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The main phenomena in medieval and early modern economy (12th–16th cs.)

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Course ID: 3104-M2HG-GMYS-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.3 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: The main phenomena in medieval and early modern economy (12th–16th cs.)
Name in Polish: Główne zjawiska w gospodarce średniowiecznej i nowożytnej Europy (XII-XVI w.)(blok: Historia gospodarcza)
Organizational unit: Faculty of History
Course groups: General university courses
General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Type of course:

elective courses
general courses

Prerequisites (description):

reading skill in English

Short description:

The purpose of the classes is to make students acquainted with basic economic phenomena that were occurring in Europe and the selected surrounding regions between the twelfth and the first quarter of the sixteenth century. Simultaneously, the students will acquire a knowledge of the medieval and early modern primary sources, and the methods of their interpretation.

Full description:

The main phenomena in medieval and early modern economy (12th–16th cs.)

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Learning outcomes:

Students should acquire:

– a knowledge of an economic and social history of the Mediterranean Europe (Byzantine Empire, Portugal, Italy) as well as England, Flanders, Netherlands, Germany, Russia, the Kingdom of Hungary and Poland;

– a skill of analyzing the various primary sources (including iconographical source) from the economic view;

– a skill to perceive the local and regional events in a broader, European perspective;

– a knowledge of multilateral ties between various field of human activity: economy, law, politics and culture.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

To complete this course the students are obliged to meet two criteria:

a. the formal criterion – an attendance. A maximum of two absences is permitted, but both must be caught up in time of the lecturer’s office hours. The third absence results in catching up all the classes. The fourth absence is equal to the autotomatic delete the students’ name from the students’ list.

b. the meritoric criterion – good preparation for classes and an active partaking in discussion; the mark will be resulted from its quality.

The catching up the absences will take place in time of the lecturer’s office hours. This may happen also in the case of poor preparation for classes.

This course is not currently offered.
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