Course description
Core course
Power in the Middle Ages: focusing on the theme of ‘power’, you will explore key themes and concepts relating to the medieval period, and develop skills for pursuing historical analysis.
Options
Four options each of 10–11 weeks’ (one term’s) study. Longer options of 20–22 weeks can also be taken and are equivalent to two of the one-term options. The four options will be chosen from a list including:
-Ancient Political Thought and its Medieval Legacy
-Communities in Conflict – Land, Law and Lordship in the Early Middle Ages
-Religion and the State – Traditions and Innovations 200–600 AD
-Heresy in the Middle Ages, c.1000–c.1330
-Language and Power in Late Antiquity
-Later Medieval London, 1450–1560 – Community, Politics and Religion
-Memory and History in the Middle Ages – the Practice of the Past, 700–1200
-Rebellion, Dissent and Tyranny – England c.1380–c.1430.
Please note: not all options are offered every year. You should confirm module availability before enrolling.
Supplementary courses – including in Latin and palaeography – will also be made available via other Schools.
Dissertation.
Teaching
Teaching is normally by two-hour seminars. This cannot, however, be guaranteed and, where student demand is high, a mixture of lectures and small discussion groups may be employed, giving students full opportunity to develop their own ideas.
Assessment
Core and option modules are assessed by essays of 4000–5000 words (five in total).
A dissertation of not more than 15,000 words.
