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HIS4211
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KARAKTERFORDELING · H 2021
33 kandidater
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Kilde: Felles studentsystem (FS) via Universitetet i Oslo, slik den var publisert for høsten 2026. Universitetet i Oslo er ikke ansvarlig for innholdet på denne siden.
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What made the Middle Ages unique and medieval society inherently different from classical antiquity and modernity? Historians answer these questions in many different manners, but the study of medieval political and legal cultures offers one of the most productive and interesting ways to tackle such questions. Christian medieval society broke away from classical polytheistic traditions by bringing a single God to the heart of political and legal culture. In the early Middle Ages, God and religion became the main agents of legitimation for political and legal authority. Consequently, emperors, kings, and princes asserted the grace of God as the transcendent source of their political power, and they claimed to rule as vicars of Christ. In the same period, God took a central place in legal culture and the judgment of God (iudicium Dei) became a key form of judicial procedure in early medieval courts. The iudicium Dei was a method to find out the will of God, and could take different forms, such as trial by battle, trial by fire, or the ordeal of the cross. God continued to play an important role in legal culture in the following centuries, but he took on a much more distant and secondary role with the transition from the iudicium Dei to a "rational judicial procedure" in the high Middle Ages, which however opened not only for the extended use of witness testimony and written documents, but also for the greater use of torture and executions. In the same period, the rise of national kingdoms went hand in hand with the growth of administrative literacy, numeracy, taxation, more complicated forms of government, and political interaction. This process was accompanied with the reformulation of the relationship between rulers and their subjects, as well as between secular (earthly) and clerical (spiritual) authorities.
In this course, students will study this transformation by discussing the relevant written sources and secondary literature divided into four major topics, namely political culture, key political ideas, judicial procedures, and canon law—two classes allocated for each topic. The first class will introduce students to the main topics of this course, its assignments, and examination forms, whereas the concluding class will overview the main themes of the seminar and will give student the opportunity to discuss the main direction and scope of their course papers.
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to
Competencies:
After taking this course, a student will be able to:
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This course is reserved for students at HFM2-HIS, HFM2-MAS, HFM2-VMNS and students doing their master`s specialization in history at the Teacher Education Programme.
The course is taught in 20 hours of seminars, where the students will be active participants. Students are expected to prepare the seminar readings for discussion and to contribute orally to the course. Students will also be divided into small working groups to fulfil a set of assignments before and during class meetings. The list of obligatory readings is set at 800 pages to allow for a discussion of all texts of the curriculum in class. The students will find literature in addition to this (around 200 pages), in order to write their course papers.
Obligatory activities
To qualify for the exam, students are required to
Kilde: Felles studentsystem (FS) via Universitetet i Oslo, slik den var publisert for høsten 2026. Universitetet i Oslo er ikke ansvarlig for innholdet på denne siden.
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| Semester | Kandidater | Snitt | Stryk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Høst 2021 | 33 | B (3.67) | 0 % |
| Høst 2020 | 9 | B (4.44) | 0 % |