University of St Andrews

Key information

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: See http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/infoug/ugtimetable

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.

Relationship to other modules

Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take ME3614

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 3-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 2 x 3-hour Written Examinations = 60%, Coursework = 40%


Re-assessment: New Coursework: 1 x source exercise (2,500 words) and 1 x 5,000-word essay = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr D Kastritsis
Module teaching staff: Dr D Kastritsis