St. Michael's College, U of T

Mediaeval Studies: About

Mediaeval Studies is an interdisciplinary program encompassing all aspects of European culture from the fall of Rome to the fall of Constantinople, approximately 450 to 1450 AD.

Through its courses in history, thought, literature and art, the Mediaeval Studies program offers students the opportunity to study subjects which are not only of value in their own right, but also sources of many things familiar to us, in a context sufficiently unfamiliar to expand our mental horizons and suggest new perspectives.

St Michael’s College has a long tradition of teaching and research in mediaeval disciplines, and the Kelly Library: has rich resources in Mediaeval Studies.

Mediaeval Studies undergraduate program can be taken as a specialist program (12 courses), major program (7 courses), or as a minor program (4 courses).

Why Mediaeval Studies

The Specialist program, with its Latin requirements, is excellent preparation for graduate work at UofTs Centre for Medieval Studies.

The interdisciplinary study of the European Middle Ages opens up other avenues as well. Like other mixed humanities programs (Classics, History, Languages), it can be a foundation for any career in which a critical memory of our cultural origins is valuable. It provides a particularly useful background for studies in law or theology, since the foundation of all our present-day legal systems – ecclesiastical, common, and civil – were laid in the Middle Ages. And those interested in pursuing theology should note that the mediaeval period is marked by the creation of a common theological inheritance that is, in a very real way, the foundation and starting point for all subsequent theological investigations.

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