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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Associate Professor A Gilmour-Bryson.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History - see Departmental Requirements. Latin, English, Politics, Philosophy, Fine Arts, Classics & Archaeology subjects may be accepted instead.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
By the end of semester the student should understand how the various monastic orders developed; be aware of the contribution of various outstanding monastic figures; understand the nature of power wielded by women through monasticism; be able to relate hagiography (saints' lives) to the societies which produced it.
Content:
A study of female and male monasticism and the development of the institution itself from a selection of primary sources.
Assessment:
Class participation and contribution (10 %), research essay 2,500 words (45 %), reflective essay or seen exam at option of student 2,500 words (45 %).
Prescribed texts:
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p102) : Next:131-248 | Prev:131-246
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p128) : Next:131-248 | Prev:131-246
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Associate Professor A Gilmour-Bryson.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
By the end of semester the student should understand how the various monastic orders developed; be aware of the contribution of various outstanding monastic figures; understand the nature of power wielded by women through monasticism; be able to relate hagiography (saints' lives) to the societies which produced it.
Content:
A study of female and male monasticism and the development of the institution itself from a selection of primary sources.
Assessment:
Class participation and contribution (10 per cent); research essay 2,500 words (45 per cent); reflective essay or seen exam at option of student 2,500 words (45 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p128) : Next:131-248 | Prev:131-246
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