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Postgraduate Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

Module HIST52130: COURT HISTORY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE, I

Department: History

HIST52130: COURT HISTORY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE, I

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

Pre-requisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations

  • None.

Aims

  • Introduction to the advanced study of early modern European court history.

Content

  • The module will offer students the opportunity to examine selected topics of European court history from c.1500 - c.1800 reflecting current debate on the subject, and the particular interests of those students. Among the topics covered will be the organisation of courts through particular examples, the relationships between sovereign dynasties and the elites who served and surrounded them, and the cultural activities of those courts, including the visual arts.

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

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotal HoursAttendance Monitored
Tutorials 5 fortnightly 1.5 7.50
Other: Unscheduled meetings as requested by the student. Variable Variable Variable 2.50
Preparation & Reading 290
Total 300

Summative Assessment

ComponentComponent WeightingElementLength/DurationElement WeightingResit 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.