090060 VO The Other Middle Ages: an Outline of the History of the Byzantine Empire, ca 300-1453 CE (2012S)

In addition to transfer of knowledge by the speaker (with the help of PowerPoint presentations in order to present a multi-dimensional image of Byzantine culture), the students will be taught to set Byzantium and its development in the wider context of the medieval world. For this purpose, important source texts (in translation) are read and examined together. A final two-hour written examination on the contents of the course will also include the analysis of different texts. Alternatively, the examination can be replaced by the completion of a comparative work on an aspect of Byzantine state, society or culture, which must be submitted by the date of the written examination, and an oral examinationh.