Module Identifier
HY34420
Module Title
SEALS IN THEIR CONTEXT IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND AND WALES
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Mutually Exclusive
HA32120, HY32220, HY32320, HY32520, HY32720, HY32820, HY33320, HY33420, HY33520, HY34420, HY34620, HY34720, HY34820
Pre-Requisite
Pre-Requisite
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type |
Delivery length / details |
| Seminars / Tutorials |
10 x2 hrs seminars/tutorials
10-15 mins individual tutorials |
Assessment
| Assessment Type |
Assessment length / details |
Proportion |
| Semester Assessment |
1 x documentary analysis (1,500 words)
|
20% |
| Semester Assessment |
1 x essay (1,500 words)
|
20% |
| Semester Assessment |
1 x project (5000 words)
|
60% |
| Supplementary Assessment |
Failed pieces to be resubmitteed, however, students who fail to submitt any of the written work will not be permitted to resit this module.
|
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Brief description
Seals were used in the middle ages to close and authenticate documents and provide evidence to the carrying out of some act, their presence a mark of security and proof. Beyond this rather bland but still significant definition, however, lurks a source-type which throws open all sorts of opportunities for the medieval historian, offering insights into a range of themes, all of which are in different ways enlivened by the study of seals. These include consideration of the choice individuals made in their seal designs and the information this might offer us to a range of attitudes and beliefs. The module will build upon the unique opportunity afforded by the results of the Aberystwyth University AHRC-funded ‘Seals in Medieval Wales’ project, completed in 2012, and will include a visit to view sealed documents at the National Library of Wales.
Module Skills
| Skills Type |
Skills details |
| Application of Number |
n/a |
| Communication |
Oral and written communication skills will be developed through seminars and feedback on written work. Literary skills will be assessed through written assignments. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance |
Written work will be returned in tutorials where advice will be given on improving students’ research techniques and essay writing skills. |
| Information Technology |
Students will be required to locate primary and secondary source materials through library and on-line sources. Students will be encouraged to word-process their assessed work and handouts for presentations. Likewise, students will be expected to use IT in their presentations. |
| Personal Development and Career planning |
This module will help develop oral and written skills. Other activities, including research, assessment of information and writing in a clear manner, will further develop useful skills of analysis and presentation. |
| Problem solving |
Students will be required to locate and assess primary source materials. Assessed through written assignments and presentations. |
| Research skills |
Students will be required to carry out research for seminars and written work. The latter will be assessed though written assignments and presentations. |
| Subject Specific Skills |
This module will develop a knowledge of how seals can be explored in a range of contexts and how their study will present new opportunities for historians of the middle ages; the multi-disciplinary aspects (art historical, linguistic, historical) of this will be developed in the module. |
| Team work |
Students will collaborate during seminar activities. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6
