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HIS-30153 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 29 June 2024

HIS-30153 - Religion, Reform and Social Change in Eleventh-century Europe, I
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 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25


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.

Intended Learning Outcomes

explain and recognise the social, religious, political and economic changes in the eleventh century, a period recognised as vital in the formation of European culture: 1,2
evaluate and critically assess secondary sources and historiographical debates, and to use them appropriately in the development of historical analysis: 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

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 40%
Commentary
A commentary on 1 primary source from a selection set by the tutor. Length: c.1000 words

2: Open Book Examination weighted 60%
Take Home examination
A twenty-eight hour, take-home examination in which students will be expected to answer two essay questions from a list of 8, generating c. 2000 words. Although you have 28 hours to complete this assessment, you should expect to need about 4 hours of active working time.

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Last Updated: 29 June 2024