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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
History
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Elisheva Baumgarten
Coordinator Office Hours:
Mon 14-15
Teaching Staff:
Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten
Course/Module description:
This course will explore the 14th century, a period known for the many environmental, social, religious and political crises. Using a zoom in and zoom out approach, we will understand the social and historical implications of crises and the ways different social groups contended with them.
Course/Module aims:
Reading primary and secondary sources and situating them in broad methodological and chronological framweorks, formation of research questions and the planning of academic writing
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Build a historical argument using primary and secondary sources. Oral and written presentation
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
frontal, group discussions, online collaboration, presentatons, digital resources
Course/Module Content:
Fourteenth Century
Overview: Europe and Beyond
Crises in History: Historiography
Food Crises, Environmental Crises
The Black Death
Religious Movements and Heresy
Social Change: Minorities, Gender, Agriculture, Urban Life
Required Reading:
Rosemary Horrox, ed. Black Death (primary sources), Manchester, 1994
and accompanying articles according to syllabus
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 40 %
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture/ Seminar / Pro-seminar / Research proposal 10 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 10 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 35 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 5 %
Additional information:
bibliography tentative and preliminary and will be changed and added to during term
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