Contacts and Conflicts between East and West 600-900: the Pirenne Thesis Re-examined (P01486)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-PireThesi

This postgraduate supervised reading course will changes which occurred in political, economic and cultural relations between the Eastern and Western areas of the Mediterranean world between the late sixth century and the late Carolingian period. Particular emphasis will be placed on differing scholarly views of the extent of these contacts since the time of Henri Pirenne and the consequences which various changes had for each area.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The principal objective of this course is to provide students with specialist knowledge and understanding of a key topic in early medieval studies, the changing relations between the Eastern and Western parts of the Mediterranean world. Particular aims are to subject received assumptions and scholarly models to critical scrutiny and to maximize student handling of primary sources (read in translation) and material and archaeological evidence. Students will emerge from the course having developed a sufficient degree of expertise in the field to undertake a Master's dissertation.