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Rural Life in Medieval Europe
MDST256 SP

Crosslistings: ARHA217,ARCP256

This course will explore changing and constant factors shaping the nature of rural life over a 1,500-year period. It will consider how people related to the landscape by looking at village life, agriculture, small industry like pottery making, religion and the landscape itself. Students will approach the material record as it has been revealed by excavation over the last 25 years at such sites as Brebieres, Wharram Percy and Rougiers. Emphasis will be placed on new critical approaches to the landscape, from the techniques of dendrochronology, pollen analysis and landsat reconnaissance to the new theoretical structures provided by spatial analysis and cultural geography.

MAJOR READINGS

Peter Wells, FARMS, VILLAGES AND CITIES Robert Fossier and Jean Chapelot, THE VILLAGE AND THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Mid-term, final and a series of short in-class projects and writing assignments.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ART    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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