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ME2902 The Rise of Europe : Middle Ages, 1000鈥�1500

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

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SCQF level

SCQF level 8

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Availability restrictions

Only available to those enrolling on the MA Combined Studies or already enrolled on the MA/BSc General degree taken in the evening.

Planned timetable

Mon, Fri 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm online

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Module coordinator

Dr N D McGuigan

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Module Staff

Dr Neil McGuigan

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Module description

This module surveys the Middle Ages in Europe from the Age of the Crusades to Age of Columbus, a key period for the emergence and rise of European civilization(s) in a recognizable form. Surveying core political, cultural and economic developments and themes, and using primary sources taken from the period itself, possible tutorial topics relate to Crusading, trade, cultural encounters, monasticism, the impact of the Mongols, the Black Death, Renaissance, the 鈥榝all of Byzantium鈥�, the rise of polities like France and Muscovy, and the beginnings of the Age of Exploration.

Relationship to other modules

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU TAKE ME2003

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 1 hour lecture, 1 x 2 hour tutorial

Intended learning outcomes

  • Describe and analyse a range of significant developments in European history in the Central and Later Middle Ages.
  • Analyse the value of primary texts as sources for studying European history in the Central and Later Middle Ages.
  • Critically evaluate the arguments of historians on European history in the Central and Later Middle Ages and relate them to their wider context.
  • Create an argument on European history in the Central and Later Middle Age and justify it with use of appropriate primary and secondary evidence