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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
history
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
prof. Elisheva Baumgarten
Coordinator Office Hours:
wed. 11-12
Teaching Staff:
Prof Elisheva Baumgarten
Course/Module description:
The history of everyday life has been a central subject in recent historiography. How did people in the past live their lives on a day to day basis? What were their concerns and what were the foundations of their lives? How did their lives vary based on their station in life and their perspectives? Using categories such as gender, class and religion we will study a variety of primary sources from different genres all of which come from Northern Europe during the High Middle Ages.
Course/Module aims:
working skills with basic genres of medieval texts, philological tools as well as basic lexicons, encyclopedic and bibliographic tools. Basic abilities to locate texts and write preliminary research papers
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
identify and outline basic medieval sources and contextualize them. write short papers about defined subjects after identifying historical elements and outlining research questions
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
frontal instruction, group discussions, visual and audio presentations
Course/Module Content:
life cycle rituals: baptism, marriage and death
work and daily existence
church and parish
medicine and healing
margins of society
pilgrimage and travel
urban life, urban borders
religious life: within and outside communities
power and rulers
Required Reading:
Miri Rubin (ed.)Christianity in practice (Princeton University Press, 2009
Additional Reading Material:
reading materials will be added to the basic sourcebook both by myself and the students who are responsible for each module
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 50 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 15 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 35 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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