Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2 hour seminars |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Essay 1 2,500/3,000 word essay | 50% |
Semester Assessment | Essay 2 2,500/3,000 word essay | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Essay 1 2,500/3,000 word essay | 50% |
Supplementary Assessment | Essay 2 2,500/3,000 word essay | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
On completion, students should be able to:
a) recognise, order and review a body of historical knowledge in the field of European society in the High Middle Ages
b) identify and use in interpretation comparative perspectives on the history of medieval Europe
c) compare and evaluate a range of approaches, political, social and cultural, to the structures and developments which defined Latin Europe in the period
d) gather and sift appropriate items of primary historical evidence
e) read, analyse and reflect critically on secondary and primary texts, including contemporary literary, philosophical and religious writings
f) develop and sustain historical arguments, orally and in writing
g) work both independently and collaboratively.
Content
Seminar topics:
Seminar 1: Introduction
Seminar 2: Mapping England in the Long Thirteenth century
Seminar 3: England and the British Isles in the long thirteenth century
Seminar 4: Magna Carta in Context
Seminar 5: The culture of politics and power in thirteenth-century England
Seminar 6: Oxford and Paris
Seminar 7: Travel and Mobility
Seminar 8: The Church, Religion and Society
Seminar 9: The Church, Religion and Society 2
Seminar 10: Conclusion
General Reading:
J. Alexander and P. Binski (eds.), Age of Chivalry (London, 1987)
D. Carpenter, The Struggle for Mastery (London, 2003)
M.T. Clanchy, England and its Rulers, 1066-1272 (Oxford, 2nd ed., 1998)
C. Dyer, Making a Living in the Middle Ages. The people of Britain, 850-1520 (New Haven & London, 2003)
B.F. Harvey (ed.), The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, 1066-c.1280 (Oxford, 2001)
M. Jones and M. Vale, (eds.), England and her Neighbours 1066-1453: essays in honour of Pierre Chaplais, (London, 1989)
D. Matthew, England and the Continent, 1100-1300 (London, 2004)
B. Weiler, Kingship, rebellion and Political Culture (London, 2007)
B. Weiler (ed.), England and Europe in the Reign of Henry III (Aldershot, 2002)
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Communication | Through participation in the six seminars and formally-assessed individual presentation. (see also 8 below) |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Through the production of individually-written essays. Through the production of individually-written essays. Essays in draft are discussed individually with tutors, to provide formative feedback. |
Information Technology | Through word-processing (and image-handling where appropriate in the production of essays); catalogue and database searching for secondary and primary materials; membership of appropriate discussion groups and bulletin boards; email. |
Personal Development and Career planning | Research, discussion, and presentation skills are all explicitly linked to possible future uses by identifying their description in the relevant professional training literature. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7