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This programme is not open to entrants in 2018-2019

MA (Hons) Medieval Studies: Second year
Code Module name Credits
( * View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: ME1003, ME1006, ME2003 OR
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
Medieval Europe (1000-1400) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( * History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20 AND
* View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: ME1003, ME1006, ME2003 AND
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
Medieval Europe (1000-1400) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: AN2002 - AN2003, MH2002 )) AND
The Roman Empire 20
Mediterranean Communities 20
Introduction to Middle Eastern History 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( ^ Medieval and Renaissance Texts 20 OR
( View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: FR1001 - FR1002, FR2021 AND
French Language and Literature 1 20
French Language and Literature 2 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
^ View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: FR2022, FR2032 ) OR
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( ~ View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: GM1001 - GM1004 AND
First Level German A 1 20
First Level German A 2 20
First Level German B 1 20
First Level German B 2 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
~ View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: GM2001 - GM2004, GM2007 - GM2010 ) OR
Second Level German Language A 1 10
Second Level German Language A 2 10
Second Level German Language B 1 10
Second Level German Language B 2 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( $ View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: IT1001 - IT1008, IT1012 AND
Introduction to Italian Language 20
Second Level Italian (Advanced) 20
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
IT1005 Contemporary Italian Short Stories 10
IT1006 Italian Renaissance Books of Manners 10
IT1007 Poverty and Politics in Fascist Italy 10
IT1008 The Italian Short Story from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century 10
IT1012 The Culture of Unified Italy 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
$ View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: IT2001 - IT2002 )) AND
Second Level Italian 20
Second Level Italian (Advanced) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: AH1001 - AH1002 ) AND
The Art of the Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: PY1005 - PY1106 AND
Mind and World 20
Moral and Political Controversies 20
Reasoning 20
The Enlightenment 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
& View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PY2001 - PY2103 ) AND
Intermediate Logic 20
Foundations of Western Philosophy 20
Meaning and Knowing 20
Moral and Aesthetic Value 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA Medieval Studies First and Second Years Programme Requirements.
Students must meet the requirements of at least three groups


Group A: EITHER
40 credits from two of: ME1003, ME1006, ME2003;

OR

20 credits: HI2001;
20 credits: ME1003 or ME1006 or ME2003;
20 credits: AN2002 or AN2003 or MH2002;

Group B: EITHER
20 credits: EN2003;

OR

60 credits: FR1001 and FR1002 and FR2021;
20 credits: FR2022 or FR2032;

OR

40 credits: (GM1001 and GM1002) or (GM1003 and GM1004);
40 credits: (GM2001 and GM2004) or (GM2002 and GM2003) or (GM2007 and GM2010) or (GM2008 and GM2009);

OR

40 credits: (IT1001 and IT1002) or (IT1003 and IT1004 and (IT1005 or IT1007) and (IT1006 or IT1008 or IT1012));
40 credits: IT2001 and IT2002;

OR

Group C:
20 credits: AH1001 or AH1002

Group D:
20 credits: PY1005-PY1106;
40 credits: PY2001-PY2103;

It is recommended you consult an Adviser.

The students must take 240 credits at least 80 of which must be at 2000 Level. 2000-level modules may not be available to first year students.

