BA History with Landscape Archaeology (V1V4)

Course Code UNU1V1V4302
Duration 3 Years
Attendance Full Time
Award Degree of Bachelor of Arts

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Overview

This programme combines the study of history with an exploration of the landscape and all its features as a historical source.This unique degree course allows students to benefit from the pioneering research that has been done in this area by historians in the School. You will have a chance to develop more practical skills in landscape archaeology and take part in field trips where you will both examine standing structures (country houses, castles, churches and barns) and learn how to interpret the landscape. Our close links with the surrounding region enable students to study local structures as well as to take advantage of our network of contacts in museums, archives and heritage sites in East Anglia. Your first year will be the same as the History degree (V100), which includes a module examining the relationship between history, landscape and the environment. Over the remaining two years at least half of your study will be in landscape history, which will include a week-long field course as well as the opportunity to complete a substantial piece of individual research on an aspect of landscape history.

Assessment

Key skills, issues and ideas are introduced in lectures given by all members of faculty. More specialist study is undertaken in small group seminars and on field trips. Modules are chosen from a range offered within the School and across the University. You will also spend time studying and researching in the library or carrying out practical work or projects. In most subject areas, you are assessed at the end of each year on the basis of coursework and, in some cases, project and examination results. In your final year, you will write a dissertation on a topic of your choice and with the advice of tutors. There is no final examination. Your final degree result is determined by the marks you receive in years two and three.

Course Organiser

Dr Lawrence Butler

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Entry Requirements

Qualification BA (Hons)
A Level AAB including grade B in History
International Baccalaureate 33 points including grade 6 in History
Scottish Highers At least one Advanced Higher preferred in addition to Highers
Scottish Advanced Highers AAB including grade B in History
Irish Leaving Certificate AAAABB
Access Course Please contact the university for further information
HND Please contact the university for further information
European Baccalaureate 80%

Students for whom English is a foreign language

If English is not your first language you must have a recognised English Language qualification: Minimum IELTS 6.5 with a 6 in each sub-section, or TOEFL 585 (238 CBT / 93 IBT). Please contact us for more information about other qualifications that we may consider.

Interviews

The majority of candidates will not be called for an interview. However, for some students an interview will be requested. These are normally quite informal and generally cover topics such as your current studies, reasons for choosing the course and your personal interests and extra-curricular activities.

Students will have the opportunity to meet with an academic on a Visit Day in order to gain a deeper insight into the course(s) you have applied for.

Gap Year

We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year.

We also welcome applications for deferred entry, believing that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry and may wish to contact the appropriate Admissions Office directly to discuss this further.

Special Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to have a grade B or above in A Level History (or equivalent qualification).

Intakes

The School's annual intake is in September of each year.

Alternative Qualifications

If you have alternative qualifications that have not been mentioned above then please contact university directly for further information.

GCSE Offer

Students are required have Mathematics and English at Grade C or above at GCSE Level.

Assessment

For the majority of candidates the most important factors in assessing the application will be past and future achievement in examinations, academic interest in the subject being applied for, personal interest and extra-curricular activities and the confidential reference. We consider applicants as individuals and accept students from a very wide range of educational backgrounds and spend time considering your application in order to reach an informed decision relating to your application. Typical offers are indicated above. Please note, there may be additional subject entry requirements specific to individual degree courses.

Disclaimer

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules and regular (five-yearly) review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff or sabbatical leave. Where this is the case, the University will endeavour to inform students.

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

Year 1

Compulsory Study (120 credits)

Students will select 120 credits from the following module(s).

