ME4856
From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire
2017-2018
60
30
SCQF level 10
Full Year
Academic year(s): 2017-2018
SCOTCAT credits : 60
ECTS credits : 30
Level : SCQF level 10
Semester: Full Year
Availability restrictions: Available only to students in the second year of the Honours programme.
Planned timetable:
Between the Latin occupation of Constantinople 1204-61, which coincided with the consolidation of Seljuk power in Anatolia, and the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453, over two centuries elapsed which were formative for the region. During this time, the legacies of the Byzantine, Seljuk, and Mongol empires and of the Crusades remained politically and culturally influential, but real authority came to reside in a wide variety of regional actors with diverse roots. The fragmentation only ended with the final consolidation of Ottoman power in the second half of the fifteenth century. This module will study the period in as comprehensive a way as possible, in order to gain a broad understanding of political, economic, and cultural life.
Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take ME3614
Weekly contact: 1 x 3-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.
Scheduled learning hours: 66
Guided independent study hours: 534
As used by St Andrews: 2 x 3-hour Written Examinations = 60%, Coursework = 40%
As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 60%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 40%
Re-assessment: New Coursework: 1 x source exercise (2,000 - 2,500 words) and 1 x 4,000- to 5,000-word essay = 100%