Early Medieval Spain: 700 - 1300

Understand the importance of the Muslim period in Spanish history and its impact on Christians and Jews; how and why it fell to the Christian kingdoms; the manner in which those kingdoms were formed and how they drew on their Christian and Muslim predecessors.

There are no additional costs other than public transport to the British Museum. You are encouraged to bring note-taking materials.

The course will be taught by means of richly illustrated, interactive lectures, which will allow plenty of time for questions and discussion. Each week, there will be a general section, where the topic will be addressed in broad terms, followed by a more specific exercise looking at a particular example. There is no homework, but the tutor will provide additional materails from time-to-time, to assist with your understanding of how from this interaction, the earlyMedieval Spanish state begins to emerge will occasionally hand out a reading or other material – a picture, perhaps, or a piece of music – that it would be helpful to familiarise yourself with ahead of the next class. There will be a general preliminary reading list made available before the course.
There will be a field trip to the British Museum.