I think that I finally have all my classes squared away. I'm sort of disappointed, because I had to change a lot of stuff up and drop a couple classes due to conflicts. Here is what my schedule looked like originally:
Old Norse
MA Latin
Literacy in Late Antiquity
The Apocryphal Bible
The theme I was going for was "preparation for working with homilies" since each of those courses would contribute in some way to that end. However, the Old English course opened up (for which I was on the waiting list) and this is what my schedule looks like now:
Old English
MA Latin
Dark Age Italy
The Merovingians
Yeah, not quite the line up you would expect for an Anglo-Saxonist. I've sort of been able to reconcile myself to the course selections by deciding to do whatever I can to focus on Roman missionary work. For the class on Italy that will mean reading up a lot on the Goths and for the Merovingian course that will mean reading up on the early Franks. This will hopefully enable me to better understand the Roman mission to England. The Gothic mission is really interesting, since it was ultimately unsuccessful (the Goths ended up as Arian heretics). So, the theme for this semester shall be "Roman missionary efforts and the cultural integration of Christianity." Also, the guy who teaches the Merovingian course is apparently one of the world experts on the people, so that should be interesting.
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Wow, that does sound interesting. Glad to hear that you made it into MA Latin rather than beginning. It seems as if God is broadening your scope of knowledge with the other courses, but I'm sure that will be a very good thing. Are the themes you speak of something you are supposed to develop, or is that something you choose to do on your own to give direction to your studies?
Its something I chose on my own. In some ways, the classes really don't make any sense for me given my areas of study. I'm finding a way to make them work, though.
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