Overview

We have inherited an amazing legacy from this era that we can hardly imagine living without today.

For example, the heliocentric universe; theological concepts, religious practices, and ethical values of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; the development of English and other modern languages; the printed book and widespread literacy; the structures of capitalist market economies; the basic foundations of our legal systems; global exploration and contact between European cultures and native cultures of the Americas; parliamentary government and the nation-state; ideals of chivalric honor, romantic love, and consensual marriage; artistic masterpieces that we continue to cherish, such as the works of Dante, Chaucer, the Arthurian legends, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, or Rembrandt; even the very universities in which we research and teach all these subjects.

Key Features

While we can see a great deal of ourselves in the Medieval and Renaissance past, we also observe so much that is not at all like ourselves, that is strange, alien, or mysterious.

Stereotypes of religious fanaticism, ignorant superstition, violent action, and abject material existence pervade forms of popular culture that fascinate us. Medieval and Renaissance Studies is all about exploring this varied pattern of likeness and difference, continuity and break.

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies degree at Duke University gives students the opportunity to study Medieval and Renaissance worlds from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, employing a range of interpretive strategies and methodologies.

What we continue to value, what we reject, and the very way we go about telling stories about these long-standing traditions or unsettling relics from the past shape who we are now.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Old Worlds/New Histories, 500-1500 CE

Silk Roads and China, Ancient and Medieval Transformations

Scripture: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Gothic Cathedrals

Europe in the Middle Ages: Rome to Renaissance

The Problem of Love in Western Literature

Dante's Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise

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Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Durham, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Duke will consider official scores as well as scores that are self-reported on the application. Submitting essay scores from the ACT and/or SAT is optional.

If you are a non-native English speaker or if you are not currently studying in an English-medium curriculum, Duke recommends but do not require that you take an English proficiency test.

Duke requires three letters of recommendation for each applicant: one from your school counselor and two from teachers who have taught you in major academic courses (English, mathematics, social studies, sciences, foreign languages), preferably within the last two years of secondary school.

Both the Common Application and the Coalition Application include a one-page personal essay as well as short essay questions specific to Duke.

Application Fee: $85.

Tuition Fees

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70265 USD / year

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70265 USD / year

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Durham

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990 - 1670 USD / month

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Key Features

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Living costs

Durham

Funding

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