Upon completion of this course, you are able to:
- describe and make connections between the principal debates and key concepts of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the medieval period;
- apply your knowledge and understanding of this history when completing assignments provided by the lecturer;
- independently apply and reflect on the basic competencies of a historian, in particular:
- searching, selecting, and processing literature, sources, and bibliographic tools with a critical and investigative attitude;
- summarizing and analyzing (academic) literature and sources;
- structuring a written, academic text in correct English;
- expressing acquired knowledge and insights both verbally and in writing, in correct English
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The course Medieval History is one of the four period survey courses given during the first year of the Bachelor Comparative History. The other periods are Classical Antiquity, Early Modern History and Modern History. Together these period courses provide a global survey of current scholarly insights in European history from Antiquity till the present. Within this survey, the course Medieval History (I & II) covers the medieval history of Europe and its neighbors from late Antiquity until the fifteenth century (roughly from 500 to 1500 CE).
Without the developments that originated in this period, Europe as it is today would have been totally different. In essence, the topographical map of Europe has emerged during the medieval period. Likewise, many European cities of importance today have medieval roots, and during the medieval period emerged phenomena like merchant capitalism, the European vernacular languages, banking and credit systems, parliaments, and universities. The medieval period also saw the beginnings of the separation of church and state, the creation of personal conscience and individuality in the modern sense of the word, as well as enduring methods of textual criticism and hermeneutics. Finally, during the medieval period Christianity became Europe’s dominant religion, a position it still maintains.
The course Medieval History I focuses in particular on the regions that would later be called France, England, and Germany, as well as on societies within the Mediterranean (esp. the Italian Peninsula and the Byzantine and Islamic regions) until ca. 1050, although attention is also devoted to the Iberian Peninsula and the Low Countries. The history of China, India or the Americas do not figure in this course, as they are dealt with by other specialisms in the historical field.
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Written exam
Weight: 100%
Form of exam: Take home
Exam Opportunities:
Block PER 3, Block PER 4
Minimum grade: 5,5
Essay
Weight: 0
Form of exam: Skills exam
Opportunities: Block PER 3, Block PER 4
Minimum grade: ‘Pass’ (that is to say that students must receive a passing evaluation of this
skill exam to successfully complete this course)
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