Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500240 Musicology | OT | 3 | 2 |
2500240 Musicology | OT | 4 | 2 |
2500241 Archaeology | FB | 1 | 2 |
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The subject covers the different periods, as well as the main processes and events that took place during the Middle Ages (5th -15th centuries). The content is discussed from the Historical Science (social, political, economic, ideological and cultural point of view) and from a theoretical and practical activity.
The subject’s main objective is to provide the resources needed to acquire an elemental knowledge about the historical framework of the Middle Ages. This information will be useful to understand properly other subjects set in the degree.
0. Middle Ages and feudalism. Concepts; periods. An approach to the tools used to study and analyse the Medieval History: written records and archaeological materials.
1. Late Roman Empire – Early Middle Ages (4th-7th centuries). Colonat, Christianity and migrations. Germanic states.
2. From the Eastern Empire to the Byzantine Empire (6th-13th centuries): between Justinian and the Crusades.
3. Muhammad, the Islam and the Islamic states (6th-10th centuries): from Mecca to Baghdad.
4. The Carolingians (8th-10th centuries): formation, organization and the end of the empire. The Scandinavian people in the Christian Europe.
5. The feudal system: duty and the lord-vassal relationship.
6. The Feudal Church (11th-13th): Reform, Peace and Truce, Investiture Controversy and Crusades.
7. Feudal Monarchies (11th-13th): Capets, Plantagenets and Staufens.
8. Eastern Europe (10th-14th): Bishoprics and States.
9. Cities under the Feudal System (12th-15th): Crafts, Guilds, Trade, Finances and Universities.
10. Famine, Plagues and War: The Gothic Period (14th-15th).
11. Islamic States (10th-15th): The Three Caliphates, the Mongol Empire and its division.
12. Byzantium (13th-15th): from the Latin Empire to the Fall of Constantinople.
- Master classes
- Seminars and other activities guided by the professor
- Comprehension and interpretation of different materials, such cartography, graphics, tables and archaeological evidences
- Elaboration of reviews, essays and comments
- Individual study
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Master classes | 15 | 0.6 | 14, 9, 16, 17 |
Seminars and other activities guided by the professor. | 35 | 1.4 | 2, 7, 9, 10 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Comprehension and interpretation of different materials (i.e. mapping, graphics, tables or archaeological evidences). | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 7, 5, 4 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Elaboration of reviews, essays and comments. | 30 | 1.2 | 13, 7 |
Individual study | 25 | 1 | 14, 7, 8, 9 |
50% 2 exams: 25 % everyone
30% essay.
20% essay or alternative activity decided by the teachers
In order to succeed the subject, it is necessary to pass the both exams.
The exercises cannot be submitted for the first time during the revaluation period.
In the event that the student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment exercise, it will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instructed. In the event of several irregularities in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
Students can attend a review of each exercise or test.
In the event that the tests cannot be carried out in person, their format will be adapted (maintaining the weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB’s virtual tools. Homework, activities and class participation will be done through forums, wikis and / or exercise discussions through Moodle, Teams, etc. Teachers will ensure that the student can access it or offer alternative means at their disposal.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Essays | 30% | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 14, 7, 8, 9, 15, 5, 4, 17 |
Exams | 50 % | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 13, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
Written papers: practical comments | 20% | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 3, 14, 7, 9, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17 |
Reference books
García de Cortázar, J. A.; Sesma, J. A.: Manual de Historia Medieval, Alianza Editorial, 2012.
Salrach, J.M., Entre Roma i el Renaixement. Història i textos de l’Occident Medieval, Eumo, Vic, 2002.
Contamine, Bompaire i altres. La economía medieval. Akal. Madrid, 2000.
Baschet, J. La civilisation féodale. De l’an mil à la colonisation de l’Amérique. Aubier, Ed. Flammarion, París 2004. Traducció: La civilización feudal: Europa del año mil a la colonización de América. Fondo de Cultura Econòmica, USA 2010.
Spanish Translate: Baschet, J. La civilización feudal. Europa del año mil a la colonización de América. Fondo de Cultura Económica. USA 2010.
Wickham, Chris. Europa en la Edad Media. Una nueva interpretación. Ed. Crítica, Barcelona, 2017.
Donado Vara, J. - Echevarría Arsuaga, A. Historia Medieval I (siglos V-XII), UNED, Madrid, 2014
Donado Vara, J. - Echevarría Arsuaga, A. - Baquero Goñi, C. Historia Medieval II (siglos XIII-XV), UNED, Madrid, 2014
General Works (periods and topics)
Bresh, H.; Guichard, P.; Mantran R.: Europa y el Islam en la Edad Media. Ed. Crítica, Barcelona, 2001
Toubert; P: Europa en su primer crecimiento. De Carlomagano al año mil. Publicacions de la Universitat de València, 2006
Bartlett, R.: La formación de Europa. Conquista, civilización y cambio cultural, 950-1350. Publicacions Universitat de València, 2003.
T. Bisson: La crisis del siglo XII. Ed. Crítica, 2010
G. Bois: La gran depresión medieval: siglos XIV-XV: el precedente de una crisissistémica. Publicacions de la Universitat de València, 2001
Revista Debats 5 (1985): El debate Brenner, AAVV.
P. Contamine: La guerra en la Edad Media. Ed. Labor, 1984
Support books
Kinder-Hilgemann. Atlas Histórico Mundial, ed. Istmo, 2 vols.
Bonnassie, P. Vocabulario básico de la historia medieval, ed. Crítica
Loyn, H. R. Diccionario Akal de Historia Medieval. Akal, Madrid, 1998
MacKay-Ditchburn (eds). Atlas de Europa Medieval, ed. Cátedra.
Salrach, J.M., Entre Roma i el Renaixement. Història i textos de l’Occident Medieval, Eumo, Vic, 2002.
F. Maíllo: Vocabulario básico de la historia del Islam. Ed. Akal, 1987
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