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| TRH2039 | Sources of Medieval History | 2+0+0 | ECTS:2 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Derya DERİN PAŞAOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Sebahittin Usta | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To know the sources of information, from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire to the end of the Mamluks State, to see the general panorama about the medieval Islamic world and to explain the situation of the Turkish World in the Middle Ages in a comparative way. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | The student will have source information about Medieval Historical Sources and will learn the ways of using information through sample texts. | 1,3 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | The student recognizes medieval historical sources and authors. Gains the competence to interpret sources. | 1,3 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | The student will be able to comprehend the problems related to Medieval Historical Sources, offer solutions to them and make comparative studies. | 12,13 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | The student gains the ability to express his/her own thoughts about the period based on the information on Medieval History Sources. | 1,5,8,13 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Medieval as a concept, Medieval Turkish history, Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Byzantine resources on Medieval history, Resources in other languages, Medieval geography books, Travelogues, Mongolian main source, Timur and his sons period resources. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is the Middle Ages as a concept, which periods it covers. | | | Week 2 | The content of medieval Turkish history and sources | | | Week 3 | Arabic sources and authors of medieval history | | | Week 4 | Arabic sources and authors of medieval history | | | Week 5 | Persian sources and authors of medieval history | | | Week 6 | Persian sources and authors of medieval history | | | Week 7 | Turkish sources and authors of medieval history | | | Week 8 | Turkish sources and authors of medieval history | | | Week 9 | mid-term | | | Week 10 | Byzantine, Armenian and Assyrian sources and authors of medieval history | | | Week 11 | Byzantine, Armenian and Assyrian sources and authors of medieval history | | | Week 12 | The content of medieval geography books and their use as a source | | | Week 13 | The content of travelogues and their use as a source | | | Week 14 | Modern studies on medieval history | | | Week 15 | Modern studies on medieval history | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Çetin, Altan (Ed.) (2014), Ortaçağ Türk Tarihi Ana Kaynakları, Paradigma Akademi Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Köprülü, M. Fuad (1943), Anadolu Selçuklu Tarihi?nin Yerli Kaynakları, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara. | | | 3 | Ocak, Ahmet Yaşar (2010), Kültür Tarihi Kaynağı Olarak Menâkıbnâmeler (Metodolojik Bir Yaklaşım), Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Humphreys, R. Stephen (2016), İslam Tarih Metodolojisi-Bir Sosyal Tarih Uygulaması-, Çev: Fuad Aydın ve Murteza Bedir, Litera Yayıncılık, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Tulum, Mertol (2017), Tarihî Metin Çalışmalarında Usul Nâme-i Kudsî (Menâkıbu?l-Kudsiyye)?nin Yayımlanmış Metninden Derlenen Verilerle, Birinci Kitap, Çizgi Kitabevi, İstanbul. | | | 3 | Hodgson, Marshall G. S. (2018), Dünya Tarihini Yeniden Düşünmek, Çev: Ahmet Kanlıdere ve Ahmet Aydoğan, Vadi Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 4 | Touati, Houari (2016), Ortaçağda İslam ve Seyahat: Bir Alimin Uğraşısının Tarihi ve Antropolojisi, Çev: Ali Berktay, | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11.11.2023 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 13.01.2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 60 |
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