Landownership and Society in Wales

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of current approaches to and ongoing debates on landownership and rural society in Wales in the long eighteenth century.
2. Engage in close reading of primary or secondary sources and place them in their intellectual context.
3. Marshal and understand appropriate evidence in formulating historical arguments regarding the history of landownership and rural society.
4. Demonstrate through written work an ability to integrate methodological themes into their own research.

This module focuses on the so-called ‘long eighteenth century’, from around the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 to the introduction of the first Reform Bill in 1832, as the period which saw the landed gentry possibly at the height of their power. It looks at the importance of land in Wales in terms of political power and the legal system of the time, as well as considering rural riot and protest. Along the way, we will consider some of the trends and debates in the historiography and some of the primary sources which can be useful to historians working in this area.

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This module is at CQFW Level 7