Exercises in historical issues, including an introduction to bibliography : history of the Middle Ages 1

Duration

15h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Florence Close

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Introduction to research in medieval History. Pratical exercises.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the year, the student will be able

• to initiate a documentary research
• to identify a narrative or diplomatic source
• to communicate orally or in writing the result of his/her research
• to retranslate and to give a commentary on the latin texts given in courses

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

• HIST0040-1
• HIST0082-1
• Notions of classical latin grammar : LCLA0018-1 or LCLA0068-1
• A good command of the oral and written French.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical and pratical introduction to rules of historical criticism in medieval history and to the typology of western medieval sources.
Collaborative practical exercises in class and individual pratice in library.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face, on Friday 14.30-16 (A4/R100) 
Introduction to bibliography : on Wednesday 16-18 (see posted schedule ) 
Supplementary bibliographical practices will be organized during the year (little groups and schedule to set up)

Recommended or required readings

Syllabus of Bibliography to download http://web.philo.ulg.ac.be/bibliohist/
Document to download on My ULg. Course material suggested :

• M. ZIMMERMANN, Chronologie du Moyen Âge, Paris, Points, 2007 (Points Histoire, H385).  
• M. BALARD, J.-Ph. GENET, M. ROUCHE, Le Moyen Âge en Occident, 5e éd., Paris, Hachette supérieur, 2011.
• M. PARISSE et M. GOULLET, Apprendre le latin médiéval. Manuel pour grands commençants, 3e éd., Paris, Picard, 2005.
• H. GOELZER, Dictionnaire latin-français, Dictionnaire latin-français contenant tous les mots usuels de la langue latine des origines à l'époque carolingienne, Paris, 1928. [rééd. récente Flammarion poche]

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuously evaluation during the year 
Written examination in January
Written and oral examination in June


The mark of the midterm exam in January will count for 10% of the June final grade if > or = 10/20 (the mark will have no effect on the final grade if it doesn't reach 10/20). Please note that the final exam for this course is cumulative.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Compulsory attendance at class and participation.
See General regulations art. 37 §2 : Teaching staff may declare students inadmissible for exams when they have not participated in the activities which have been stated to be inseparable from the teaching activity in question. The same is true for students who have not submitted, within the set delays or in the prescribed formats, reports, personal work or any work set in the context of the activity in question.

Contacts

Florence Close, chargée de cours Histoire du Moyen Âge Département des Sciences historiques - Bat A4 Quai Roosevelt, 1b B-4000 Liège E-mail fclose@uliege.be
Kevin Schmidt, assistant Histoire du Moyen Âge Département des Sciences historiques - Bat A4 Quai Roosevelt, 1b B-4000 Liège Email kschmidt@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

The course sessions are taught by videoconference via Life Size (contact details below and instructions in the appendix) every Friday from 1.30 pm to 3 pm.   The course materials are submitted, as usual, at the end of the session as files in MyUliège. Join the meeting: https://call.lifesizecloud.com/844941 Passcode: 5447
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Assessment subjects

As this course is a course of practical training in research in medieval history, the notion of competence will be preferred to that of a teaching subject.

The objectives of the course as announced remain in force provided that the corresponding learning activities have been organised as part of the course.

Assessment methods

The evaluation of this course will be done by open book exclusively in writing, over a period of 3 hours, on a fixed date specified at the time of publication of the examination schedules. It will be an opportunity to evaluate the skills listed in the previous point.

Contacts

I remain at the availability of the students by email (fclose@uliege.be) as well as on each virtual class session. Individual meetings on Life-Size can be booked upon request.

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

The course objectives and skills assessed remain unchanged from the first session.

Assessment methods

The modalities of evaluation remain unchanged from the June session.
3-hour open book written test via Ecampus

Contacts

A correction session of the June exam is organized on Friday 10 July from 13h30 to 15h30 on BB Collaborate (access via Ecampus or via the link https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/3a12cfd1157f44c8a39e99c4769a10fc).
Individual meetings by videoconference can be booked with - Fl. Close in the week of July 13 to July 17 (fclose@uliege.be) - K. Schmidt for Wednesday, August 5 (kschmidt@uliege.be)

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