MA (Hons) Medieval Studies: Second year
Code Module name Credits
( * View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: ME1003, ME1006, ME2003 OR
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
Medieval Europe (1000-1400) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( * History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20 AND
* View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: ME1003, ME1006, ME2003 AND
The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
Scotland and the English Empire 1070 - 1500 20
Medieval Europe (1000-1400) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: AN2002 - AN2003, MH2002 )) AND
The Roman Empire 20
Mediterranean Communities 20
Introduction to Middle Eastern History 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( ^ Medieval and Renaissance Texts 20 OR
( View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: FR1001 - FR1002, FR2021 AND
French Language and Literature 1 20
French Language and Literature 2 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
^ View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: FR2022, FR2032 ) OR
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( ~ View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: GM1001 - GM1004 AND
First Level German A 1 20
First Level German A 2 20
First Level German B 1 20
First Level German B 2 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
~ View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: GM2001 - GM2004, GM2007 - GM2010 ) OR
Second Level German Language A 1 10
Second Level German Language A 2 10
Second Level German Language B 1 10
Second Level German Language B 2 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( $ View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: IT1001 - IT1008, IT1012 AND
Introduction to Italian Language 20
Second Level Italian (Advanced) 20
Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
IT1005 Contemporary Italian Short Stories 10
IT1006 Italian Renaissance Books of Manners 10
IT1007 Poverty and Politics in Fascist Italy 10
IT1008 The Italian Short Story from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century 10
IT1012 The Culture of Unified Italy 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
$ View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: IT2001 - IT2002 )) AND
Second Level Italian 20
Second Level Italian (Advanced) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: AH1001 - AH1002 ) AND
The Art of the Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
( View list Between 0 and 20 credits from Module List: PY1005 - PY1106 AND
Mind and World 20
Moral and Political Controversies 20
Reasoning 20
The Enlightenment 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
& View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: PY2001 - PY2103 ) AND
Intermediate Logic 20
Foundations of Western Philosophy 20
Meaning and Knowing 20
Moral and Aesthetic Value 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA Medieval Studies First and Second Years Programme Requirements.
Students must meet the requirements of at least three groups


Group A: EITHER
40 credits from two of: ME1003, ME1006, ME2003;

OR

20 credits: HI2001;
20 credits: ME1003 or ME1006 or ME2003;
20 credits: AN2002 or AN2003 or MH2002;

Group B: EITHER
20 credits: EN2003;

OR

60 credits: FR1001 and FR1002 and FR2021;
20 credits: FR2022 or FR2032;

OR

40 credits: (GM1001 and GM1002) or (GM1003 and GM1004);
40 credits: (GM2001 and GM2004) or (GM2002 and GM2003) or (GM2007 and GM2010) or (GM2008 and GM2009);

OR

40 credits: (IT1001 and IT1002) or (IT1003 and IT1004 and (IT1005 or IT1007) and (IT1006 or IT1008 or IT1012));
40 credits: IT2001 and IT2002;

OR

Group C:
20 credits: AH1001 or AH1002

Group D:
20 credits: PY1005-PY1106;
40 credits: PY2001-PY2103;

It is recommended you consult an Adviser.

The students must take 240 credits at least 80 of which must be at 2000 Level. 2000-level modules may not be available to first year students.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass at grade 11 or better required in modules marked &
  • pass at grade 11 or better required in modules marked ^
  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked $
  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked ~

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.


