ME4758 Gendered Lives: Men and Women in the Later Middle Ages

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Full Year

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

60

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Available only to History or Medieval History students (single or joint degree) in their second honours year.

Planned timetable

Seminars: 10:00 - 13:00, Wednesday

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr A Del Campo

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Module Staff

Dr A Del Campo

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This is a module on everyday life in the Later Middle Ages (c. 1100-1500) whose analysis will be undertaken with a gender lens. As gender historians claim, we need to study the lives of men and women together so that we can better understand not only how masculinity and femininity were constructed, but also to understand how these notions shaped the lives of female and male individuals and their interactions. These are, thus, the main goals of this course: firstly, to provide students with theoretical notions about femininity and masculinity and, secondly, to study how men and women lived in the said period. We will do this by – roughly – following a person’s life, from birth to death, focusing on their most important moments and activities. The context of this module is that of Christian Europe in the High and Late Middle Ages. At the end of this module students will have in-depth knowledge of everyday life in medieval towns and cities and of gender as a tool for analysis of historical evidence.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 70% Written Examination = 30%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 three-hour seminar (x21 weeks), 1 office hour (x21 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

66

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

534

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • By they end of the module, students will have an in-depth knowledge of everyday life in the Later Middle Ages.
  • By the end of the module, students will be familiar with gender theories and will be able to apply them to analyse evidence.
  • By the end of the module, students will be able to identify and analyse a wide variety of primary sources.
  • By the end of the module, students will have gain a multidisciplinary approach to historical materials.