In this unit, students are introduced to the wide range of source materials available for study of pre-modern Europe and to the analytical tools used for their interpretation. It explores how different individuals, communities, and societies could produce materials by which we can understand their actions, beliefs and mentalities. The unit examines how particular questions and approaches have governed the sources scholars use to understand pre-modern culture and is attentive to how such materials have shaped scholarship about pre-modern Europe. The unit provides students with the research tools to locate and analyse sources from the medieval and early modern period, whether they were... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Shane McLeod
Prerequisites: MEMS2002 World Views: Religion, Gender and Society in Pre-modern Europe or MEMS2001 Classical Traditions and Transformations in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