MA (Hons) Medieval Studies: Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Group A Modules AND
AN4108 The Disintegration of the Roman Empire 30
Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
ME3012 Heroic History: The Age of Beowulf 30
ME3015 Heralds, Heraldry and History: Late Medieval Heraldic Studies 30
ME3016 Ireland in the Later Middle Ages: Nations and Conflicts 30
Conflict and cooperation: church and monarchy in Britain, 1066-1307 30
ME3101 Britons and Saxons 30
ME3102 Gildas and the Ruin of Britain c. 367 - 570 30
ME3103 Medieval Rome c. 590 - c. 1300 30
ME3104 The Vikings: Invasion, Settlement and Conversion c. 750 - 1200 30
Archaeological Methods 30
ME3140 Roman and Native in North Britain 30
ME3141 Archaeological Evidence and the Historian 30
The Castle in Medieval Scotland (1100 - 1550) 30
The Medieval Castle 30
The Imperial City: Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople 30
ME3164 Archaeology of Late Antiquity and the Early Islamic Middle East: Architecture and Representations of Power (C4th-C12th) 30
ME3202 Byzantium and the West 800 - 1118 30
ME3203 The Crusades 30
ME3204 The Princess Historian: Anna Comnena 30
Inclusion and Exclusion in the Middle Ages 30
ME3212 Men, Women and Family in the Middle Ages 30
Italian City States: from Communes to Signorie c. 1000- c. 1350 30
ME3216 Medieval Rome c590 - c1300 30
ME3218 Imperial and Christian Constantinople 30
ME3222 Inca Civilisation and its Destruction 30
The Rise and Fall of the Carolingian Empire, c.750 - 900 30
ME3224 Legend and History in Sub-Roman Britain 30
ME3228 The Near East in the Age of Justinian and Muhammad c.527-700 30
ME3229 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
ME3231 Medieval Apocalyptic Traditions 400 - 1200 30
Queens and Queenship in Early Medieval Europe 30
ME3233 Power and Identity after Rome 500 - 700 30
ME3234 Empires and Rebellions: The World of Adam of Bremen 30
ME3235 Medieval Political Thought 30
Soldiers and Saints in Late Roman Gaul 30
Legal Cultures in Late Antiquity 30
ME3238 Holy Lives in Late Antiquity 30
ME3239 Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Early Medieval West 30
ME3301 The End of the Middle Ages? Scotland and England in the Fifteenth Century 30
ME3302 Survival and Stability: the Foundations of the Stewart Dynasty, 1371-1460 30
ME3303 The Renaissance in Scotland 1450 - 1550 30
ME3304 Age of Conquest: Edward I - Scotland and Wales (1239 - 1307) 30
ME3305 Normans, Natives and Norsemen: Scotland c.1050 to 1250 30
ME3306 Pictavia to Albania: Scotland in the Viking Age 30
ME3307 Macbeth and his World: Rulers and Rulership in Eleventh Century North Britain 30
ME3308 Adomnan and his World: Scotland and Ireland in the Dark Ages 30
Medieval 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ 30
ME3311 Bannockburn: War and National Identity in Late Medieval Europe 30
ME3312 Kings and Rebels: Realms and Borderlands in the British Isles 1350-1420 30
Early Irish Society (c. 600-800) 30
Times of trouble: civil conflicts in the later fifteenth century 30
ME3407 Courtroom Dramas: Literature, Law and Lordship 30
ME3408 The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt in England 30
ME3417 The Middle Ages and the Movies 30
Rich and Poor in the Later Middle Ages 30
Justifying Medieval Warfare 30
The Age of Revolt (1250 - 1450) 30
Women and Gender in the Later Middle Ages 30
Nature and the Occult in the Late Middle Ages 30
ME3602 The Crusades viewed from the other side: Muslim perspectives 30
Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
ME3609 The Mongols and the West 30
ME3610 The Ottoman Empire from Medieval Anatolia to S³leyman the Magnificent 30
The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
ME3614 The Eastern Roman World in the Late Middle Ages 30
Missionaries, Assassins and State-builders: Militant Shiæism in the Medieval Muslim World 30
The Mamluks And The Mamluk Sultanate 30
ME4701 Henry I: Perceptions and Practice of Kingship in Anglo Norman England 60
ME4707 Law and Society in England c. 870 - 1220 60
ME4709 Past and Present in Medieval Wales 60
ME4710 England and France at War in the Fourteenth Century 60
'A Century of Iron': Rulers, Warriors and Scholars in Tenth-Century England and Germany 60
ME4713 The Cult of Saints 60
Conflict and Cohabitation: Northern Britain c. 550 - 750 60
The Wars of the Bruces: Kings, Nobles and Commumities in the British Isles (1306 - 1346) 60
ME4753 Chivalry and Kingship: Scotland in the Late Middle Ages 60
ME4754 Conquest and Community: The British Isles in the Age of Edward I (1239 - 1307) 60
ME4755 Norway in Saga Times 60
ME4756 Historia Brittonum: Inventing the Past in Ninth-Century Wales 60
ME4803 The Fourth Crusade 60
ME4806 The Age of Charlemagne c. 750 - 830 60
The Early Mendicants: Francis, Clare and Dominic (c. 1180 - c. 1270) 60
ME4812 From Leo VI to Basil II: Byzantium in the Tenth Century 60
ME4813 The Merovingian World 60
ME4814 Iran from the Sasanids to the Samanids (224-1003) 60
France from Philip Augustus to Philip the Fair, c.1180-1315 60
From Leo VI to Basil II: Byzantium in the Tenth Century 60
ME4854 Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople (Istanbul) 60
Crusaders, Mongols and Mamluks: West and East in the Mid-Thirteenth Century 60
ME4856 From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire 60
The Mongol Empire and the Islamic World 60
Art and Piety in Western Europe 1400 - 1750 30
MO3036 The Italian Renaissance 30
MO3037 Renaissance Information Technology and Print Culture 30
The Iranian World from the Timurids to the Safavids (1370 - 1722) 30
The Ottoman Empire 1300 - 1700 30
Honours Dissertation in History 30
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Communication in History 15
Recording the Past 30
Honours Project in History 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Group B Modules AND
Beowulf 30
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 30
Older Scots Literature to 1560 30
Authorising English: Society, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval English Literature 30
Old English Afterlives: Literary Anglo-Saxonism 30
Apocalyptic Literature in Early English 30
Courtly Literature in Middle English 30
EN4403 Medievalism 30
Dissertation in English 30
Dissertation on a French Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a French Topic 30
GM3073 The Medieval Short Story 15
Medieval Things 15
Dissertation on German Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a German Topic 30
Fourteenth Century Literature 15
IT4010 Early Italian Lyric Poetry 15
Dante Alighieri 15
Dissertation on an Italian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on an Italian Topic 30
History of the Spanish Language 15
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Group C Modules AND
30-Credit Dissertation in Art History 30
AH4171 The Arts of Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages 30
AH4172 Manuscript Illumination in Western Europe 30
AH4175 Luxury Goods in the Middle Ages 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Group D Modules
PY4640 Medieval Philosophy 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA Medieval Studies Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements.
Students must meet the requirements of at least three groups


