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Semester 1

Medieval Worlds: A Journey through the Middle Ages (HIST08035)

Subject

History

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

1

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

**Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

This introductory course takes students on a journey, primarily through the central Middle Ages (c. 800 to c. 1300), seeking to capture key aspects of this age of transformation. The course follows the development of the increasingly global connections which opened up during the medieval period.

Course Description

The European Middle Ages were a time of enormous diversity, change and discovery. It was during this period, between the fifth century and end of the fifteenth, that the ancient Roman world was transformed by the emergence of new empires and kingdoms, new identities and new ideas. This introductory course takes students on a journey, primarily through the central Middle Ages (c. 800 to c. 1300), seeking to capture key aspects of this age of transformation. The course follows the development of the increasingly global connections which opened up during the medieval period. It begins with Britain and its own medieval heritage, before moving on to explore its links with the powerful empires and faiths of the Continent. After examining Rome and its legacy, the course follows Europeans eastwards across the Mediterranean and beyond in their search of new opportunities. Students enrolled on this course will not only encounter some of the key figures and writings of the era, including translations of texts written by medieval people themselves, but also challenge traditional assumptions about the period that stands between antiquity and modernity.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

**Please note that spaces on History courses are limited and cannot be guaranteed for any students who are not nominated to study with us on a History exchange agreement.** Unless you are nominated on a History or HCA exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in two 1st/2nd year History courses each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. This includes courses in Economic History and Scottish History. Enrolment in a third course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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