HIST 201 - Dreaming The Middle Ages

Institution:

Augustana College - South Dakota

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Description:

This course is an examination of popular perceptions and constructions of the Middle Ages and their relationship to the reality of medieval life and history. Through film and literature we will examine common assumptions held in the modern world about the nature of central features of medieval life, culture and institutions. These assumptions will then be compared with the corresponding reality of existence in the Middle Ages, at least insofar as this can be recovered by historians. This will be, then, not only a course about the history of the Middle Ages, but also about how we read the past through lenses of our own age and how, sometimes, we reinvent the past to fit our own preconceptions. NOTE: OFFERED EVERY THIRD SPRING SEMESTER

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.augie.edu

Phone Number:

(605) 274-0770

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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