Module Identifier | HYM1230 | ||
Module Title | EARLY BRITISH HISTORY | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Lesley Abrams | ||
Semester | Available Semesters 1 And 2 | ||
Other staff | Professor Patrick Sims-Williams | ||
Course delivery | Seminar | 12 Hours (6 x 2 hours) | |
Assessment | Exam | 3 Hours | 50% |
Essay | 2 essays | 50% |
Brief description
This course focuses on the available written sources and related issues for the history of Britain from the fifth to the eighth century: chronicles, correspondence, hagiography, inspections, and charters supplement the major narrative works of Gildas and Bede.