German Middle Ages and the Renaissance
FRE 423 French Middle Ages and 16th-Century Literature
Classics
CLA 252 Roman History
LAT 320 Medieval Latin
Philosophy
PHI 226 Medieval Philosophy
PHI 225 Classical Greek Philosophy
Art History
ART 341 Medieval Art and Architecture
ART 324 Renaissance Art and Architecture
Theology
THS Early Christianity in Italy (taught in Italy)
Travel Courses
HIS/ENG 350 Florence in the Age of Dante and Petrarch (taught in Florence and Rome)
ENG 348 Shakespeare in England (taught in Stratford, U.K.)
THS Early Christianity in Italy (taught in Italy)
Faculty
- Professor of English/Writing CoordinatorEnglish
- Professor of EnglishEnglish
- Professor of FrenchFrench
- Professor of Classical StudiesClassical Studies
- Associate Professor of HistoryHistory
- Assistant Professor of SpanishModern Languages