History (HSTR) Courses>Death and the Afterlife in England, 1200-1750

HSTR316A - Death and the Afterlife in England, 1200-1750

Description

Examines death and attitudes toward the afterlife and the supernatural from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the modern era. Themes include the late-medieval ars moriendi and ghost stories; martyrdom of Protestants and Catholics under "Bloody Mary" and Elizabeth I; murder; attitudes toward providence and the supernatural; crime and public execution in 17th- and 18th-century London; the rise of "rational religion" and the "secularization of suicide".

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Formerly

HIST 328A

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of HSTR 316A, HIST 328, HIST 328A.

Recommendations

  • HSTR 220 or HSTR 312 recommended prior to HSTR 316A.

Course offered by

Department of History

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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