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Dec 26, 2024
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HIST 691B - Women in Medieval Culture and Society (3 units)
Explores the experiences of medieval women as religious leaders, workers, nobles, and queens, and as mothers, wives, and daughters.
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate in writing and/or classroom participation a knowledge of the transformation in the political, social, and cultural status of women from the 4th-15th century in Europe and the Mediterranean basin in various faiths.
2. articulate in a written project and presentation ways in which gender intersects with class, social status, religion, and culture to influence individual life experiences in Middle Ages as evidenced by primary sources.
3. interpret secondary sources and comprehend arguments that pertain to the contemporary historiography on medieval concepts of gender and on women and their experiences in the Middle Ages.
4. integrate and synthesize Core knowledge, enabling them to analyze open-ended problems or complex issues through long-form written assignments.
5. write a substantial historiographical analysis.
6. identify the main themes of the field in individual and group.
7. identify and explain the following major historical themes: legal status of women in medieval societies, female religious communities, the medieval family, and medieval women’s medicine.
8. analyze examples of major secondary works in the field.
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