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University College London

Masters Degree , Renaissance Studies

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Course Description

This MA equips students with the skills necessary for advanced medieval and renaissance scholarship. A wide range of historical, literary, palaeographical, art historical and archaeological modules enables students to explore the aspects of medieval and renaissance culture in which they are interested.

This MA provides exceptional opportunities to master medieval and renaissance languages and to acquire manuscript expertise working with original manuscripts; key skills for those who want to go on to original research. Students with primary interests in many different areas ? linguistic, historical, literary or archaeological ? will be able to build on and extend their expertise and skills.

Course Content

Compulsory modules

  • Language-based module (Latin, medieval European languages, Hebrew, Old Norse)
  • Dissertation

Optional modules

Up to 90 credits of options drawn from the following:

  • Anglo-Saxon Court Culture
  • Cervantes and his World: Fiction, Empire and Subject, 1547-1616
  • Dante: Divina Commedia
  • Modern Medieval: Reception, Revival, Replication
  • A Global History of the Middle Ages
  • Ink: Material Encounters with Medieval Texts
  • The Invention of the Question: A History of European Thinking, 1100-1400
  • Legendary Histories (Medieval French Literature)
  • Magic in the Middle Ages
  • The Making of the Christian Empire, AD 284-425
  • Medieval Manuscripts and Documents
  • Unstitching the Early Modern: Archival and Book Skills
  • Metamorphosis: The Limits of the Human
  • Russian Monarchy: Court Ritual and Political Ideas, 1498-1917
  • Political Thought in Renaissance Europe
  • Reframing the Renaissance
  • Sex and the Body in Early Modern Europe
  • Themes and Debates in Islamic Archaeology and Heritage
  • Web 0.1: Early Modern Information Culture, c.1450-c.1750
  • Shakespeare in His Time

This list is indicative only; the modules available are subject to change each year.

 

Entry Requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

English language requirements

If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency.

The English language level for this programme is: Advanced

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