In your autumn semester, Medieval and Renaissance Humanisms: from the History of the Kings of Britain to the Fall of Princes will introduce you to the rich complexity of medieval humanism and to the distinctive turns that mark the beginnings of a new Renaissance humanism. In each semester, you’ll take a module that explores the development of medieval and early-modern humanism alongside one focusing on local and archival materials. You will work through a tightly focused series of modules that will give you the understanding of literary culture, critical methods, and archival skills you will need to tackle your dissertation. You will move freely between texts, material artefacts, and visual art, and will consider how unpublished manuscript evidence can help us to understand the priorities of medieval and early-modern readers. You will explore the range of cutting-edge methods by which scholars are researching the cultures of these periods. The MA has a strongly interdisciplinary character. This archival landscape is yours to explore and use to develop your own original research projects. Together, these archives bear witness to Norwich's role as a vibrant, cosmopolitan, and religiously diverse international centre of trade and culture. The Norfolk Record Office holds extraordinary medieval and early-modern manuscripts, which include documentary records of East Anglia’s history, poetry miscellanies, letters, maps, heraldic papers, and more. Founded in 1608, it’s one of England's most important and best-preserved regional libraries. The core of that collection is the Norwich City Library. Thousands of early-modern printed books and a small number of important medieval manuscripts are preserved in the Norfolk Heritage Centre. ![]() East Anglia was home to an extraordinarily rich literary culture in the medieval and early-modern periods and this has left behind fabulous materials to research. You will work closely with local material and local archival sources. At the heart of the course is an emphasis on the varieties of medieval and early-modern humanism, the complex movement that enabled new understandings of the classical world, of our place within history, and of our relationship to language. You will read widely across the boundary between medieval and Renaissance cultures. School of Education and Lifelong Learning School of Politics, Philosophy and Communication Studies School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities
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