>Now I have another question: some colleagues here believe that a >Medieval/Renaissance program is preferable to a straight medieval studies >one, both in terms of philosophy (no clear demarcation between time >periods &/or artificiality of their separation) and practicality >(insufficient student numbers for medieval studies only). Would any of >you care to offer comments, on- or off-line? Now, would that be the renaissance of the ninth century, or the twelfth? : ) Patrick Nugent __________________________________ Patrick J. Nugent Department of Religion Earlham College Richmond, Indiana 47374 USA (765) 983-1413 [log in to unmask] __________________________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%