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Medieval Studies

If you are looking to follow a particular subject stream while you are studying with us, see below a list of courses in the same stream across the four weeks, showing possible combinations by week.

10-session courses running over one week are marked * and 10-session courses running over two weeks are marked **

Week 1 9:00-10.30am

W15Am30 Illumino: a history of medieval Britain in 12 illuminated manuscripts Professor Michelle Brown 5 sessions 
W15Am31 King John: the making of a tyrant Professor Stephen Church 5 sessions   

Week 1 1:30-3.00pm

W15Pm26 The Northumbrian Renaissance Professor Michelle Brown 5 sessions
W15Pm27 Robin Hood in history and legend Professor Stephen Church 5 sessions
W15Pm28 The ever-changing English parish church: art, architecture and furnishings Richard Halsey 5 sessions

Week 2 9:00-10:30am 

W25Am30 Literature and society in the Age of Chaucer Professor Stephen Rigby 5 sessions 

Week 2 1:30-3:00pm   

W25Pm28 English society in the Later Middle Ages: class, status and gender Professor Stephen Rigby 5 sessions 

Week 3 9:00-10:30am 

W35Am27 Signs and symbols in medieval art Dr Miriam Gill   5 sessions
W35Am28 Magna Carta: history and meaning Professor Nigel Saul 5 sessions
W35Am29 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Millicent-Rose Newis 5 sessions

Week 3 1:30-3:00pm

W35Pm27 Medieval pilgrimage: the pilgrim’s perspective Dr Miriam Gilll 5 sessions
W35Pm28 The Age of Richard II: kingship, art and society, 1360-1400 Professor Nigel Saul 5 sessions
W35Pm29 Building in the Baltic - from the Vikings to the Hanseatic League Dr Francis Woodman 5 sessions

Week 4 9:00-10:30am 

W45Am27 The global Middle Ages: Britain and the world, c.400–1500 Dr Caitlin Green  5 sessions
W45Am28 Five English medieval gems: the smaller cathedrals at Rochester, Southwell, Ripon, Bristol and Oxford Dr Frank Woodman 5 sessions

Week 4 1:30-3:00pm   

W45Pm26 The catastrophic 14th century Professor Mark Bailey 5 sessions
W45Pm27 The origins of England and the English: Anglo-Saxon England, c.400–1100 Dr Caitlin Green 5 sessions