The course applies the theoretical toolkit of political economy to important questions in medieval and early modern economic history. The first term examines core issues of European history such as ...

Subjects that are now typically separated into different academic disciplines were rarely separated in the Middle Ages; medieval studies brings these subjects together in a natural, multidisciplinary ...

The main European universities in the Middle Ages were based in Italy and France ... To be accepted into a university, students needed a high level of education – they had to be able to read ...