Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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HIST 3555 - Women in Medieval Europe
Selected topics in the history of European women between 500 and 1500, including sexuality, motherhood, family, work, Christianity (beliefs and practices), Islam and Judaism, rulership and power, sanctity, literacy, and love. Students will explore primary sources and current scholarship.
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Appreciate the methods and questions particular to women’s history in the pre-modern world.
- Improve basic research skills.
- Learn the basic historiographic trends in current medieval history of women.
- Produce several short or one long written essays and a class presentation.
- Understand the diverse and unique experiences of women in the medieval period.
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