History of Christianity: Middle Ages

Teacher(s)

Bertrand Paul;

Language

French

Main themes

To meet these objectives, the course covers the following: - the study of one or two of these questions: the development of monasticism, the Christianisation of Europe, the Imperial Church, Gregorian and Clunisian reform, the birth of the Cistercians and of the mendicant orders, the development of female piety, the Devotio moderna and the pre-reform. - the daily life of the Christians and Church history in our regions with the course extended to cover the situation of Eastern churches. - an initiation to historical criticism and the use of the work instruments of historians of this period.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	- situate the principal chronological markers of the history of Christianity in the Middle Ages;
2	- read historical sources with a critical spirit;
3	- make proper use of the work instruments of the Medievalist historian.

Faculty or entity

TEBI