Postgraduate Course: Constantinople, the creation of 'the city of a world's desire' (330-565) (CHCA11001)
Course Outline
| School |
School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Common Course (History, Classics and Archaeology) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
Asia Minor was a major centre of classical urbanism and the creation of new imperial city on the shores of the Bosporus and Marmora fundamentally altered the urban dynamic of the Roman east. After the foundation of Constantine&Šs New Rome in 330 many of the patterns of urban life were transformed and new civic institutions and structures emerged; Christianity flourished and the old pagan ways were suppressed. We will study both archaeological and textual sources for urban life including law codes and inscriptions and the structural evidence of great urban monuments: walls, churches and aqueducts. There will be particular attention to the evidence surviving from modern Istanbul and comparative evidence from the surviving classical cities and villages of Turkey. The course provides the opportunity to consider the problems of combining material evidence and text, within the topographical setting of a thriving modern city. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
&ˇ an understanding of the material and written sources relating to the transformation of urban life and institutions of Constantinople and the cities late antique Asia Minor;
&ˇ an understanding of the material, epigraphic and topographical evidence for Constantinople and other key excavated sites within the region;
&ˇ an understanding of the differing interpretations for the decline and transformation of the classical city;
&ˇ a critical knowledge of the literary, hagiographic and legal sources for late antique urbanism;
&ˇ an understanding of the changing institutions and structures of the Christian city. |
Assessment Information
| 100% coursework; The usual procedures in the Archaeology department concerning student feedback and evaluation will be followed. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Jim Crow
Tel:
Email: jim.crow@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Niko.Ovenden@ed.ac.uk |
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