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AH4177 Objects of Devotion: The Art and Material Culture of Medieval Christianity

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Module coordinator

Dr E N Savage

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Module Staff

Dr E Savage

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Module description

This module will examine the art and material culture of Christian devotion in Europe from c. 1100 to the Reformation. From bejewelled reliquaries to luxury textiles and cheap pilgrim souvenirs, students will learn about the objects that facilitated religious practice and those that were themselves the subject of veneration. Object-focused analysis will be supplemented through the study of primary sources, such as wills, hagiographies, and inventories. At the end of the module, students will be able to articulate the power of materials to the medieval mind and identify the political, economic, and social systems in which devotional objects functioned.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 1-hour lecture (x 11 weeks) and 1 x 2 hour seminar (x 11 weeks), 2 x office hour (x 11 weeks).

Scheduled learning hours

30

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

280

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.