240 credits, including between 30 and 120 from each of at least three groups.

Group A:
AN4107 - AN4108, AN4121,AN4155,ME3001-ME3689, ME4701-ME4889,MO3026,MO3036-MO3037,MO3080-MO3081,HI4999,(ID4002,with permission of Director of Teaching,with HI4101 if necessary and (HI4997 or HI4998)if desired);

Group B:
EN3111-EN3113,EN4311-EN4312,EN4314-EN4316,EN4403,EN4399,FR3013,FR3053,FR4114,FR4198-FR4199,GM3073,GM4046,GM4098-GM4099,IT3012,IT4010,IT4012,IT4098-IT4099,SP3011,SP4098-SP4099;

Group B:
AH3102,AH3118,AH3105,AN4080,AH4098-AH4099,AH4101,AH4123,AH4134,AH4149,AH4171,AH4175,CL4424;

Group D:
PY4640

Students may, with the permission of the Honours Adviser and any other School involved, take up to 30 credits towards the total in another subject or level.

MA (Hons) Medieval Studies: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Group A Modules AND
AN4108 The Disintegration of the Roman Empire 30
Religious Communities in the Late Antique World 30
ME3012 Heroic History: The Age of Beowulf 30
ME3015 Heralds, Heraldry and History: Late Medieval Heraldic Studies 30
ME3016 Ireland in the Later Middle Ages: Nations and Conflicts 30
Conflict and cooperation: church and monarchy in Britain, 1066-1307 30
ME3101 Britons and Saxons 30
ME3102 Gildas and the Ruin of Britain c. 367 - 570 30
ME3103 Medieval Rome c. 590 - c. 1300 30
ME3104 The Vikings: Invasion, Settlement and Conversion c. 750 - 1200 30
Archaeological Methods 30
ME3140 Roman and Native in North Britain 30
ME3141 Archaeological Evidence and the Historian 30
The Castle in Medieval Scotland (1100 - 1550) 30
The Medieval Castle 30
The Imperial City: Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople 30
ME3164 Archaeology of Late Antiquity and the Early Islamic Middle East: Architecture and Representations of Power (C4th-C12th) 30
ME3202 Byzantium and the West 800 - 1118 30
ME3203 The Crusades 30
ME3204 The Princess Historian: Anna Comnena 30
Inclusion and Exclusion in the Middle Ages 30
ME3212 Men, Women and Family in the Middle Ages 30
Italian City States: from Communes to Signorie c. 1000- c. 1350 30
ME3216 Medieval Rome c590 - c1300 30
ME3218 Imperial and Christian Constantinople 30
ME3222 Inca Civilisation and its Destruction 30
The Rise and Fall of the Carolingian Empire, c.750 - 900 30
ME3224 Legend and History in Sub-Roman Britain 30
ME3228 The Near East in the Age of Justinian and Muhammad c.527-700 30
ME3229 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
ME3231 Medieval Apocalyptic Traditions 400 - 1200 30
Queens and Queenship in Early Medieval Europe 30
ME3233 Power and Identity after Rome 500 - 700 30
ME3234 Empires and Rebellions: The World of Adam of Bremen 30
ME3235 Medieval Political Thought 30
Soldiers and Saints in Late Roman Gaul 30
Legal Cultures in Late Antiquity 30
ME3238 Holy Lives in Late Antiquity 30
ME3239 Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Early Medieval West 30
ME3301 The End of the Middle Ages? Scotland and England in the Fifteenth Century 30
ME3302 Survival and Stability: the Foundations of the Stewart Dynasty, 1371-1460 30
ME3303 The Renaissance in Scotland 1450 - 1550 30
ME3304 Age of Conquest: Edward I - Scotland and Wales (1239 - 1307) 30
ME3305 Normans, Natives and Norsemen: Scotland c.1050 to 1250 30
ME3306 Pictavia to Albania: Scotland in the Viking Age 30
ME3307 Macbeth and his World: Rulers and Rulership in Eleventh Century North Britain 30
ME3308 Adomnan and his World: Scotland and Ireland in the Dark Ages 30
Medieval 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ 30
ME3311 Bannockburn: War and National Identity in Late Medieval Europe 30
ME3312 Kings and Rebels: Realms and Borderlands in the British Isles 1350-1420 30
Early Irish Society (c. 600-800) 30
Times of trouble: civil conflicts in the later fifteenth century 30
ME3407 Courtroom Dramas: Literature, Law and Lordship 30
ME3408 The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt in England 30
ME3417 The Middle Ages and the Movies 30
Rich and Poor in the Later Middle Ages 30
Justifying Medieval Warfare 30
The Age of Revolt (1250 - 1450) 30
Women and Gender in the Later Middle Ages 30
Nature and the Occult in the Late Middle Ages 30
ME3602 The Crusades viewed from the other side: Muslim perspectives 30
Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
ME3609 The Mongols and the West 30
