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HIST 215 Sport, Virtue, and Violent Spectacle from Antiquity to the Renaissance Units: 3.00
Sport, virtue, and violent public entertainments from antiquity to the Renaissance, from athletic contests in Greece, gladiatorial games and chariot races in Rome, Christian martyrs in the arena, desert monks battling demons, to jousts, hunts, animal combats, dueling and mock battle games of medieval and Renaissance Europe.
Learning Hours: 114 (36 Lecture, 36 Online Activity, 42 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 2 or above.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the relevance of sport and violent spectacles for different European cultures from Antiquity to the Early Modern World.
- Explore the role of gender and the changing notions of virtue in sport and war over a period of 2,000 years.
- Perceive the connection between mental and physical education in European history.
- Synthesize and discuss lecture and course reading contents coherently, precisely, and concisely.
- Use primary source course materials to form and support cogent arguments in lucid English prose.