Aug 27, 2025  
2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin 
  
2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin

HIST - 3417 Memory and Devotion in Europe,c.900-1650


Description
This course examines the various ways through which individuals and communities remembered people, events, and places during the Middle Ages and Early Modern period in Europe. Through source analysis, class discussion, and individual research, students explore the objects and texts used to demonstrate religious, communal, and personal devotion to leaders, ideas, and spaces. Finally, students analyze how modern memory of the past shapes present conceptions, as well as how current historians revisit traditional narratives.

Credits: 4
Course Level: Upper Division
Academic Level: Undergraduate