5 credits
22.5 h
Q1
This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2017-2018 !
Teacher(s)
Lecuppre Gilles;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
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Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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Content
The course will deal with the very notion of princely frailty in the Low Countries and more generally in western Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. Although monarchic control seemed to keep growing, political society had such contradictory demands that it gave a hard time to women, children, teenagers, unfit, ill or ageing rulers. Many of them were mistreated, kidnapped or dethroned ' kings and counts remained precarious powers.
Teaching methods
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Evaluation methods
The four-hour final written examination will include the commentary of a document (text or image) and a short composition ' thus requiring both knowledge and critical mind.
Other information
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Bibliography
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Faculty or entity
HIST
