Undergraduate Course: Early Modern English Witchcraft (HIST10261)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course looks at the phenomenon of witchcraft in England between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries from a variety of perspectives. |
| Course description |
We look at what witchcraft meant for contemporaries from differing backgrounds, at the sort of stories that were likely to believed and which not, at the relationship between religion and understandings of witchcraft, at possession and exorcism, at witchcraft and theatre and at the reasons for the repeal of the act which allowed the prosecution of people perceived as witches. Throughout this questions of gender will be implicit and some sessions will be devoted explicitly to address questions of why 90% of those persecuted as witches were women.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | A pass or passes in 40 credits of first level historical courses or equivalent and a pass or passes in 40 credits of second level historical courses or equivalent.
Before enrolling students on this course, PTs are asked to contact the History Honours Admission Administrator to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 503780). |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 History courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. Applicants should note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, command of the body of knowledge considered in the course;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to understand, evaluate and utilise a variety of primary source material;
- demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, the ability to develop and sustain scholarly arguments in oral and written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence;
- demonstrate independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers.
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Reading List
The choice of textbooks for this course are James Sharpe, Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in England 1550-1750 (1996) or, for those less familiar with the period and place, James Sharpe, Witchcraft in Early Modern England (2001)
The following are also helpful:
Jonathan Barry, Marianne Hester & Gareth Roberts (eds), Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: studies in culture and belief (1998)
Stuart Clark (ed), Languages of Witchcraft: narrative, ideology and meaning in early modern culture (2001)
Marion Gibson, Reading Witchcraft: stories of early English witches 1999)
Darren Oldridge (ed), The Witchcraft Reader (2002)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | English Witchcraft |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tom Webster
Tel: (0131 6)50 3763
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Course secretary | Miss Clare Guymer
Tel: (0131 6)50 4030
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