HI2461:04
Themes in Medieval History
Townsville, Cairns
Inadmissable Subject Combination: HI2440
Second semester. Flexible delivery.
Staff: Assoc. Professor D Menghetti.
This subject examines four themes in medieval history. In the first module, some of the more important facets of feudal society from the ninth to the fourteenth century will be explored under the overarching debate about the nature (even existence) of feudalism as a system. The second module will look at the series of military expeditions sent from western Christendom to Syria and Palestine during the Middle Ages. The third module will consider the origins, impact and aftermath of the virulent combination of bubonic, septicaemic and pneumonic plagues that constituted the “Black Death”. The fourth module examines the changing concept of witchcraft and the nature of the phenomenon from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries. Students will be encouraged to utilise the internet as well as print sources.
Learning Objectives:
- to provide knowledge of some aspects of medieval history;
- to provide an historical perspective on the development of European society;
- to develop skills in historical writing and research.
Assessment by module assignments (40%), major essay (30%); examination (30%).
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