- Department: Language and Linguistic Science
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Dan Li
- Credit value: Information currently unavailable
- Credit level: LFA
- Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
- See module specification for other years: 2024-25
This module builds on the basic principles of Latin grammar, so that students are able to translate some simple primary source material by the end of the course (e.g. chronicles and court poetry). Students will also be introduced to elements of Medieval York political-religious intrigues in order to develop an understanding of the culture in which the medieval texts to be studied were produced.
LfA Medieval Latin Lower Intermediate / Medieval Latin: Lower Intermediate or equivalent.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 1 2023-24 to Semester 2 2023-24 |
This module will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to examine and interpret a range of Medieval Latin documents over the course of a year, and develop a comprehensive knowledge of Latin translation skills at intermediate level.
Students will engage, individually and in groups, in comprehension activities and tasks emphasising three core research skills:
The mediums of instruction are English and Latin.
Translation Passages
For the first few weeks of the module, translation passages will comprise some short, basic sentences (many of which will be taken from Medieval authors). Students will then progress onto short paragraphs of Latin, which will include:
Grammar topics at Intermediate Level:
Seminars will include a range of different exercises including both translation (Latin to English) and prose composition (English to Latin) to help explain and build grammatical knowledge, with plenty of opportunities for revision as the semester progresses.
Medieval Latin Culture: Primacy, Controversy and Political Intrigue
This course will provide students with an interdisciplinary introduction to the controversial relationship between Canterbury and York throughout the Middle Ages. Through integrating eyewitness narrative evidence, papal letters, forged medieval documents, and later chronicle accounts, this module will try to elucidate how from 627 until the twelfth century, Canterbury tried to impose its primacy over York and how Archbishop Thurstan, advocating the position of York in front of the pope in Rome, finally settled the controversy. By studying twelfth- and thirteenth-century documents such as papal bulls, Bernard of Clairvaux’s letters and the Life of St William, this module will also explore the political intrigues behind the election, suspension, deposition and re-instatement of William fitzHerbert as Archbishop of York: a controversy in which kings, popes, abbots, bishops and archbishops were protagonists.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Departmental - attendance requirement Attendance requirement |
N/A | 100 |
Pass/fail & Non-reassessable
The course is non-assessed but students will receive an LfA Certificate of Completion if they participate in at least 13 sessions out of 18.
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Regular homework tasks will provide opportunities for ongoing feedback on progress.
In addition, students will have the opportunity to complete coursework. Its purpose is not to provide a summative assessment of students’ performance but to provide the basis for relevant tutor’s feedback and feedforward.
Course materials and guided readings will be provided by the module convenors via the VLE at the start of the year.