HIST 298 - Death: from Medieval Relics to Forensic Science

From CSI: Crime Scene Investigation to Ghost Busters to murder mysteries, western society finds death and dead bodies both fascinating and horrifying. This course considers how the western world has dealt with life’s most fundamental truth – all humans die – by looking at the history of death and dead bodies from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century. Topics include Christian relics, Catholic and Protestant conceptions of the “good death,” body snatching and dissection, society’s fascination with murder, execution as legalized killing, forensic science, and ghosts.

Credits 1

Notes
New course

Area
History

Division
Arts & Humanities

Compass Attributes
Humanities