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070344 VO Introduction to the Medieval Field - Key issues in the historiography of the Middle Ages (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
REMOTE
Moodle

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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The VO will be fully online mode, since given from the Netherlands. Several may be streamed ahead, so as to allow discussionr via video conference at the normal hour.

  • Monday 03.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 10.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 17.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 24.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 5 Hof 3
  • Monday 31.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 07.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 14.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 21.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 28.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 05.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 12.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 09.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 16.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Monday 23.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

To learn about ten important themes in the Historiography of the Western and Central European Middle Ages (chosen for their relevance to what is actually researched at the University of Vienna), and the core debates on these. These include: Theology and Society; Gender and Women's History; Crusades; the City; the Economy; Ethnicity and Nationalism ...

Assessment and permitted materials

Final exam (involving mainly but not only the writing of an abstract of an article, and replacing it in historiography). Each part is eliminatory. The course is unlikely to be passed without attending concurrently the twinned Lektürekurs taught by Professor Christina Lutter, 070243 UE Reading Course Medieval History taught Tuesdays 10:45-12:15 (hopefully in presence this semester).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Both parts of the exam are eliminatory (you must reach half of the points)
30 points: explaining what are the contents of one of the mandatory readings (main theses, sources used by author).
70 points: an extended essay on an article or chapter, with a book-review component, engaging other course readings and the data provided by the lectures. The summary itself is worth 20 points; the bringing in of other readings 20 points; the bringing in of the lectures 30 points. An example of a perfect essay is posted on Moodle.
Grading scale:
0-50 -> 5; 51-62.5 -> 4, 63-75 -> 3; 75.5-87.5 -> 2; 88-100 -> 1

Examination topics

The readings posted on Moodle and the lecture recordings posted on Moodle. One is unlikely to be able to get a passing grade or a good grade without these. The exam will be take-home in full or in part. The take-home part involves an essay on an article or chapter (one option will be a text in German, the other one in English), for which you will have a week (using the mandatory readings and the posted lectures). The second part (30 minutes on-line or on site) tests your having done the readings. You can write the exam (both parts) in German, English, or French.

Reading list

Fully on Moodle.
But it includes articles by Brather, Halsall, Mass on ethnicity, a book by Althoff on social bonds, articles by Campbell, Meier, and Xoplaki on economy and environment, articles by Buc and Oschema on symbolic communication, Coakley on men and women and spiritual power, articles by Housley on crusades and Islam and by Buc on crusades and apocalypse, excerpts from Langmuir on Antisemitism, one article each by Given and Arnold on the inquisitors, articles by Symes and Arlinghaus on cities...

Association in the course directory

MA Geschichte: Schwerpunkt -Einführung Mittelalter (5 ECTS)

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