Medieval Cultural History:from 500 -000

Pre-requisites: enrollment in the appropriate semester/year of study

Course objectives: The objective of this course is to introduce students to cultural history as a scientific discipline, and specifically, the major events, themes and ideas in the cultural history of the early middle ages (500-1000 AD) as a widespread european phenomenon.

Course description: After defining the field and methodological framework of cultural history in general, the lectures will deal with defining the spatial and temporal structure of medieval Europe and will examine the role of the sacred, visual, gesture (ritual) and word. Then the course reviews quintessential moments in the development of early medieval culture, at which point the central focus is on the process of the Christianizing of the medieval West and cultural aspects of politics, especially the renewal of monarchies-kingdoms. During labs students will have an opportunity to take further what they've learned in lectures by becoming familiar with relevant historical sources and texts that paint a picture of certain events and processes, including reading and analyzing the most interesting excerpts from texts.

Learning Outcomes: Acquired knowledge of cultural history as a discipline and its role in the context of the development of history as a science, as well as specific knowledge related to cultural history in the early middle ages(500-1000)

Literature/Reading:

• Dž. H. Smit, Evropa posle Rima, Beograd 2006.
• Ž. Dibi, Umetnost i društvo u srednjem veku, Beograd 2002.
• Oksfordska istorija srednjovekovne Evrope (prir. Dž. Holms), Beograd 1998.
• P. Berk, Šta je kulturna istorija?, Beograd 2008.
• M. Kaplan, Vizantija, Beograd 2008.
• P. Braun, Uspon zapadnog hrišćanstva, Beograd 2008.
• Le Goff, Srednjovekovna civilizacija zapadne Evrope, Beograd 1974.
• Čovek srednjeg veka (ur. Ž. Le Gof), Beograd 2007.