Ritual, Myth and Magic in Early Modern Europe - University of Reading

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6 Further information Students will be required to complete three pieces of written work (or equivalent) over the two terms of the course, but will also be expected to prepare informal contributions to class discussion. The workload for the course is as follows: Two essays from the list of titles below. The first essay must be submitted by the end of 9 th week in the Autumn Term, and the second essay must be submitted by the end of 9 th week in the Spring Term. Students should choose one essay topic from titles listed under ‗Autumn term‘, and one from titles listed under ‗Spring Term‘. Gobbet test. This will take place during the class hours in 7 th week of the Spring Term. Students will be expected to comment on unseen text extracts as if under examination conditions. In addition, students may be asked to prepare informal presentations for seminars, and comment on relevant primary source material. Contact information I am usually available to see students without an appointment during my ‗office hours‘ listed on my door, room 138. Or you can arrange a meeting via email (h.l.parish@rdg.ac.uk).
7 Course Outline Autumn Term Week One: History and Hagiography: The Lives and Cults of the Saints Week Two: Popular Culture: The People of Europe and the Ritual Year Week Three: Popular Religion: Critics and Reformers Week Four: Popular Culture – Order and Disorder Week Five: Times, Omens, Prophecies and Prophets Week Six: Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory Week Seven: Death, dying, and the place of the dead Week Eight: Ghosts and Apparitions Week Nine: The Cheese and the Worms Week Ten: Superstition Spring Term Week One: Witchcraft : The Malleus Maleficarum Week Two: Witchcraft : the dimensions and dynamics of the witch-hunt Week Three: Witchcraft : trials and victims Week Four: Magic I : popular beliefs Week Five: Magic II : the Renaissance magus Week Six: Text study Wolfgang Behringer Shaman of Obertsdorf Week Seven: GOBBET TEST Week Eight: Astrology and the stars Week Nine: Science and the supernatural : the ‘disenchantment’ of Europe Week Ten: Revision session
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