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Identical coursesHistory of the Middle Ages (B-KUL-V0LA3A)
Aims
At the end of this course, the student is capable of explaining the origin and evolution of the Western form of society (500-1500). The student is able to explain and analyse the successive changes and to explain agents and notions chronologically and geographically.
To expand knowledge of and insight into the history of the Middle Ages by means of capita selecta.
Previous knowledge
No specific prerequisites.
Identical courses
This course is identical to the following courses:
F0LA3B : History of the Middle Ages
Is included in these courses of study
- Bachelor of History (Kortrijk) (Specialisation History) 180 ects.
Activities
4 ects. History of the Middle Ages (B-KUL-V0LA3a)
Content
This course offers a historical overview of the approximately thousand years of Western Middle Ages and adjacent areas. This common component is interpreted in such a way that both the various components of the late Roman Empire and of the Middle Ages are explained. After a number of introductory considerations (delineation in time and space and terminology), the history is divided into two periods (500-1000 and 1000-1500), each of them with a discussion of the political-institutional, ecclesiastical-religious, socio-economic and cultural history.
Course material
Toledo: powerpoint slides will be made available on Toledo.
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Lectures in which knowledge of and insight into the developments of mediaeval society are given, by means of PowerPoint among other things.
Is also included in other courses
2 ects. History of the Middle Ages: Capita Selecta (B-KUL-V0LA4a)
Content
Expanding knowledge of and insight into mediaeval history by means of aspects of mediaeval history.
Course material
Anne-Laure Van Bruaene, Bruno Blondé & Marc Boone (red.), Gouden eeuwen. Stad en samenleving in de Lage Landen (1100-1600), Gent, Academia Press, 2016 (available via Acco bookshop).
Toledo
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It will be made clear how recent research has caused new perspectives on certain topics by means of literature, with sources, maps, tables and diagrams.
Evaluation
Evaluation: History of the Middle Ages (B-KUL-V2LA3a)
Explanation
- 1 general question counting for 10 points (chapter or part of it), e.g. outline chronologically and geographically the invasions of the Normans and also its consequences and meaning; ditto for the Germans; to what extent did the mendicant order differ from the traditional order, and situate this within the broad social development of that period.
- 1 question counting for 6 points in which various elements of the syllabus should be connected, compared or interpreted (possibly also a confrontation with other periods), e.g. compare the rise of christianity with that of islam; compare the extension of the state under Charlemagne with that under Philip I of Castile; the question can also concern the compulsory reading, in this question the selected topics can be questions.
- 4 detailed questions, each counting for 1 point: important figure, concept, event, always with a chronological and possibly a cartographical positioning, e.g. council of Pisa, baptism of Clovis, Jan Hus, state church system, 732, Cordoba, etc.