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Religion and Ritual in Late Medieval Towns (P01730)

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

This supervised reading course has as its focus the religious practices and ceremonies in towns during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It will concentrate on England, but with continental comparisons, particularly the Low Countries and Italy. Its particular emphasis is upon understanding social, political and cultural contexts of these practices and ceremonies, and the changes that took place over the period.

Indicative course content:
1. Key approaches to religion and ritual in the medieval period
2. Civic processions
3. Civic Cults
4. Guilds and fraternities
5. Parishes
6. Death and remembrance
7. 'Civic religion' and morality
8. Towns and princes: Entry ceremonies
9. Civic identity and state-building
10. Approaches to civic ritual and religion in retrospect.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

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 : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 50 minutes per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this course, the student will:
- have an understanding of the approaches to religion and ritual in a historical context
- have detailed knowledge regarding rituals and religious ceremonies in medieval Europe c.1000-c.1500
- have developed his/her ability to engage critically in debate, to synthesize and review a range of arguments, and to analyse contemporary source material.