HIS-30097 - Module Specification School of Humanities Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 14 February 2023
HIS-30097 - Spirituality and Social Change in the Eleventh Century, II
Coordinator: Kathleen Cushing Room: CBB0.044 Tel: +44 1782 7 33207
School Office: 01782 733147
Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Co-requisites
None
Prerequisites
Barred Combinations
None
Description for 2022/23
Building on Spirituality and Social Change in the Eleventh Century, I, this module extends the exploration of the key areas of social and religious change in eleventh-century Europe, by focusing on the nature of religious reform and the role of the reform papacy in promoting, effecting and substantiating these changes. By examining topics such as the unreformed Church, the Gregorian reform and its rhetoric of purity and pollution, the mechanisms to deal with heresy and promote the crusade, along with issues of hierarchy and social control, the module will explore the paradox that the clergy both sanctioned and protested against the hegemony of the powerful over the poor.
To introduce students to the events, sources and modern historiographical debates of one of the most important periods in the formation of Western European culture - the eleventh century - a time when according to some modern historians European civilization as we know it today was created. To extend the range of case-studies of continuity and change discussed in HIS-30096 Spirituality and Social Change in the Eleventh Century, part I, by focusing on the movement for Church reform.
Intended Learning Outcomes
recognise and explain the social, religious, political and economic changes in the eleventh century, a period recognised as vital in the formation of Western European culture: 1,2,3evaluate and critically assess a range of different kinds of primary sources and to use them appropriately in the development of historical analysis: 1,2,3evaluate and critically assess secondary sources and historiographical debates, and to use them appropriately in the development of historical analysis: 1,2,3recognise and explain the role of religious reform movement, known as the 'Gregorian' reform both in effecting and substantiating the social changes of eleventh-century Europe: 1,2,3
Study hours
150 hours: 10 x two-hour seminars50 hours seminar preparation30 hours extended historiographical commentary preparation50 hours preparation for a 24-hour take home examination
School Rules
None
Description of Module Assessment