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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
History
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten
Coordinator Office Hours:
mon 10-12
Teaching Staff:
Prof Elisheva Baumgarten
Course/Module description:
This course will examine the lives of medieval women and will seek to outline the ways historians have tried to interpret medieval sources pertaining to medieval women and society and to outlie women’s lives in the past. We will read primary sources written by medieval women and about them, as well as theoretical materials on gender. Most of the units of the course will focus on the lives of medieval Christian women but we will also compare and contrast between their lives and those of Jewish and Muslim women in medieval Europe. We will also discuss differences and similarities between different geographical regions and between the early and later middle ages
Course/Module aims:
work with a wide variety of primary sources, acquaintance with secondary bibliography, gender methodsbasic academic writing and research
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
write a short focused paper, present to class, conduct independent research
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
frontal, group discussion, presentations, analysis of primary sources in pairs, movies
Course/Module Content:
Intro to gender theory
women in medieval religion in Europe
women in medieval social spaces
Christian women: church, orders, laywomen
Jewish women
Muslim women
women or gender?
Required Reading:
Oxford Handbook on Women and Gender in the Middle Ages, 2012
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 15 %
Project work 40 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 35 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
compulsory trip
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