070344 VO Introduction to the Historiography of the Middle Ages (2024W)
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Language: English
Examination dates
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Monday 07.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 14.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 21.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 28.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 04.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 11.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 18.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 25.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 02.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 09.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 16.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- N Monday 13.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
- Monday 20.01. 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, Reading Course Medieval History.
I advise students to read together the articles, chapters, and books, week after week, and produce together abstracts of these, toward the exam. Digesting so much at the last minute will likely not do.
I advise students to read together the articles, chapters, and books, week after week, and produce together abstracts of these, toward the exam. Digesting so much at the last minute will likely not do.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Both parts of the exam are eliminatory (you must reach half of the points in each)
30 points: explaining what are the contents of one of the mandatory readings (main theses, sources used by author). See above for my advice on preparation.
70 points: an extended essay (seminar-paper style with proper footnotes etc) 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
30 points: explaining what are the contents of one of the mandatory readings (main theses, sources used by author). See above for my advice on preparation.
70 points: an extended essay (seminar-paper style with proper footnotes etc) 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 , 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, Dutch, English, or French.
Reading list
Fully on or via 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...
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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