COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOURCES OF MIDDLE AGE HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6090 SOURCES OF MIDDLE AGE HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 11

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERKAN GÖKSU

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The course aims to study medieval cronicles and historical sources classifying them according to category, time and language.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to get information on literature of modern studies and main sources of medieval history
2   to interpret sources which support evaluation of medieval political, social and economic events
3   to analyze sources on eastern and western civilizations in the middle ages
4   to learn main concepts of sources on eastern and western civilizations in the middle ages
5   to evaluate place and importance of sources on eastern and western civilizations in the middle ages in historiography

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to study of medieval sources
2 souces on medieval political, socio-cultural and economic events
3 Souces of Turkish history before Islam
4 historiography in turkish-muslim world
5 historiography in Byzantine world
6 hitoriography in Seljuk empire
7 hitoriography in geography under ottoman dominion
8 Mid-term exam
9 Introduction to studies on Arabian, Persian and Mongolian sources on Turkish history from Genghis Khan to Soviet Union
10 Sources of Medieval history of Europe I
11 Sources of Medieval history of Europe II
12 Medieval Itineraria
13 Studies on medieval historical sources I
14 Studies on medieval historical sources II

Recomended or Required Reading

Afyoncu, Erhan, Tanzimat Öncesi Osmanlı Tarihi Araştırma Rehberi, Yeditepe Yay., Ist., 2007.
Babinger, Franz, Osmanlı Tarih Yazarları ve Eserleri, Çev. C. Üçok, Kültür Bakanlığı Yay., 3.b., Ank., 2000.
Bakır, Abdülhalik, Ortaçağ Tarih ve Medeniyetine Dair Çeviriler I-II, Bizim Büro Basımevi, Ank. 2008.
Bayrak, M. Orhan, Osmanlı Tarihi Yazarları Biyografi ve Bibliyografi, Osmanlı Yayınevi, Ist., 1982.
Breisach, Ernest, Historiography Ancient, Medieval & Modern, The University of Chicago Press, 1983.
Demirkent, Işın vd. (Haz.), Son Dönem Bizans Imparatorluğu Tarihi Bibliyografyası (1261-1453), Istanbul Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü Yay., Ist., 2003.
Faroqhi, Suraiya, Osmanlı Tarihi Nasıl Incelenir Kaynaklara Giriş, Çev. Z. Altok, TVYY, Ist., 1999.
Günaltay, M. Şemseddin, Islam Tarihinin Kaynakları Tarih ve Müverrihler-, Endülüs Yay., Ist., 1991.
Halsall, P., Byzantine Sources in Translation,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Literature study
Topic discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

1) LO 1-3 will be asked in mid-term exam
2) LO 1-5 will be asked in final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)


erkan.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 276

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.143
LO.2
LO.355
LO.43
LO.54

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