Methodologies
Sources
Hermeneutics

- Ability to identify, assess, analyse, and integrate information from different methodologies and types of documents, and to deal with relevant and complex historical problems of the Middle Ages.

- Capacity to master the possibilities of sources, resources, and methodologies (including those based on ICT), available for research in one’s specific field of history of Middle Ages and related fields.

- Ability to assess the possibilities of the conjugation of several different methodologies and techniques in the prosecution of the study of a specific theme in medieval topics/ themes and the treatment of a body of documents.

- Understanding of the advantages of applying a complex set of methodologies to a documentary corpus in terms of research results in the medieval field of studies, and the confluence of the various Social and Human Sciences.

This seminar aims at providing the students with the necessary knowledge in methodologies, research tools, and resources, as well as techniques of analysis which are fundamental for any researcher in Medieval Studies. Although the thematic focus and/or the sources to be treated may change over the years, the seminar is structured around the major areas of Medieval Studies: History, Literature, Archaeology, and History of Art. Throughout the course, students will have the opportunity to develop specific research methodologies related to:

- Digital Humanities

- Textual criticism

- Diplomatics & source criticism

- Literary Criticism

- Archaeology in medieval contexts

- Prosopography

- Image Studies

- Writing History in The Middle Ages

BOUTET, Dominique; HARF-LANCNER, Laurence (dir.) - Écriture et mode de pensée au Moyen Âge: VIIIe-XVe siècles. Paris: Presses de l`École Normale Supérieure. 1993.

CAENEGEM, R. C VAN - Introduction aux sources de l'Histoire Médiévale. Turnhout: Brepols, 1997.

CORNEC-ROCHELOIS Cécile Le; ROCHEBOURT, Anne; SALAMON, Anne (dir.) - Le texte médiéval. De la variante à la recréation. Paris: PUPS. 2012.

HODDER, I. y HUTSON, S. - Reading the Past. Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology. Blacwell Press. 2003.

LIZARAZO ARIAS, Diego - La Hermeneutica de las imágenes. Iconos. Figuraciones. Sueños. México: Siglo XXI. 2004.

ORDUNA, Germán - Fundamentos de crítica textual - ed. de Leonardo Funes e José Manuel Lucía Megías, Madrid: Arco/libros 2005.

VALETTE, Jean-René (dir.) - Perspectives médiévales. Trente ans de recherches en langues et en littératures médiévales. Paris : Société de Langues et de Littératures Médiévales d'Oc et d'Oïl. 2005.

This course is taught in a distance learning system through online mode, in a virtual class environment, using the e-learning platform in use at the Open University. The term "virtual class" applies to organized spaces where there are multiple interactions between teacher-student, student-teacher, and student-student, creating communities of knowledge sharing and experiences, where students are encouraged through the various problems, to carry out meaningful learning.
The work methodology includes, essentially, the reading of available texts and suggested bibliography, the online surveys done by the doctoral students, and the accomplishment of activities articulated with each one of the themes of the program. It is expected regular work and participation in the proposed activities, creating a lively and interactive learning environment.

The evaluation will be carried out according to the UAb Pedagogical Model for the 3rd cycle. Thus, the part of the activities developed by the student corresponds to 60% of the classification and the final work is 40%, within a logic of continuous evaluation.
The activities will be evaluated individually on a scale of 0-20, with the final grade being obtained from the division by 4. The final work will also be evaluated on a 0-20 scale