Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 20 x 1 Hour Lectures |
| Seminar | 5 x 1 Hour Seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 2,000 word essay | 50% |
| Semester Exam | 1.5 Hours 1.5 hour exam | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | 2,000 word essay | 50% |
| Supplementary Exam | 1.5 Hours 1.5 hour exam | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Identify and explain the key historiographical debates concerning the role of plague in effecting change in late medieval society.
Demonstrate an understanding of a range of historical processes relevant to the social and economic history of medieval England and Wales.
Evaluate historical arguments associated with the impact of plague on medieval society and linked issues.
Analyse and evaluate a range of primary sources related to the society of later medieval England and Wales.
Brief description
This module will introduce, by way of close discussion of the Black Death, important aspects of the political, social, and economic history of fourteenth and fifteenth century England and Wales. Comparison of the experience of European countries will also be made. The module will present students with the opportunity, through essays and seminars, to tackle such issues as historical causality, and attention will be given to the different explanations which historians have offered in attempting to accommodate the devastating impact of plague within their own models of change or continuity in late medieval England and Wales. Students, while developing their own skills of presentation and argument, will also be encouraged to discuss historians? use of sources and methodologies.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4