ME3610 The Ottoman Empire from Medieval Anatolia to S³leyman the Magnificent 30
The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
ME3614 The Eastern Roman World in the Late Middle Ages 30
Missionaries, Assassins and State-builders: Militant Shiæism in the Medieval Muslim World 30
The Mamluks And The Mamluk Sultanate 30
ME4701 Henry I: Perceptions and Practice of Kingship in Anglo Norman England 60
ME4707 Law and Society in England c. 870 - 1220 60
ME4709 Past and Present in Medieval Wales 60
ME4710 England and France at War in the Fourteenth Century 60
'A Century of Iron': Rulers, Warriors and Scholars in Tenth-Century England and Germany 60
ME4713 The Cult of Saints 60
Conflict and Cohabitation: Northern Britain c. 550 - 750 60
The Wars of the Bruces: Kings, Nobles and Commumities in the British Isles (1306 - 1346) 60
ME4753 Chivalry and Kingship: Scotland in the Late Middle Ages 60
ME4754 Conquest and Community: The British Isles in the Age of Edward I (1239 - 1307) 60
ME4755 Norway in Saga Times 60
ME4756 Historia Brittonum: Inventing the Past in Ninth-Century Wales 60
ME4803 The Fourth Crusade 60
ME4806 The Age of Charlemagne c. 750 - 830 60
The Early Mendicants: Francis, Clare and Dominic (c. 1180 - c. 1270) 60
ME4812 From Leo VI to Basil II: Byzantium in the Tenth Century 60
ME4813 The Merovingian World 60
ME4814 Iran from the Sasanids to the Samanids (224-1003) 60
France from Philip Augustus to Philip the Fair, c.1180-1315 60
From Leo VI to Basil II: Byzantium in the Tenth Century 60
ME4854 Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople (Istanbul) 60
Crusaders, Mongols and Mamluks: West and East in the Mid-Thirteenth Century 60
ME4856 From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire 60
The Mongol Empire and the Islamic World 60
Art and Piety in Western Europe 1400 - 1750 30
MO3036 The Italian Renaissance 30
MO3037 Renaissance Information Technology and Print Culture 30
The Iranian World from the Timurids to the Safavids (1370 - 1722) 30
The Ottoman Empire 1300 - 1700 30
Honours Dissertation in History 30
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Communication in History 15
Recording the Past 30
Honours Project in History 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Group B Modules AND
Beowulf 30
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 30
Older Scots Literature to 1560 30
Authorising English: Society, Gender and Religion in Late Medieval English Literature 30
Old English Afterlives: Literary Anglo-Saxonism 30
Apocalyptic Literature in Early English 30
Courtly Literature in Middle English 30
EN4403 Medievalism 30
Dissertation in English 30
Dissertation on a French Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a French Topic 30
GM3073 The Medieval Short Story 15
Medieval Things 15
Dissertation on German Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a German Topic 30
Fourteenth Century Literature 15
IT4010 Early Italian Lyric Poetry 15
Dante Alighieri 15
Dissertation on an Italian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on an Italian Topic 30
History of the Spanish Language 15
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Group C Modules AND
30-Credit Dissertation in Art History 30
AH4171 The Arts of Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages 30
AH4172 Manuscript Illumination in Western Europe 30
AH4175 Luxury Goods in the Middle Ages 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Group D Modules AND
PY4640 Medieval Philosophy 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 15 and 60 credits from Dissertations
30-Credit Dissertation in Art History 30
Dissertation in English 30
Dissertation on a French Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a French Topic 30
Dissertation on German Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a German Topic 30
Recording the Past 30
Honours Project in History 30
Honours Dissertation in History 30
Dissertation on an Italian Topic 15
Long Dissertation on an Italian Topic 30
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
AH4795 Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
SA4795 Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
BL4797 Joint Honours Project 60
Joint Project (60cr) 60
SA4797 Joint Project (60cr) 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

