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HIST-B4030

Cultures et sociétés du Moyen Age occidental

academic year
2023-2024
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Nicolas SCHROEDER (Coordinator) and Alexis WILKIN

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Construction of feudal Europe, the birth of the lordship, the emergence of cities, construction of the relationship between city and countryside, place of trade and credit in rural and urban society, differentiation of social groups in the city and the countryside, characterization of social conflicts, reflections on the crisis of the Low Middle Ages

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Goal: to understand the economic and social logic peculiar to the medieval period

Teaching methods and learning activities

Ex cathedra course and discussions

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

J. HATCHER & M. BAILEY, Modelling the Middle Ages. The History & Theory of England's Economic Development, Oxford University Press, 2001 Ph. CONTAMINE & al., L'économie médiévale, A. Colin, Paris, 1997 (2e éd.)

Other information

Contacts

cbillen@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Oral presentation of a work on a freely chosen issue

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