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HU102 HJ Honors Humanities - Brown: Welcome

Introductions

Welcome to the Library Guide for HU 102 - 1st Year Humanities Seminar. Here you will find important links, search boxes, etc. that will be helpful to you in discovering the outside readings that will be necessary to complete your library research assignment. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via phone (603.641.7307) or email (nsurtz@anselm.edu). 

You can also stop by the Reference Desk at the Geisel Library and ask for me!  Contact info for the Reference Desk in the 'Get Help' Box to the right. Someone there is always available to help you til 10 pm on weeknights.

Your HU 102 Librarian,

Sam Urtz

Portraits - Readings

  • The Warrior
    • Homer, The Illiad
    • Sophocles, Ajax
  • The Prophet
    • Book of Amos
    • Book of Jeremiah
  • The Philosopher
    • Plato, Apology
    • Plato, Crito
  • The Citizen
    • Livy, The History of Rome
    • Cicero, On Moral Obligation
  • The Ancient Artist
    • Iktinos, Kallikrates and Pheidias, The Parthenon, Athens, Greece, 448-432 BCE
    • Anonymous, The Pantheon, Rome, Italy, ca. 118 CE
    • Anonymous, Augustus of Primaporta, ca. 14 CE
  • The Convert
    • The Didache
    • Eusebius, Life of Constantine
    • St. Augustine, The Confessions of St. Augustine
  • The Ruler
    • Einhard, Life of Charlemagne
    • The Rule of St. Benedict
    • de Joinville, King Louis IX
  • The Townsman
    • Abbot Suger, Writings of Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis
    • Bonaventure, Life of St. Francis
    • Gregorio Dati, The Diary of Gregorio Dati
    • Cathedral of Notre Dame (Chartres Cathedral), Chartres, France, 1194-1220
  • The Poet
    • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    • Chaucer, “The Miller’s Tale”
    • Marie de France, Lais
  • The Teacher
    • Christine de Pisan, The Book of the City of Ladies
    • Abelard, The Story of My Misfortunes

Your Librarian

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John Dillon
Contact:
(603) 641-7349
Subjects: Humanities, Theology

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