Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | Introductory seminar & 6 x 2 hour seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 2 x 3,500 word essays | 100% |
| Semester Assessment | 2 X 3,500 WORD ESSAYS | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of relevant themes and approaches to the history of medieval London.
Understand the use of appropriate evidence in formulating historical arguments regarding medieval metropolitan history.
Demonstrate through written work an ability to integrate methodological themes into their own research.
Brief description
This module will explore the topographical, political, social and economic development of London, the (sometimes fraught) relations between the city and the crown, the governance of London, and the role of the church in the capital. A wealth of documentary and archaeological material survives from London, and will allow students to investigate different aspects life in the medieval city.
Aims
This module provides an extra British and urban history dimension to the current modules on offer to those students following the Medieval Britain and Europe MA.
Content
1. Shaping the city: the secular and religious topography of London
2. Governing London
3. Guilds and Companies
4. Trade and economic development
5. Social structures
6. Religion
Individual tutorials for pre-essay preparation and feedback (2hrs)
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Through discussion of the role of quantitative studies for medieval urban demographic and topographical history. |
| Communication | Through seminar discussion and essay writing. Latter only is formally assessed. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | By guided reflection during seminars and feedback sessions following submission of written work. |
| Information Technology | Through data retrieval exercises for research purposes and word-processing for essay writing purposes. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Through furthering understanding of the discipline of medieval history and the opportunities for research that it offers. |
| Problem solving | By understanding how medieval historians employ a variety of different methodological approaches towards understanding problems within their field. |
| Research skills | By learning how to identify appropriate primary and secondary sources and applying that material to their work. |
| Subject Specific Skills | By enhancing methodological understanding of medieval history and an awareness of key sources (texts and non-documentary) and approaches. |
| Team work | Through seminar work. |
Reading List
General TextThrupp, Sylvia. (1948.) The merchant class of mediaeval London, 1300-1500 /by Sylvia L. Thrupp. Revised edition available in NLW University of Chicago Press Primo search Essential Reading
Barron, Caroline M. (2004) London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200-1500 OUP Primo search Davies, M. and Prescott, A., eds. (2008) London and the Kingdom Essays on specific subjects are highlighted in seminar bibliographies Shaun Tyas Primo search Schofield, John (1994) The Building of London (Revised edition) British Museum Press Primo search Williams, Gwyn A. (1970.) Medieval London :from commune to capital /by Gwyn A. Williams. Paperback ed., with corrections. Athlone Press Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7