Schedule:
The following is a schedule of lecture titles with topics that will be touched upon. It is subject to revision, so please be in touch and stay informed.
1. July 8: Introduction and Searching for Origins: Peter, Paul, Christ
2. July 9: The Search for Origins: Peter, Paul, Christ
3. July 10: An Out-Law Church: Fabian, Cornelius, and Stephen I
4. July 11: When the Emperor Becomes Christian: Sylvester I
5. July 15: Gregory I
6. July 16: Turning Westward: Leo III and Nicholas I
7. July 17: Cadavers and Whores: Stephen VI and John XII
8. July 18: Popes Reforming and Crusading: Gregory VII and Urban II
9. July 22: “More than Human, Less than God”: Innocent III (FIRST SITE VISIT REPORT DUE!)
10. July 23: Avignon and Babylon: Boniface VIII, Clement V, and Clement VI
11. July 24: The Papacy Splintered: Urban VI and Gregory XII
12. July 25: MIDPOINT EXAM
13. July 29: Patrons of the Arts and War: Pius II, Alexander VI, and Julius II (Second Site Visit Due!)
14. July 30: Reformed and Unrecognizable: Leo X, Paul III, and Pius V
15. July 31: The Papacy in an Expanding Universe: Urban VIII, Clement XI, and Pius VII
16. Aug 1: The Prince Without a Country: Pius IX and Leo XIII
17. Aug 5: The Problem of Modernism: Pius X, Benedict XV, Pius XI (Third Site Visit Due!)
18. Aug 6: Wars Hot and Cold: Pius XII, John XXIII and Paul VI
19. Aug 7: Pilgrim and Scholar: John Paul II and Benedict XVI
20. Aug 8: From Now On: Francis
21. Aug 9: FINAL REVIEW