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Postgraduate Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)
Module HIST40230: Privilege, Power and Protection: Liberties and the Late Medieval English State
Department: History
HIST40230: Privilege, Power and Protection: Liberties and the Late Medieval English State
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tied | 4 | 30 | Available in 2007/2008 | Durham |
Tied To
Pre-requisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combinations
- None
Aims
- The module aims to enable students to engage on a high level of sophistication with contemporary historical evidence and historiagraphical concepts and interpretations relating to a significant area of medieval history, in support of the intended learning outcomes of the MA in Medieval History.
Content
- The role of local government as a forum for the expression of local identities
- Spacial analysis of liberties (how were their boundaries made visible to people in ritual and architecture?)
- The geographical distribution of liberties within England
- The relationship between provincial liberties and the state
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- By the end of the module the student will have gained a detailed knowledge of important aspects of the character and course of state-formation in late Medieval England, and the capacity to evaluate critically both a wide range of types of contemporary historical data and the writings of modern scholars relating to autonomous political jurisdictions (liberties) and their relations with central government in that period.
Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Appropriate specialised areas for focus are identified in dialogue between the module leader and individual students in weekly tutorials. These are also the means by which the module leader directs and monitors ongoing, directed reading of each student. In addition, they provide the framme work within which each student plans, researches and writes, under the module leader's supervision, an extended essay, making use of original sources and the fruits of modern scholarship.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutorials | 9 | 1 hour | 9 | ||
| Preparation and Reading | 291 | ||||
| Total | 300 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 100% | Essay | 5000 words | 100% |
Formative Assessment
Module leader reads and comments on preliminary draft of student's 5000 word essay.
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.