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070051 GR Guided Reading (2014W)

Rulers and Authority in Western European Medieval Societies

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

The Guided Reading covers medieval european primary sources and historiography. It is highly recommended to attend simultaneously VO "History of the Middle Ages" (Buc), which will provide context. Together, the two courses build up to a fuller view of the European Middle Ages.
Moodle

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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 07.10. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 14.10. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 21.10. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 28.10. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 04.11. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 11.11. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 18.11. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 25.11. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 02.12. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 09.12. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 16.12. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 13.01. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 20.01. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)
  • Tuesday 27.01. 11:30 - 13:00 (ehem. Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 5)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Reading and analysis of primary sources, including: Sources on the Conversion of Constantine, Beowulf, Gregory of Tours, the Song of Roland, William of Rubruk, ...

Some important secondary sources will also be read and discussed.

Assessment and permitted materials

Based on attendance and participation in discussion, and on the regular writing assignment. Every week a short paper will be due.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To give the students some sense of the breadth of sources available to the historian of medieval Europe, introduce them to source analysis, and introduce them to some key controversies and modes of explaining historical phenomena of the Middle Ages.

Examination topics

Readings, regular writing assignments.

Reading list

See Moodle.

Association in the course directory

BA 12: PM Vertiefung; Guided Reading - Mittelalter (4 ECTS) | BA 11: prüfungsimmanente LV aus den Bereichen Mittelalter, Kulturgeschichte oder Politikgeschichte (4 ECTS); Text- und Diskursanalyse (3 ECTS) | LA Alt: Vertiefung GR 1 oder 2; Historisch-kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung, Politikgeschichte (4 ECTS) | BA LA Neu, Aspekte und Räume 1: GR Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung | MA Geschichte: APM Schwerpunktvorbereitung Mittelalter (5 ECTS)

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