HSTR 316A
Death and the Afterlife in England, 1200-1750
Units: 1.5
Hours: 3-0-0
Formerly: HIST 328A
Examines death and attitudes toward the afterlife and the supernatural from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the modern era. Themes include the late-medieval ars moriendi and ghost stories; martyrdom of Protestants and Catholics under "Bloody Mary" and Elizabeth I; murder; attitudes toward providence and the supernatural; crime and public execution in 17th- and 18th-century London; the rise of "rational religion" and the "secularization of suicide".
Note:
- Credit will be granted for only one of HSTR 316A, HIST 328, HIST 328A.
Recommendation(s):
HSTR 220 or HSTR 312 recommended prior to HSTR 316A.
Undergraduate course in History offered by the Department of History in the Faculty of Humanities.