Undergraduate Course: Gender and Society: Men and Women in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 (HIST10072)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course explores the construction of gender and sexuality in medieval Europe, 1000-1500. In particular, it looks at medieval ideas of gender, the relationship between gender and status for both men and women, and ideas of normative and transgressive sexualities. |
| Course description |
The aims of the course are:
to develop an understanding of ideas about gender and sexuality as analytical categories
to relate gender in the Middle Ages to its social and cultural contexts
to explore medieval social and cultural life more widely via this analysis
to develop study skills and analytical capabilities, through an engagement with both secondary discussion and primary source material.
Topics that are covered include: medieval and modern ideas of the Body; Medieval Masculinities such as Chivalric Masculinity, Clerical Masculinity and Labouring Masculinity; the Woman Debate; Femininity and Christianity; Women's Work in the Countryside, and Medieval Sexuality including a discussion of same-sex relations, chastity and virginity and the evidence for a sexual double standard.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | A pass or passes in 40 credits of first level historical courses or equivalent and a pass or passes in 40 credits of second level historical courses or equivalent.
Before enrolling students on this course, Personal Tutors are asked to contact the History Honours Admission Administrator to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 503780). |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have at least 3 History courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, command of the body of knowledge considered in the course;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to understand, evaluate and utilise a variety of primary source material;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, the ability to develop and sustain scholarly arguments in written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence;
- demonstrate independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others.
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Reading List
H. Leyser, Medieval Women (1995; 2002).
J. Ward, Women in Medieval Europe, 1200-1500 (2002).
R.M. Karras, From Boys to Men: Formation of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe (2002).
R.M. Karras, Sexuality in Medieval Europe (2005; rev. edn 2012).
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Gender Society |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kirsty Day
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Course secretary | Miss Clare Guymer
Tel: (0131 6)50 4030
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