Name	Code	Credits	Period
History and the Environment This module is designed to provide a wide-ranging introduction to environmental and landscape history both for first year history students and those from other schools. It will examine the historical dimensions of a number of contemporary issues, such as conservation, pollution and globalization and it will also introduce students to the sources for landscape and environmental history. The module is taught by weekly lectures and by field trips to a variety of landscapes in the region. more...	HIS-1A24	20	Semester 2
Introduction to Early Modern Studies This module introduces key themes in early modern history: witchcraft, gender, rebellion, religious conflict, the reformation, warfare, state formation and other key aspects of the period 1500-1750. more...	HIS-1A15	20	Semester 1
Introduction to Medieval History This module is designed to provide an introduction to medieval history both for first year historians and students from other schools. It surveys the history of medieval Europe, including England, from c.1000 to c1300, and also examines some archaeology, literature, art, and architecture from the period. The module also aims to introduce students to a range of primary sources, including some of the physical remains to be found in East Anglia. more...	HIS-1A13	20	Semester 1
Introduction to Modern History This module provides a wide-ranging introduction to the political, social and economic transformation of Britain and Europe from the early nineteenth century to the First World War. Among the themes it considers are industrialisation and its impact; revolution and reform; nationalism and imperialism; gender and society; great power relations; the impact of war and the collapse of the old Europe in 1917-18. more...	HIS-1A19	20	Semester 1
The Holocaust in History In the last twenty years there has been a sustained and remarkable growth of historical and public interest in the `Holocaust'. The proliferation of academic work on all aspects of the history of the Holocaust, accompanied more recently by a burgeoning scholarship on genocide in general, has been matched by an enormous output of `private' and `public' history, from memoirs and recollections by `survivors' to films and documentaries, websites of all kinds and the official commemoration of the Holocaust in museums, exhibitions and days of remembrance. The Holocaust has thus been transformed from a specialised branch field of historical enquiry into a contemporary cultural phenomenon. This module encourages you to reflect critically on this phenomenon by setting the history of the Holocaust into its wider context. This will involve study of: the history of the persecution of the Jews since the Middle Ages; the changing nature of antisemitism in Europe over the centuries; the emergence of a racial-political antisemitism at the end of the 19th century; the impact of the First World War on attitudes to minorities and on the propensity for more violent assertions of nationhood; Nazi practices of isolation, Aryanisation, deportation and ghettoisation; the German war of racial annihilation in the East and the implementation of the `Final Solution'; the experience, motivations and psychology of the `ordinary' perpetrator; the testimony of those who survived the Holocaust; the relationship of the Holocaust to other genocides; the challenges of representing and teaching the Holocaust. The module will therefore enable you to reflect more widely on what history is, how we do it, and why we do it; on the methods one can use, the questions one can ask, the variety of sources one can tackle and why history matters. more...	HIS-1A26	20	Semester 2
Witchcraft, Magic and Belief in Early Modern Europe This module examines the history of early modern Europe through the history of witchcraft, witch-beliefs, and especially witchcraft prosecutions after 1500. Through learned demonology and folk traditions, we explore the development of the idea of the witch, and see how during the turbulent era of the Reformation this thinking translated into legal trials and, occasionally some savage witch-panics. We look in detail at subjects such as gender, fear and anxiety, state building, and scepticism, ranging across early modern Britain, continental Europe and colonial America. more...	HIS-1A22	20	Semester 2

Year 2

Compulsory Study (40 credits)

Students will select 40 credits from the following module(s).

Name	Code	Credits	Period
Landscape I: Structures of Landscape This module will examine the development of the English landscape from early prehistoric times to the late Saxon period. We will examine the field archaeology of the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, discuss in some detail the landscapes of Roman Britain, and assess the nature of the Roman/Saxon transition. We will then investigate the development of territorial organisation, field systems and settlement patterns during the Saxon and Medieval periods. The module provides an introduction to archaeological theory and methods, as well as giving a broad overview of the development of society, economy and environment in the period up to c.1300. more...	HISH2A51	20	Semester 1
Landscape II : Built and Semi-Natural Environments This module will examine the development of the English countryside from late Saxon times into the eighteenth century. Topics covered will include woods and wood-pastures, enclosure, walls and hedges, the archaeology of churches and vernacular houses. There will be a substantial practical component to the module, involving the analysis of buildings, hedges and woods and other semi-natural environments. more...	HISH2A52	20	Semester 2

Option A Study (40 credits)

Students will select 40 credits from the following module(s).

You may pick any of the modules that begin with:

