2024-2025 / HIST1019-1

Exercises in historical issues, including the final assignment: the Middle Ages

Course

Final assignment

Duration

Course : 15h Th, 30h Pr, 5d FT Tr. Pr.
Final assignment : 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in history10 crédits 

Lecturer

Course : Florence Close
Final assignment : Florence Close

Coordinator

Florence Close

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Course

Improvement of researching techniques and methods in medieval history

In 2024-2025, the course will be devoted to the study of items from the correspondence of Wibald de Stavelot.

Final assignment

The completion of the end of cycle work (TFC) is an opportunity for the student  to implement the theoretical knowledge, the heuristic approach, the critical skills and the writing skills acquired throughout his training. The student will work independently on an original subject, taking advantage regularly, and according to the terms agreed between them, of the advice of the teacher who provides the Exercises course to which the TFC is linked.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Course

At the end of year, the student will be able to

  • establish an exhaustive bibliography on a chosen subject
  • establish the state of the question
  • formulate a problematic
  • identify a research question
  • decide on a research method
  • build up a corpus of sources
  • exploit a corpus of sources (identification, translation, interpretation)
  • synthetise and communicate the results of his/her research in clear and precise oral and written scientific French

 

Final assignment

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Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Course

Prequisite courses

  • HIST0270-1 Heuristique spéciale et initiation bibliographique : histoire du Moyen Âge
  • LCLA0018-1 Introduction à la langue latine
  • HIST0082-1 Introduction pratique à la recherche en histoire
Corequisite course : HIST0040-1 Histoire du Moyen Âge

Have a good command of the oral and written French
Some knowledge of German is a plus

Final assignment

See HIST1019-1 Partim course

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Course

QI : 

  • Continuation of the methodological reflection on the typology of sources of the Western Middle Ages begun in the course HIST0270-1.
  • Collective critical translation of latin sources and individual interpretation.

QII : Time for the implementation of a supervised individual research


 

Final assignment

See HIST1019-1 partim course

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Course

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Additional information:

The student will take an active part in course

Final assignment

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

See HIST1019-1 partim course

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Course

Syllabus of Bibliography to download (Ecampus)

Final assignment

See HIST1019-1 partim course

Course

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Additional information:

Continuously evaluation during the year (10%)

Written exam in january (20%)

Students will be evaluated on account of a written report in May (70%).
The note will be based on:

  • the quality and accuracy of documentary research
  • the ability of translating and interpretating
  • the proficiency in written French
 

Final assignment

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Additional information:

Students will be evaluated on account of a written report in May (70%).
The note will be based on:

  • the quality and accuracy of documentary research
  • the ability of translating and interpretating
  • the proficiency in written French

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Course

First course (Contact with interested students) : 26 September at 2 pm.

This course will be common to students enrolled in HIST0274-1 and HIST0019-3

 
The suspension of certain lessons could be compensated by written work

An on-site visit and visits to archives or libraries outside the university could be organised.

An educational trip to Trier will be organised on 27 and 28 March 2025. Full details will be communicated at the trip presentation session on Monday 7 October at 1pm.

Final assignment

See HIST1019-1 partim course

Contacts

Course

Pr. Dr. Florence Close
Histoire du Moyen Âge 
Département des Sciences historiques - Bat A4 
Quai Roosevelt, 1b 
B-4000 Liège 
fclose@uliege.be 

Jeune chercheur associé au cours : Matthias Rozein, Doctorant, aspirant FNRS: m.rozein@uliege.be 

Final assignment

Pr. Dr. Florence Close
Histoire du Moyen Âge 
Département des Sciences historiques - Bat A4 
Quai Roosevelt, 1b 
B-4000 Liège 
fclose@uliege.be 

Jeune chercheur associé au cours : Matthias Rozein, Doctorant, Aspirant FNRS : m.rozein@uliege.be 

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