HISTORY 736 A & B

Medieval Women, c.1100-1500

Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for HISTORY 736.

Description

A study of the history and historiography of medieval women, this course considers what medieval women's history consists of, how it can or should be written and why it is worth writing.

We take case studies of individual women including Eleanor of Aquitaine, Hildegard of Bingen, Margery Kempe, Heloise and Joan of Arc and consider how their experiences illuminate our wider understandings of themes such as queenship, female monasticism, lay devotion, scholarship, mysticism and heresy. We also examine women's life cycles, working lives and sexualities, and investigate how recent scholarship on medieval masculinities has transformed appreciation of the complexities of medieval gender.

To complete this course students must enrol in HISTORY 736 A and B.

Assessment

Coursework only

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for HISTORY 736.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2023

Not offered in 2023; planned for 2024

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

HISTORY 736A: 15 points

HISTORY 736B: 15 points