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ME4807 The Early Mendicants: Francis, Clare and Dominic (c. 1180 - c. 1270)

Academic year(s): 2016-2017

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 60

ECTS credits : 30

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: Full Year

Planned timetable: TBC

This module will use a rare combination of written and visual sources to examine and compare the personalities, careers and impact of Saints Francis, Clare and Dominic and the Orders they founded. Themes to be considered will include the influence of their immediate predecessors and contemporaries in the 'evangelical awakening', the problems posed by the sources for the lives of the saints themselves, poverty, mendicancy and itinerant preaching, the impact of their cults on art and architecture, institutional developments and relations with the papacy, the secular church, the inquisition and the universities.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact:

Scheduled learning hours: 88

Guided independent study hours: 512

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews:

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 60%
Practical examinations : 6%
Coursework: 34%

Personnel

Module teaching staff: TBC