HIST 303 - Seminar: Possession and Property in Medieval Europe

FC SSCI WADV

4 credits
This seminar traces the development of notions of possession, property, and ownership in a historical context. Using some of the important texts of the western tradition, and drawing from historical, anthropological and sociological traditions, we will examine experiments in communal possession and individual ownership; notions of bodily possession, from mystical experiences to witchcraft; and the nature of goods that are owned, consumed, and circulated, from land and movables to other people.