Teacher(s)
Language
French
Prerequisites
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The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
This seminar is designed as a preparation for the corresponding master's seminar. During the group working sessions, based on preliminary personal work, each participant presents his analysis of an aspect of the chosen theme, paying particular attention to the heuristic and critical aspects. The procedures and stages of the treatment, as well as the global synthesis and conclusions, are brought out together. The seminar will include, with this respect, an introduction to the type(s) of source(s) studied and a practical introduction to the reading of ancient writing.
Content
500 years ago: the birth of Modern Times?
Teacher : Gilles Lecuppre
Assistant : Jules Dejonckheere
Should we reconsider our chronological divisions? Does modernity emerge, not in 1492 as is commonly believed, but only around 1520, when the sum of irreversible changes abolishes the essence of medieval mentalities?
Following in the footsteps of Guillaume Frantzwa's stimulating book, we'll be looking at the role played by the hegemonic pretensions of states dreaming of becoming empires, by a rethought and formidable model of colonial domination, by deliberately archaizing aesthetic choices imposed by princes, and by a definitive religious rupture, destroying Christianity to give birth to Europe.
Above all, we'll take advantage of this reflection on the fundamental notion of historical threshold to discover the often overlooked society of the 1510s, hesitating between plenitude and Renaissance.
Contacts
gilles.lecuppre@uclouvain.be
jules.dejonckheere@uclouvain.be
Teacher : Gilles Lecuppre
Assistant : Jules Dejonckheere
Should we reconsider our chronological divisions? Does modernity emerge, not in 1492 as is commonly believed, but only around 1520, when the sum of irreversible changes abolishes the essence of medieval mentalities?
Following in the footsteps of Guillaume Frantzwa's stimulating book, we'll be looking at the role played by the hegemonic pretensions of states dreaming of becoming empires, by a rethought and formidable model of colonial domination, by deliberately archaizing aesthetic choices imposed by princes, and by a definitive religious rupture, destroying Christianity to give birth to Europe.
Above all, we'll take advantage of this reflection on the fundamental notion of historical threshold to discover the often overlooked society of the 1510s, hesitating between plenitude and Renaissance.
Contacts
gilles.lecuppre@uclouvain.be
jules.dejonckheere@uclouvain.be
Teaching methods
After introductory sessions, students will carry out their research work under the supervision and with the help of the teacher and assistant. In subsequent sessions, students will present the progress of their work. A final "masterpiece" will be handed in by the students at the end of the seminar.
Evaluation methods
Grading is based on two types of exercise:
- two oral presentations during the term (1/3 of the grade)
- a seminar, submitted in March (research paper of around 25 pages on an unpublished subject, 2/3 of the grade)
- two oral presentations during the term (1/3 of the grade)
- a seminar, submitted in March (research paper of around 25 pages on an unpublished subject, 2/3 of the grade)
Online resources
Powerpoint projections of the course sessions, as well as all the documents analyzed and methodological advice, will be available via the Moodle platform on the course website.
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