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Magic in the Middle Ages

Magical thought has always attracted human imagination. In this course we will introduce you to the Middle Ages through a wide conception of magic. Students will have an approach to medieval culture, beliefs and practices from the perspective of History and History of Science. Popular magic, as well as learned magic (alchemy, geomancy and necromancy) will be addressed. Moreover, we will also deal with how eastern practices and texts influenced western culture. In July 2016, the course will contain a brand-new module devoted to astrology. Magic in the Middle Ages offers a captivating overview of medieval society and promotes reflection about certain stereotypes associated with this period. At the end of the course, the students: a) will have overcome the usual prejudices about the Middle Ages, b) will be able to analyze historical documentation from the Middle Ages and recognize the most common patterns of juridical documents regarding witchcraft, and c) will be capable of distinguishing between popular magic and the magic of the learned people; will have a notion of which spiritual practices were allowed in medieval Europe and which ones were related to the devil, and will be aware of the link between a cultural product and the society that produced it. This course is taught in English, although subtitles in English, Catalan and Spanish will also be provided. COURSE SYLLABUS Week 1. Introduction to medieval magic (Pau Castell). Week 2. Magic & Heresy (Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel). Week 3. From Magic to Witchcraft (Pau Castell). Week 4. Magic in Islam (Godefroid de Callataÿ and Sébastien Moureau). Week 5. Astrology & Geomancy (Theo Loinaz, Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel, Godefroid de Callataÿ and Blanca Villuendas). © Gemma Pellissa Prades (coord.), Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel and Joana Palau Mumany Magic in the Middle Ages by Gemma Pellissa Prades (coord.), Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel and Joana Palau Mumany is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Rating 4.4 based on 271 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Universitat de Barcelona via Coursera
Instructors Sébastien Moureau - University of Louvain, Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel, Godefroid de Callataÿ - University of Louvain, Blanca Villuendas, Dr Pau Castell Granados, Dr Gemma Pellissa Prades
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Fascinating insight into the reality of magic during the middle ages.

It give the student a panoramic view of magic and witchcraft in the middle ages specially in the geographic locations of Europe (Spain, France and Italy) and the Arabic domains.

Definitely a worthwhile introduction to the subject, or a support to a study of the Middle Ages.

This course is very interesting and provides objective information and "myth-busters" that prove the difference between what we think of Magic in the Middle Ages and what was most probably the reality.

I need another Magic in the middle ages course!

It is an incredible and very useful course to know the world of magic in the Middle Ages.

Thank you for offering Magic in the Middle Ages!

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My ignorance or Magic, middle ages, early religions, is enormous.

My brain was just spun like a top on the dime "Magic in the Middle Ages" and I will never be the same again, in a good enlightened way.

This course gives general information on the magic of middle ages.

That time could rather be used to go into more depth with some of the practices.https://evidenceandreason.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/review-magic-in-the-middle-ages/ The course material was quite insightful giving glimpses of what magic was perceived as during the Middle Ages.

Fascinating course from two incredible institutions, an opportunity at Christian, Islamic and Jewish magic of the Middle Ages and think about the historical relationships of not only religion but also science to magic.

Not being an historian on the Middle Ages, Magic in the Middle Ages seems like an accurate and well planned course.

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very interesting course

Very interesting course.

quizzes were thoughtfulpeer work not so muchaudio was poorcontent without context of era Very interesting course interesting topic, would be great to have demonstrated more resources during the video and readings for self-study.

Interesting as the class presents a good, multi-faceted view and description of magic, covering Jewish and Muslim magic too, which was a very good part Very interesting course - I enjoyed it immensely.

A few opportunities to demonstrate learning A very interesting course with amazing teachers.

i was really looking hard for some course covering the topic wicca(: Very interesting course and very well done.

Very interesting course Certain aspects of the course could be improved, particularly in the way the material is presented.

It is a very interesting course, but in the beginning it may seem a bit disorganised and slow.

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so much

Great course, I´m just loving it, thanks so much for putting this up!

I had so much fun taking this course, I'd highly recommend!

I learned so much of what I had never known before.

I think I will take it again because I learned so much about something I needed to study a bit.

It was a great course with many details about a period in history we don't know so much!

They have so much information and teach in an enjoyable manner.

I had so much fun in this course.

I'm grateful to all the teachers for providing us with such brilliant works and for their painstaking efforts, providing us with so much knowledge and wisdom.

Thank you so much for this wonderful journey.

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excelente curso

excelente curso Loved it!

Excelente curso super recomendable para todos, te sirve como aprendizaje de cultura general, pero sobre todo como parte del conocimiento de magia que uno tiene.Gracias COURSERA y universidad de Barcelona por este curso impartido This class struggles from translation issues, and order issues, for instance having to watch bonus material before knowing the answers on some of the quizzes.

Excelente curso.

Excelente curso!

Excelente curso, la pase muy bien aprendiendo de materias ancestrales.

re super chachis guay Excelente curso, magníficos profesores, muy preparados, me encantaría que el material opcional tuviera subtítulos en español, y que los cuestionarios pudieran traducirse.

Quite intresting Un excelente curso!

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really interesting

Really interesting and highly recommended course.

Really interesting course indeed.

it is a really interesting subject, probably it would be better if it would dig a little bit deeper The video quality needs improvement and some terms students are not familiar with might be better understood with more explanation.

:D Really interesting.

The information was really interesting, but at times it was difficult to understand what the instructors were saying.

Really interesting and colourful course.

Really interesting class, enjoyed all of the cool information I gained from this!

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peer review

The material is good and interesting but in Units 3 and 4 there are peer review submissions - that is you write a shot piece, as defined by tutors and submit it for peer review by at least 3 other people on the course.

This part of the course is badly designed: the layout and presentation of the questions and review process is muddled and the peer review element simply does not work.

I liked the course work with the quizzes and the written part and peer review as well.

To top it all off, the external link in week 5, which you need in order to complete that peer reviewed assignment, is no longer available (and has been gone for at least a month, according to the forum), and the educators are MIA, & have not responded to the issue.

Honestly, I personally dislike the entire peer reviewed assignment as a part of the courses on Coursera.

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La única crítica que hago es respecto de las tareas calificadas por compañeros.

es maravilloso tener otra visión de la edad media, no solo hablar de el papel fundamental de la iglesia en esta época de la historia, sino de la vida que se llevaba.

Por lo demás, mi más sincera enhorabuena por todo el trabajo que, desde la Universitat de Barcelona, habéis realizado para sacar adelante este curso.

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Rating 4.4 based on 271 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From Universitat de Barcelona via Coursera
Instructors Sébastien Moureau - University of Louvain, Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel, Godefroid de Callataÿ - University of Louvain, Blanca Villuendas, Dr Pau Castell Granados, Dr Gemma Pellissa Prades
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Language English
Subjects Social Sciences Humanities Art & Design Education
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