Module HIST50530: Germany in the making II (1198-1380)

Department: History

HIST50530: Germany in the making II (1198-1380)

Prerequisites

• HIST50430

Corequisites

• HIST50130

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• Further consideration of the themes developed in Germany in the Making I (1060-1198) in context of the significantly changed circumstances of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Content

• The module will explore further the social, political, economic and cultural development of medieval Germany, in a period in which the patterns of life and modes of thought established in the preceding two centuries were subjected to a series of sharp challenges. Matters for consideration include: the crises facing the imperial monarchy and the growing fragmentation of power and authority in Germany; the development of towns, with distinctive forms of social, ecomonic, political and cultural life; the consolidation of the German presence in the east, and the challenges to which it was subject; and the development of the German princely territories as frameworks for political and social life.

Learning Outcomes

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Objectives are to be met through a programme of intensive directed reading, regular discussion of issues arising from the reading, and the production of an extensive piece of writing on an agreed subject.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Discussion of work in progress

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University