The Body in Medieval Europe

Subject HIST90019 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points:	12.50
Level:	9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:	This subject is not offered in 2011.
Time Commitment:	Contact Hours: A 2-hour seminar per week Total Time Commitment: Total time commitment 120 hours
Prerequisites:	Usually admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in history (or in a relevant program) or enrolment in a relevant coursework Masters program
Corequisites:	None
Recommended Background Knowledge:	None
Non Allowed Subjects:	None
Core Participation Requirements:	For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

 ContactDR MEGAN CASSIDY-WELCH mecass@unimelb.e.du.au 

Subject Overview:	This seminar examines representations, understandings and uses of the body in medieval Europe from c. 1000-1300. Topics may include: the gendering of male and female bodies; saints and relics; Christ's body; the dead body; bodies in medical discourse; the Jewish body; bodies in the cosmological order of things; monstrous bodies and deformity; deviance and punishment and the physical body. Students completing this unit should be able to engage critically with historical understandings of the body in a medieval and context. demonstrate familiarity with the principal sources for the study of the medieval and Renaissance body. and demonstrate an understanding of the main debates about the body as a subject of historical enquiry.
Objectives:	Students who successfully complete this subject should... engage critically with historical understandings of the body in a medieval context. demonstrate familiarity with the principal sources for the study of the medieval body. demonstrate an understanding of the main debates about the body as a subject of historical enquiry.
Assessment:	A 5000 word essay to be submitted during the examination period at the end of semester (worth 100%)
Prescribed Texts:	A subject reader will be available
Breadth Options:	This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
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Generic Skills:	Students who successfully complete this subject should demonstrate research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources. show critical thinking and analysis through recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion, and by determining the strength of an argument. demonstrate understanding of social, ethical and cultural context through the contextualisation of judgements, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and possibilities and by constructing an argument.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations:	Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Studies History History History History Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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