Postgraduate Course: The Sources of Medieval History (PGHC11214)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate (School of History and Classics) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is designed to provide an introduction to advanced historical study of the medieval period and an overview of the range of surviving source material for medieval historians, and of the social contexts in which it was produced.
Indicative Course Content
Week 1: Introduction to the principal categories of surviving evidence, and the social contexts in which they were produced.
Week 2: Practical Skills: Codicology, Diplomatic, and Palaeography
Week 3: Insular Texts of the Early Middle Ages
Week 4: Carolingian manuscripts
Week 5: Recording the past: Annals, Chronicles, and Histories (c. 1000-1300)
Week 6: Letters, Charters, Writs and Deeds
Week 7: Visit to the NLS
Week 8: Records of government: surveys, fiscal, and legal records
Week 9: Records of communities: towns, ecclesiastical institutions
Week 10: The later Middle Ages: Scottish records as a case study
Week 11: Non-written sources: Stone monuments, the Bayeux Tapestry, heraldry
Week 12: Round up session
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| Central | Seminar | Rm G.15, Doorway 4, Teviot Place | 1-11 | | | 16:10 - 18:00 | | |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| At the end of this course, students will have an enhanced knowledge of the principal types of source material surviving from the medieval centuries and of the challenges of historical interpretation. Students will be encouraged to relate their work towards their specialist options and dissertation topics, and to deepen their knowledge of the relevant sources. They should also be able to offer informed analysis of selected manuscript sources and display competence in their comprehension. |
Assessment Information
| Students will be required to submit one essay of no less than 2,500 words, to be handed in on the last Monday of the semester in which the course is run (75 %), and to demonstrate competence in source evaluation by means of a take home paper (25 %). |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Boardman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4035
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Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
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