This course explores medieval European beliefs about magic, miracles, demons, ghosts, and the supernatural through key debates, theories, and close analysis of primary sources. Students develop critical and analytical skills while examining how ideas about the afterlife, heaven, hell, purgatory, and the relationship between the living and the dead shaped medieval worldviews, social practices, and structures of authority. By situating these beliefs within their broader religious and cultural contexts, the course provides a nuanced understanding of how medieval people interpreted both the natural and spiritual worlds.
- Nauczyciel: Emilia Jamroziak