Historical Writing, Identity and the Norman Conquest of 1066 (P02974)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-HWI

The course seeks to introduce students to the explosion of historical and hagiographical writing that defined England during the mid-eleventh and twelfth centuries. It uses a close reading of the sources to engage with wider historiographical debates and issues, chiefly those concerned with national identity and imperialism. Recent work has stressed the importance of seeing the Norman Conquest (1066) as a process rather than an event and this is related to developing conceptions of nation, identity and nationhood during this period. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which individual authors sought to establish and define their own identity as well as those of their fellow countrymen, especially the Scots, Welsh and Irish.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 50 minutes per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

This course will allow post-graduate students to:

Develop a critical understanding of the interaction between sources and historical interpretation

Develop an extensive and critical awareness of how different types of sources can be read and utilised for historical study and research at post-graduate level

Develop an awareness of the relationship between different types of sources and specific historiographical problems, especially nation and identity

Develop an extensive and detailed knowledge of the sources available for the study of post-1066 societies

Relate these principles of source criticism and method to their own work within the field

Assessment Information

Candidates will be assessed by means of a 3,000-word essay on a subject to be agreed with by the course organiser, bearing in mind their own specialist research interests.