Spring 2027

Medieval Law and Society

Introduces the central historical developments of law and legal institutions in the European middle ages (400-1500), focusing on social transformations and legal practices.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.46 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.81 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=77 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss the central historical developments related to law and European social transformations in the years between 500 and 1500.

  • Describe how medieval conditions of thought and forms of social organization made the period's laws intelligible to those that practiced them, those that enforced them, and those that lived under them.

  • Analyze how legal practices and frameworks of power from the medieval period form the foundation for aspects of our own world.

  • Assess significant interdisciplinary scholarship on medieval law.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

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HISTORY/LEGALST 476

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

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Calendar & sections

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.46 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.81 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=77 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Historical developments of law and legal institutions in Europe (400-1500)
  • European social transformations between 500 and 1500
  • Medieval conditions of thought and social organization
  • Interdisciplinary scholarship on medieval law

Skills

  • Analyzing historical legal practices and their modern foundations
  • Assessing interdisciplinary scholarly works on medieval law
  • Describing the relationship between medieval social structures and legal systems

Grades

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About this comparison

1213 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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