You will take several courses across two semesters of teaching, including two compulsory courses and a range of optional courses. Core courses You will take two compulsory courses, which will provide a general introduction to graduate study in history and give you the opportunity to develop your research skills. The compulsory courses for this programme are: Course name Credits Historical Research: Skills and Sources 20 Historical Methodology 20 Optional courses You will choose a further 80 credits from a wide selection of optional courses, subject to availability. You will choose from two sets of optional courses. One set of optional courses will allow you to further expand your research skills. You must choose at least one of these optional courses. Most students study Elementary or Intermediate Latin, although other skills courses may be taken with the permission of the Programme Director. The other set of optional courses contains courses that reflect the research specialism of our medieval historians. Option Courses 2024-2025 * * Please note that the list of courses below is provisional and subject to change. Medieval History MSc - Skills courses Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following skills courses Course name Credits Elementary Latin (PG) 1 20 Elementary Latin (PG) 2 20 Intermediate Latin (PG) 1 20 Intermediate Latin (PG) 2 20 Arabic 1a for PG Credit 20 Arabic 1b for PG Credit 20 Arabic 2a for PG Credit 20 Arabic 2b for PG Credit 20 Persian 1A for PG Credit 20 Persian 1B for PG Credit 20 Persian 2A for PG Credit 20 Persian 2B for PG Credit 20 Turkish 1A for PG Credit 20 Turkish 1B for PG Credit 20 Turkish 2A for PG Credit 20 Turkish 2B for PG Credit 20 Medieval History MSc - option courses Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following Medieval History courses Course name Credits Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent 20 Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Patristic and Medieval 20 Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago 20 Nepotism and Venality: Corruption and Accountability in the Middle Ages 20 Queens, Heiresses and Lords: Women Making Medieval Scotland 20 Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland 20 The Future of the Past? Doing History in the Digital Era 20 The Global Renaissance 20 The Medieval Indian Ocean: Climates, Communities and Commodities 20 Viking Studies (Level 11) 20 You can also choose up to two courses from the courses on offer to all students studying postgraduate history. Course name Credits An uncertain world: the West since the 1970s 20 Black Activism in Britain since 1800 20 Cinema and Society in England and Scotland 20 Cinema and Society in South Asia, 1947-Present 20 Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990 20 Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent 20 Contemporary Scotland 20 Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis 20 Gender, Crime and Deviancy: Scotland and England c. 1860-1960 20 Genocide in Contemporary History 20 Global Environmental History 20 Intellectual History of the American Revolution 20 Making Histories: Theories and Practices in Writing History 20 Nepotism and Venality: Corruption and Accountability in the Middle Ages 20 Queens, Heiresses and Lords: Women Making Medieval Scotland 20 Race, Religion, and Ridicule: The American South from Reconstruction to World War I 20 Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland 20 Scottish Reformation Culture, c. 1540-c. 1640 20 The Civil Rights Movement 20 The Cold War in Latin America 20 The European Enlightenments, 1670 - 1820 20 The Future of the Past? Doing History in the Digital Era 20 The Global Renaissance 20 The Medieval Indian Ocean: Climates, Communities and Commodities 20 The Politics of History in the Arabic-Speaking World (c.1750-Present) 20 The United States and the Cold War 20 Thinking with Things: History and Material Culture Studies 20 British Empires, 1601-1948 (online) * 20 Debating Marriage Between Antiquity and the Middle Ages (online) * 20 Gender, Empire, and Labour in the Nineteenth Century: Perspectives from the Wider World (online) * 20 Myth and the History of Scholarship in Early Modern Europe (online) * 20 Race, Religion, and Ridicule: The American South from Reconstruction to World War I (online) * 20 The Closest of Enemies: Cuban-American Relations 1898-2014 (online) * 20 The Contemporary Theory of War (online) * 20 The Holocaust (online) * 20 The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald, c.1336 - c.1545 (online) * 20 Theories of Empire in the Early Modern Period (online) * 20 *A maximum of one online course can be chosen. Option courses 2023/24 Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following skills courses: Elementary Latin (PG) 1 Elementary Latin (PG) 2 Intermediate Latin (PG) 1 Intermediate Latin (PG) 2 Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following medieval history courses: Body and soul in early medieval thought Debating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle Ages Nepotism and Venality: Corruption and Accountability in the Middle Ages Queens, Heiresses and Lords: Women Making Medieval Scotland Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries Studying Women in Late Medieval England: Sources and Approaches Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following history courses: An uncertain world: the West since the 1970s Black Activism in Britain since 1800 Body and soul in early medieval thought Conservatism in the United States, c.1930-c.1990 Contemporary Scotland Debating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle Ages Economic and Social Theory for Historical Analysis Genocide in Contemporary History Nepotism and Venality: Corruption and Accountability in the Middle Ages Queens, Heiresses and Lords: Women Making Medieval Scotland Race, Religion, and Ridicule: The American South from Reconstruction to World War II Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland Scottish Palaeography 12th-16th centuries Studying Women in Late Medieval England: Sources and Approaches The Civil Rights Movement The Cold War in Latin America The 'Dark Side': Dark Tourism and Difficult Heritages The Demise of the Slave-Holding American South, 1846-1877 The European Enlightenments, 1670 - 1820 The Material Culture of Gender in Eighteenth Century Britain The Politics of History in the Arabic-Speaking World (c.1750-Present) The Sixties in the United States The United States and the Cold War 'The wisest fool in Christendom': the Ideas and Writings of James VI & I Thinking with Things: History and Material Culture Studies Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following online courses: An Age of Great Dreams: The 1960s in the United States (online) An Imperial Game? Cricket, Culture & Society (online) Charles Martel in the Digital Age (Online) Consensus to Thatcherism: Government and Politics in Post-War Britain (online) Crisis and Conflict in Late-Victorian Britain (online) Empire or Continent?: British Foreign Policy in the Era of the Great War (online) Freedom and Coercion in the Making of the Atlantic World (online) Islamic Africa (Online) Medicine and Society in Modern Britain (Online) Seeking 'Japan' in a Westernizing World: Revolution, Romance, and Imperialism, 1868 - 1945 (online) The Crusades and the Euro-Mediterranean world of the Central Middle Ages (online) The School of Statecraft: History, Leadership, and Policymaking (online) Option courses 2022/23 Compulsory course - The Sources of Medieval History Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following skills courses: Historical Methodology Historical Research: Skills and Sources Elementary Latin (PG) 1 Elementary Latin (PG) 2 Intermediate Latin (PG) 1 Intermediate Latin (PG) 2 Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following medieval history courses: Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Patristic and Medieval Debating Marriage between Antiquity and the Middle Ages Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago Medieval Men and Masculinities Saints Cults, Pilgrimage and Piety in Scotland Studying Women in Late Medieval England: Sources and Approaches The Nine Lives of the Medieval Church Viking Studies (Level 11) Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following online medieval history courses: The Lords of the Isles: Clan Donald, c. 1336 - c.1545 (online) The Trial of the Templars Courses for those studying from September 2025 will be available from April 2025. Teaching and assessment HTML You will take a variety of seminar-style courses in small groups. Most courses are assessed by means of an extended piece of written work, while some courses may also assess non-written skills. Further information You can see more details about the 2024/25 programme structure on the Degree Programme Table for the MSc in Medieval History. We expect the 2025/26 programme structure to be available from May 2025. This article was published on 2024-06-19
HTML You will take a variety of seminar-style courses in small groups. Most courses are assessed by means of an extended piece of written work, while some courses may also assess non-written skills.
