Module HIST50830: The English in Medieval Ireland I

Department: History

HIST50830: The English in Medieval Ireland I

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• HIST50130

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• Advanced study of the foundations of English authority in Ireland in the late twefth and thirteenth centuries.

Content

• The module will explore the establishment by English barons, knights and their dependants of a colonial society, reflected in lordships which by the late thirteenth century covered some two-thirds of Ireland. In addition to military conquest, the module will deal with the movement of population from Britain to Ireland, and the associated development of boroughs and manorial settlements, and also with the transplantation of English government and law into the core settlement areas.

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