Animals in the Middle Ages: Reality and Imagination

Course goals

After absolving this course, students should be able to:
•        formulate an appropriate research question within the field of study
•        carry out a limited amount of research and to be able to report on its results
•        know and employ the appropriate instruments for carrying out research

Content

This fourth course within the minor 'The Middle Ages', aims to familiarize you with research of the medieval period in different disciplines. In order to do so, we concentrate on a particular theme: the way medieval men and women dealt with and thought about animals. This topic will be dealt with from different angles: a more historical one, an art historical one and a more literary approach. We will look at animals as property and as food, but also at animal symbolism in art or literature. We will explore different venues for research and a great range of source material. As end product , you will deliver a paper of 4000 words in which you demonstrate your abilities to set up and conduct your own research.

LAS and TCS students who follow this course as part of the core curriculum of their major, need to complete a compulsory preparation course/assignment. See for more information: https://tcs.sites.uu.nl/
 

Additional information

This course is part of the minor The Middle Ages.

Early Exit option for international exchange students (5 ECTS)
Exchange students who are required to return to their home university before January, are allowed to choose an Early Exit option for this course. The Early Exit option means that students can finish the course before Christmas break, receiving 5 ECTS for the course. Students must make arrangements with the course coordinator at the start of the course.

Please note: the time slot shown here is not yet final and may still be modified until the 3rd Wednesday in September.