This course examines the immediate and long-term impact of the Mongolian invasions into the Middle East and Eastern Europe on late Medieval Europe by looking in close detail at their geo-political, economic and demographic consequences, and their resonances in late medieval literary and artistic imagination. The course requires students to engage with difficult demographic and moral challenges facing medieval societies, while at the same time offering them insights into the medieval Europe's engagement with the wider world, real and imagined.

15 one-hour lectures and 5 one-hour seminars as scheduled on MyCampus.

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Examination (2-hour duration) - 60%

■ Oral presentation of 10 minutes - 10%

■ Two contributions to electronic course resource (c. 1,600 words each) - 30%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the exam or contributions, but flexible deadlines/extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

■ Recorded presentation or ppt with substantial notes as alternative to presentation.

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

This course will provide the opportunity for students to:

■ Explore the history of medieval Europe's relationship with the Far and Middle East during a period shaped by fundamental demographic, economic and geo-political shifts and changes.

■ Engage with the history of a non-western culture, and its reflection in western sources, using different methodological and theoretical approaches from history and related disciplines.

■ Familiarise students, through source-criticism and discussion of scholarly literature, with the problems of interpreting evidence (written and visual) derived from a variety of cultural contexts and produced, at different times, for a variety of different purposes and audiences.

■ Identify an area for further research through student-led discussion and independent research and present it orally.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Assess medieval Europe's relationship with the Far and Middle East as shaped by its engagement with the Mongols.

■ Explain and contrast the utility of different methodologies from history and related disciplines for interpreting literary sources.

■ Assess critically peer contributions to collaborative assignments.

■ Formulate and present own research findings and ideas convincingly and lucidly both orally and in written form.