Module HIST51930: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN ENGLAND I

Department: History

HIST51930: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN ENGLAND I

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• Introduction to the advanced study of early-modern English social and cultural history (c.1500 - c.1800), including an examination of the existing historiography, current problems, and sources available for research and writing on this subject.

Content

• The module will address selected aspects of early modern social and cultural histoy, reflecting current debate on the subject, and the particular interests of the student. Major topics include social change, the history of gender and the household, social relations, elite versus poular culture, the spread of ideas orally and through the medium of print, and the development of political consciousness.

Learning Outcomes

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

• Individual students will be directed to an existing body of literature relevant to the subject under study, and advised on the potential primary sources that should be consulted. Regular meetings between student and supervisor will take place, both in the setting up of the dissertation topic and while the research and writing are taking place.

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