2012-13 Pomona College Catalog

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HIST 012 PO - Saints and Society

CrsNo HIST012 PO

When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.

Instructor(s): K. Wolf

A history of the idea of Christian sanctity from the first to the 13th centuries. The readings, primarily saints’ lives, will help us appreciate the process by which Christian communities constructed their distinctive sense of virtue and how such ideals evolved over time in response to changing historical circumstances. (Ancient and medieval Mediterranean) Letter grade only.