Undergraduate - UnitATS1316 - Medieval Europe

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	History
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Kathleen Neal

Notes

Previously coded HSY1010

Synopsis

The long term changes in European society and civilisation from the time of Charlemagne in the late eighth century to the first signs of the breaking apart of the idea of a unified Christendom in the early fiftteenth century. Themes include social structure, urbanisation, relationships between men and women, education, the crusades, the role of the church and the relationship between religious reform and heresy.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will have:

Acquired and demonstrated an understanding of the structure of medieval European society as it evolved between 800 and 1450
Considered critically the different ways developed by historians of looking at medieval society
Become familiar with the major changes which took place in society, the Church and in political institutions between 1050 and 1450, and be able to discuss why these changes took place
Learned how to interpret and discuss critically documents from the medieval period, provided in translation, setting them in their social context
Learned to relate artistic, intellectual and literary culture, including Romanesque and Gothic architecture, to wider changes in medieval society
Formed the ability to discuss critically, and in an informed fashion, the stereotypes conjured up by the term 'medieval'.