Academic Year/course:
2017/18
418 - Degree in History
28145 - Economic and Social History of the Middle Ages
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
28145 - Economic and Social History of the Middle Ages
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
418 - Degree in History
ECTS:
5.0
Year:
4
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning activities " and "Syllabus".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.2. Learning tasks
- Theoretical lectures.
- Practical lectures.
- Individual work.
- Personal study.
- Assessment activities.
5.3. Syllabus
1. Social and Economic History in the Middle Ages: Current Trends in Historiography.
2. The Survival of the Ancient Society and the Begining of the European Growth (8th-10th Centuries).
3. The Rise of Europe (11th-13th Centuries): Rural and Farming Development; Economic Activities in the Urban World.
4. The First crisis of Growth of the European Society (14th Century): main interpretations.
5. Rural Societies and Economies (14th and 15th Centuries).
6. Urban Societies and Economies (14th and 15th Centuries).
7. At the Beginning of the Transition to the Capitalism: European Agriculture and the Markets.
5.4. Course planning and calendar
See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources
- Cipolla, Carlo M.. Historia económica de la Europa preindustrial / Carlo M. Cipolla . 2a. ed. rev., y ampl. Madrid : Alianza, 1992
- Contamine, Philippe; Lebecq, Stéphane; Sarrazin, Jean-Luc; y BOMPAIRE, Marc, La economía medieval, ed. Akal., Madrid 2012
- Feller, Laurent, Campesinos y señores en la Edad Media. Siglos VIII-XV, ed. Universidad, Valencia, 2015
- Hodgett, Gerald Augustus John. Historia social y económica de la Europa Medieval / Gerald A.J.Hodgett ; versión española de Javier Faci Lacasta . 3ª ed. Madrid : Alianza, 1979
- Iradiel, Paulino. Las claves del feudalismo : 860-1500 / Paulino Iradiel ; pies de ilustración José maría Valverde . [1a. ed.] Barcelona : Planeta, D.L. 1991
- Pirenne, Henri. Historia económica y social de la Edad Media / Henri Pirenne . 1a. ed., 16 a. reimp. Madrid : Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1980
- Pounds, Norman J.G.. Historia económica de la Europa medieval / Norman J.G. Pounds . 2ª ed. Barcelona : Crítica, 1984
- Varios autores, La economía medieval, Akal, Madrid 2000