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HIS-30155 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 19 January 2023

HIS-30155 - Religion, Reform and Social Change in Eleventh-century Europe, II
Coordinator: Kathleen Cushing Room: CBB0.044 Tel: +44 1782 7 33207
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Yes

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2022/23

This module extends the exploration of the key areas of social and religious change in eleventh-century Europe, by focusing on the nature of religious reform and the role of the reform papacy in promoting, effecting and substantiating these changes. By examining topics such as the unreformed Church, the Gregorian reform and its rhetoric of purity and pollution, the mechanisms to deal with heresy and promote the crusade, along with issues of hierarchy and social control, the module will explore the paradox that the clergy both sanctioned and protested against the hegemony of the powerful over the poor.

Aims
To introduce students to the events, sources and modern historiographical debates of one of the most important periods in the formation of Western European culture - the eleventh century - a time when according to some modern historians European civilization as we know it today was created. To extend the range of case-studies of continuity and change discussed in HIS-30153, by focusing on the movement for Church reform.

Intended Learning Outcomes

recognise and explain the social, religious, political and economic changes in the eleventh century, a period recognised as vital in the formation of Western European culture: 1,2
evaluate and critically assess a range of different kinds of primary sources and to use them appropriately in the development of historical analysis: 1,2
evaluate and critically assess secondary sources and historiographical debates, and to use them appropriately in the development of historical analysis: 1,2
recognise and explain the role of religious reform movement, known as the 'Gregorian' reform both in effecting and substantiating the social changes of eleventh-century Europe: 1,2

Study hours

150 hours: 12 x two-hour seminars, 12 x one-hour workshops, 50 hours seminar preparation, 30 hours extended document commentary preparation, 34 hours preparation for and completion of 24-hour take-home examination.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Commentary weighted 50%
Extended historiographical commentary
An extended 1700-word historiographical commentary set by the tutor.

2: Exam weighted 50%
Take home examination
A twenty-four hour take home examination on primary sources in which students will be expected to comment on 2 of 9 primary sources or images, and also answer 1 essay question from a list of 5 on issues of source methodology. This activity should generate approximately 2000 words.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 19 January 2023