Postgraduate Course: Multiculturalism in Southern Italy and Sicily ca. 900 -1200 (HIST11008)
Course Outline
School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | 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.
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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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.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Tom Brown
Tel: (0131 6)50 3761
Email: T.S.Brown@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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