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Postgraduate Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

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

Department: History

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

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	4	30	Available in 2007/2008		Durham

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

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

Subject-specific Knowledge

Subject-specific Skills

Key Skills

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

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Tutorials	5	Fortnightly	1.5 hours	7.50
Preparation and Reading				290
Other: Unscheduled meetings as requested by the student.	Variable	Variable	Variable	0
Total				300

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Essay	100%	Essay	5000 words	100%

Formative Assessment

Discussion of work in progress

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.