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Mediation and consolidation of knowledge of facts regarding life in cloisters and the contribution of the religious order to the economical development of various sectors of production and attendance.

The focus of this course lies on the economical and technical achievements of the religious orders and their meaning for the development of resourceful cropping systems, production techniques as well as efficient structures of organization in modern companies and businesses.

Topic-orientated course including lectures, discussions, independent work tasks, presentations and practical exercises.

Active participation, reading of elemental documents, writing of a journal or a written statement, presentation and written assignment.

Gudrun Gleba, Klosterleben im Mittelalter, Darmstadt 2004; Gudrun Gleba, Klöster und Orden im Mittelalter [Geschichte kompakt], Darmstadt ⁴2011; Jens Rüffer, Die Zisterzienser und ihre Köster. Leben und Bauen für Gott, Darmstadt 2008.

in association with this course an excursion woll be provides (compulsory module 2: „Exkursion – master programme history").

The course 645407 "Fachdidaktik: Handlungsorientierung im Geschichtsunterricht (Mag. Dr. Marina Hilber)" is to be geared to this seminar.