HISH2

Reformation to Revolution This module examines three centuries of European history connecting two unprecedented revolutionary epochs: the Reformation of the sixteenth century and the American and French revolutions at the end of the early modern era. We will look at key themes and movements in these centuries, including the politics of the Reformation; the Mediterranean work of the Ottomans and Habsburg Spain; the Dutch Golden Age; the great political and religious struggles of the seventeenth century, including wars in the British Isles, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Baltic; the Russia of the Romanov czars and Peter the Great; the growth of centralised states and absolutism in France, Prussia and Austria; the Enlightenment; the rise of the Atlantic economies; and the challenge to the Old Regime from revolutionary politics. more...	HISH2H01	20	Semester 1
From Agincourt to Bosworth: England in the Wars of the Roses This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B18 FROM AGINCOURT TO BOSWORTH: ENGLAND IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B18C	20	Semester 2
Medicine and Society Before the 17th Century This module examines the theory and practice of medicine at all levels of English society during the medieval and early modern periods, and assesses the impact of medical ideas upon religious literary and political thought. Topics include: the emergence of a healing profession and its attempts to secure a monopoly of practice; the role of women as both patients and practitioners; theories about the spread of disease and necessary measures for public health; medicine and the Church; and attitudes to mortality. Edited versions of original documents are used. more...	HISH2B94	20	Semester 2
War and Peace Since 1945 This module analyses the use and non-use of force in inter-state relations. It first asks why wars occur between states and examines the political, legal and ethical constraints on military action. We then consider peaceful alternatives and civil society. The themes include: the causes of wars; the history of warfare; the Cold War; nuclear strategy and arms control; the laws of war; peace theories; UN peacekeeping; disarmament, and non-violent resistance more...	HISH2G02	20	Semester 2
War and Peace Since 1945 This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2G02C WAR AND PEACE SINCE 1945 and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2G02C	20	Semester 2
Medieval Monasticism Since the beginnings of its history, western Christendom has been divided over how people should live their lives. Most always chose to pursue normal human ambitions, but a substantial minority consistently pursued an alternative path, hoping to serve God and win rewards in the afterlife. Monasticism - the quest for an alternative life - was constantly evolving, sometimes criticising society, but often winning its approval. This team-taught module, spanning more than thousand years, examines its ideals, thought-patterns, material culture, social impact and constant inner revolutions, from its first appearance to its ultimate eclipse. more...	HISH2G04	20	Semester 2
Nature and Society, 1500-1900 This module will examine the transformation of the natural world and the rise of modern thinking about `nature' across the key centuries of the early modern age, Enlightenment and industrialization. We will see how these changes led not just to altered environments, but to profound shifts in ideas of how human society functioned and should be. The module will cover themes including early modern ideas about nature and the supernatural; landscape change and the `improvement' of the environment; colonial expansion and the huge role of transfers of species between continents; cultural, artistic an literary responses to nature; the rise of Enlightenment and evolutionary science; energy supplies and industrialisation; and green space and pollution in the city. more...	HISH2F14	20	Semester 2
The British Empire, 1857-1956 This module surveys the history of the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century to the Suez Crisis, seeking to explain the Empire's growth and the early stages of its contraction. It examines the nature and impact of British colonial rule, at the political, economic and social/cultural levels, addressing the development of the 'settler' colonies/Dominions, the special significance of India and the implications of the 'New Imperialism'. Problems to be considered include theories of 'development' and 'collaboration', the growth of resistance and nationalism, and Britain's responses to these, and the impacts of the two World Wars and the Cold War on Britain's Imperial system. more...	HISH2B74	20	Semester 2
Shakespeare's England What sort of society produced Shakespeare? This module examines the background of society, economy and religion. It also considers the context provided by the wider English Renaissance of which Shakespeare was part. Topics covered include patronage and gift-giving; the educational revolution and rhetoric; the development of the English language; monarchy; court and country; great houses; London; the rise of the professional theatres; and the emergent self-image of England; the encounter with the exotic. Extensive use is made of original sources. more...	HISH2F12	20	Semester 2
Landscape II (Cw) This module is a coursework only version of HISH2A52 LANDSCAPE II and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting Students. more...	HISH2A52C	20	Semester 2
The British Empire, 1857-1956 This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B74 THE BRITISH EMPIRE and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B74C	20	Semester 2
Shakespeare's England This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2F12 SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND and is available only to non-HUM and visiting students. more...	HISH2F12C	20	Semester 2
New Worlds: European Expansion and the Colonial Enterprise This module is a coursework only version of HISH2F15 NEW WORLDS: EUROPEAN EXPANSION AND THE COLONIAL ENTERPRISE and is available only to NON HUM and Visiting Students. more...	HISH2F15C	20	Semester 1
Latin for Historians This module provides an introduction to the linguistic skills in medieval Latin which enable students to read administrative documents such as charters, accounts, court rolls, etc. It is particularly suited for those who intend proceeding to postgraduate study in aspects of the past, such as medieval history, which require a reading knowledge of Latin. more...	HISH2A62	20	Semester 2
Norman and Plantagenet England, 1066-1307 This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B12 NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET ENGLAND, 1066-1307 and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B12C	20	Semester 2
Early Medieval Europe This module focuses on the geographical area covered by the Carolingian Empire - that is, the modern territorial units of France, Germany, Italy, and the Benelux countries. It begins in the late sixth century with the Merovingian dynasty and ends with the reform of the Papacy and the first crusade at the end of the 11th century. more...	HISH2B13	20	Semester 1
Modern Italy, 1860-1945 This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2E08 MODERN ITALY, 1860-1945 and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2E08C	20	Semester 2
