Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in history (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in history of art and archaeology : general (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will be dedicated to the history of political thought in the Renaissance (1350-1550). It also takes part in a coherent teaching program proposed by « Transitions. U.R. sur le Moyen Âge & la première Modernité ».
The course will include the following chapters:
1. Methodology and introduction to the sources of the history of political thought;
2. Forms of political power (Empire, Republics, princely states);
3. The Great Schism and the conciliar theory;
4. The social order: the three orders of feudalism;
5. The questioning of the sovereign power and the tyrannicide;
6. Millenarianism and "challenge" to the social order.
The course will develop connections with other courses, such as History of Humanism, Modern History and History of Burgundian States. For each chapter, bibliographical references will be provided. Those works will not be part of the final test. The final exam will consist in an oral test based on student notes.
Some connections will be made with the seminar « Les Rouages de l'État bourguignon », which will take place at the University of Liège all along year 2016-2017. Students will be kindly requested to assist to the seminar. However it will not count for the exam. Please, see the program on http://web.philo.ulg.ac.be/transitions/portfolio-item/agenda/.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Training on the specific methodologies and historiographical issues in History of Political Thought in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra
Advised attendance, but non-obligatory, to the seminar "Les Rouages de l'État bourguignon" (http://web.philo.ulg.ac.be/transitions/portfolio-item/agenda/).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
30 hrs. Venue and timetable: First term, schedule to be fixed during a special session announced at the beginning of next academic year. However students interested are kindly requested to mail me now.
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Teacher : Jonathan DUMONT Université de Liège Transitions. U.R. sur le Moyen Âge & la première Modernité. Département des Sciences historiques Quai Roosevelt, 1b (bt 26) B-4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 93 93 E-mail : jonathan.dumont@ulg.ac.be