Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

MDST 444 - MEMORY IN MIDDLE AGES

Long Title: MEMORY AND COMMEMORATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Department: Medieval Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Memory and commemoration are the intentions, attitudes, acts, and media that should prevent oblivion of individuals and communities (beyond death). Possessing universal dimensions that go back to antiquity, in the present they are often driven into individual remembrance, the institutional realm of politics, or the secluded world of museums. Cross-list: HIST 444.