HIST 319 - Women in the Ancient and Medieval West

(3 units)

Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or GE Composition (Area A1).
Examines roles and experiences of women in Western Europe from prehistory to the sixteenth century. Themes may include: construction of gender roles, relation between symbols and reality, interaction of private/public life, access to power/opportunity; the possibility of a “women’s culture.”