MO3029 The Northern Renaissance

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Dr M A McLean

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Module Staff

Dr M McLean

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Module description

The Black Death, the Great Schism, and Hundred Years' War transformed Northern Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. New and dynamic political communities emerged - such as the Low Countries, the Holy Roman Empire, Burgundy, France, and England - which, although connected to the Mediterranean world by trade and culture, expressed their relationship to the Classical world in very different terms. This module will explore the distinctive nature of Northern Europe through themes such as the rise of universities, lay religious movements, court and civic patronage, Christian humanism and the Reformation. Students will read texts by Erasmus and Thomas More and examine the art of van Eyck, Durer, Holbein and Cranach.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AT LEAST 60 CREDITS FROM {MO1007, MO1008, MO2008, HI2001, MH2002}

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

4,000-word essay = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours

20

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

Guided independent study hours

280

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