Europe and the Creation of Scotland, 1000-1300 (VS1) (U04390)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-U04367

A unified kingdom of Scotland was created in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by kings who actively took part in a programme of 'Europeanization'. The effect of this process was the emergence of a new Scottish identity which incorporated multiple ethnolinguistic groups and disparate regions. This course explores the dominant historiographical models that have been proposed over the last 50 years to explain this change, particularly those of Geoffrey Barrow, Rees Davies and Robert Bartlett. Students will then examine and engage with a wide variety of primary sources to gauge the effect of European influences on Scottish society in terms of church organization, personal piety and devotion, government administration, aristocrats and the exercise of power, free and unfree peasants, and merchants and trade. Finally, students will assess the changes to Scottish identity and society taking place by 1300.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U04367

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After taking this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following skills through class participation, the essay and the exam:

1) engaging critically with primary sources, both textual and visual
2) placing Scotland within broader historiographical trends
3) forming an original, coherent argument encompassing primary and secondary sources
4)understanding the processes of Europeanization in the Scottish context
5) comprehending the nature of ethnic and national identities in the middles ages

Students will also exhibit these transferrable skills:

1) analysing and synthesising historical evidence
2) presenting conclusions orally and in writing
3) comparing a broad range of types of evidence
4) understanding the limitations of evidence inherent in the study of premodern societies
5) expressing ideas clearly and concisely
6) organising and managing their workload according to a timetable