Module HIST50930: The English in Medieval Ireland II

Department: History

HIST50930: The English in Medieval Ireland II

Prerequisites

• HIST50830

Corequisites

• HIST50130

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• Extension of the work undertaken for the English in Medieval Ireland I into the changing context of the fourteenth century, normally leading to a dissertation in this field.

Content

• Further study of the English settlements in medieval Ireland, concentrating on the fourteenth century, when the colony contracted in the face of an Irish military and cultural recovery. Themes to be studied include the reasons for this contraction, the measures taken to resist it by the authorities in Ireland and England, and the emergence of both a hybrid frontier society and of distinctive colonial solidarities among 'the English of Ireland'. All these topics will involve an understanding of economic and social trends and political structures and attitudes in the late medieval West.

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