Postgraduate Course: Religion and Ritual in Late Medieval Towns (PGHC11216)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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. |
Assessment Information
| One essay of 3000 words. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Brown
Tel: (0131 6)50 3764
Email: Andrew.D.Brown@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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