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090066 UE Byzantine Monasticism: Texts - Realities - Material Culture (2014S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

FR 7.3. 9.00-17.30; SA 8.3. 9.00-17.30; FR 11.4. 9.00-17.30; SA 12.4. 9.00-17.30 Ort: Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postg. 7/1/3

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 17.02.2014 06:00 to Th 27.02.2014 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 31.03.2014 23:59

Details

max. 12 participants

Language: German

Lecturers

Claudia Rapp

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Introduction and in-depth study of Byzantine monasticism: history of monasticism and its role in Byzantine society and politics. Introduction to the relevant sources: foundation charters (typika), testaments, hagiography, including material culture (visual represenations, archaeology). Focus on individual monasteries within the Byzantine cultural sphere.
No prerequisites. For interested and qualified students have the opportunity for additional reading of source texts in Byzantine Greek.

Assessment and permitted materials

aktive Teilnahme (30%), mündliche Vorstellung eines Quellentextes (20%), mündliches themenfokussiertes Referat (20%), schriftliche Arbeit von max. 3,500 Worten (30%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Vermittlung von theoretischem Wissen mit fachspezifischer Anwendung

Examination topics

Blockseminare unter aktiver Beteiligung der Studierenden, Lektüre von Quellentexten

Reading list

Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents, hrsg. J. Thomas, A. C. Hero (2000). Weitere Literatur wird im Laufe des Semesters bekannt gegeben.

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