Course code

AIG6302.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Kesk- ja varauusaegne maailm

Course title in English

History of Medieval and Early Modern Society

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To create preconditions for the formation of knowledge base for understanding the key problems of medieval and early modern history in the frame-work of the main historiographic trends. Widen knowledge-network for orientation in the advancement of material culture. Expand the skills of understanding era-centered world perception and material culture as impact factors in the development of visual culture.

Brief description of the course

Main historiographic trends in understanding the history of the middle-Ages and Early-Modern period. The spread of Christianity and its unifying effect in European history. The genesis and development of the feudal relations. European expansion: the Crusades and the Age of discovery. Signs of the crisis in the Catholic Church. The reformation and counter-reformation. Advancement of material culture and technology. Changes in world-perception though centuries and its impact on the development of visual culture. Lectures, seminars, practical training.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to analyze and evaluate interpretations of the transition from the Antiquity to the Middle Ages and from the Middle Ages to the Early-modern period in European history;
- owns understanding of the regional differences of political and socio-economic development of the European society and its setting;
- masters the basic chronology;
- comprehends the connectedness of world perception with the elements of material and visual culture.

Teacher

Priit Raudkivi

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