MA Medieval Studies Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements.
Students must meet the requirements of at least three groups


240 credits, including between 30 and 120 from each of at least three groups.

Group A:
AN4107 - AN4108, AN4121,AN4155,ME3001-ME3689, ME4701-ME4889,MO3026,MO3036-MO3037,MO3080-MO3081,HI4999,(ID4002,with permission of Director of Teaching,with HI4101 if necessary and (HI4997 or HI4998)if desired);

Group B:
EN3111-EN3113,EN4311-EN4312,EN4314-EN4316,EN4403,EN4399,FR3013,FR3053,FR4114,FR4198-FR4199,GM3073,GM4046,GM4098-GM4099,IT3012,IT4010,IT4012,IT4098-IT4099,SP3011,SP4098-SP4099;

Group B:
AH3102,AH3118,AH3105,AN4080,AH4098-AH4099,AH4101,AH4123,AH4134,AH4149,AH4171,AH4175,CL4424;

Group D:
PY4640

Not more than one of the following Dissertation modules may be taken: AH4099,EN4399,FR4198,GM4098,GM4099,HI4997-HI4999,IT4098,IT4099,SP4098,SP4099 or any Joint Dissertation - code ending 4795 or 4797.

Students may, with the permission of the Honours Adviser and any other School involved, take up to 30 credits towards the total in another subject or level.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).