Multiculturalism in Southern Italy and Sicily ca. 900 -1200 (P02161)

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

The reading on this supervised reading course explores the relations between the various ethnic groups inhabiting Southern Italy and Sicily in the period ca. 900-1200, including Lombards, Arabs, Byzantines and Normans. It will consider political conflicts and tensions, the practice and patronage of divergent religions, economic relations and weaknesses, urban expansion and decline, and cultural and artistic interaction.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

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

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The principal objective of the course is to provide students with specialist knowledge and understanding of a complex but culturally dynamic medieval society at the period of its greatest internal diversity and external influence. Students will emerge from the course having developed a sufficient degree of expertise in the subject to undertake a Master’s dissertation.