The History of Norwich, C 1450-1750 In this period Norwich was the second city in the kingdom. Because of Norwich's subsequent decline much of that city survives in 'hidden places' within the present-day environment. This module combines more conventional approaches with fieldwork in the city to enable us to study the nature of urban life and the experience of the early-modern town. There will be opportunities to work in the rich collections that document the city's history. more...	HISH2B37	20	Semester 1
Modern Italy, 1860-1945 This module studies the social, political and economic history of Italy from its unification in 1860 until the end of the Second World War. It will begin by looking at the process of unification, the difficulties encountered in governing the new nation-state and the problems of uneven social and economic modernisation. The module then focuses on the First World War and the rise of Fascism after 1918, before assessing the nature of Mussolini's regime and the reasons for its downfall. more...	HISH2E08	20	Semester 2
Medieval Monasticism This module is coursework-only version of HISH2G04 MEDIEVAL MONASTICISM and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2G04C	20	Semester 2
Medicine and Society in Modern Britain This module considers the practice of medicine in Britain from the eighteenth century to the establishment of the NHS. Themes include the impact of science and professions, the organisation and control aspects of medical and hospital services and healthcare as seen by sufferers and patients. These are seen in the context of broader topics in modern British social history. more...	HISH2B96	20	Semester 2
Medicine and Gender This module offers a broad historical treatment of gender issues in medicine, examining women as providers and recipients of healthcare from Ancient Greece to the NHS. Topics for study include the female body, obstetrics and gynaecology, the female healer and the medical profession, women, witchcraft and popular healing, scientific medicine and professionalisation, nurses, nursing and reform, and women's health. more...	HISH2B97	20	Semester 1
Medicine and Society in Modern Britain (Cw) This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B96 MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN BRITAIN and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B96C	20	Semester 2
Anglo-Saxon England, C. 500-1066 (Cw) This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2A93C ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, c. 500-1066 and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2A93C	20	Semester 1
Landscape I: Structures of Landscape This module will examine the development of the English landscape from early prehistoric times to the late Saxon period. We will examine the field archaeology of the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, discuss in some detail the landscapes of Roman Britain, and assess the nature of the Roman/Saxon transition. We will then investigate the development of territorial organisation, field systems and settlement patterns during the Saxon and Medieval periods. The module provides an introduction to archaeological theory and methods, as well as giving a broad overview of the development of society, economy and environment in the period up to c.1300. more...	HISH2A51	20	Semester 1
Anglo-Saxon England, C. 500-1066 This module surveys the history of the English from their arrival of the English in Britain in the fifth century until the end of the eleventh century and the conquest by the Normans. We shall cover topics such as the conversion of the English in the seventh century; the domination of England by Mercia in the eighth century; the Viking invasions and the reign of Alfred the Great; the emergence of Wessex as the dominant force in England in the tenth century; the conquest of England by the Danes in the eleventh century; and the Norman Conquest of England. more...	HISH2A93	20	Semester 1
Medicine and Gender (Cw) This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B97 MEDICINE AND GENDER and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B97C	20	Semester 1
Semester Study A semester's study in History in a European university, organised through the ERASMUS scheme. more...	HISH2X02	60	Semester 2
Victorian Britain This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B73 VICTORIAN BRITAIN and is only available to non-HIS and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B73C	20	Semester 1
Victorian Britain This module will examine the leading themes in British history during Victoria's reign (1837-1901). It will include political, social, economic, religious, urban, gender and intellectual topics. more...	HISH2B73	20	Semester 1
Landscape I: Structures of Landscape This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2A51 LANDSCAPE I and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2A51C	20	Semester 1
Early Medieval Europe (Cw) This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B13 EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B13C	20	Semester 1
Napoleon to Stalin: the Struggle for Mastery in Europe This module deals with the rivalries of the Great Powers from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the onset of the Cold War. We shall be examining topics such as the Vienna system; the Crimean War; Italian and German unification, the origins of the First and Second World Wars and the start of the Cold War. more...	HISH2D02	20	Semester 2
Modern Germany, 1866-1945 This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2D53 MODERN GERMANY, 1866-1945 and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2D53C	20	Semester 1
Modern Germany, 1866-1945 The history of few countries is as dramatic as that of modern Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries. This module will focus on themes such as: the making and re-making of the German nation; the political consequences of Germany's transformation into an industrial superpower; Germany's role in the origins of the war in 1914; the problems confronting Weimar democracy; the relationship of the German people to Hitler's regime; the rise and decline of the Nazi empire in Europe; and the impact of Nazism on the German nation since 1945. more...	HISH2D53	20	Semester 1
Imperial Russian and Soviet History 1861, - 1941 This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2D89 IMPERIAL RUSSIAN AND SOVIET HISTORY and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2D89C	20	Semester 1
Semester Study in North America This module offers HIS students on the V100 programme the opportunity to spend the Autumn semester of their second year at one of the following universities: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver; University of Calgary, Alberta; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; University of Richmond Virginia, Richmond. more...	HISH2X03	60	Semester 1
Imperial Russian and Soviet History, 1861-1945 This module examines some of the main themes in Russian history between the Emancipation of the Serfs and the end of the Second World War. We will look at the nature of industrialisation and the peasant economy, the autocracy and its fall in 1917, the revolutionary movement and the nationalities question. We will then examine how the Revolution of 1917 changed the state and the ways in which the Communists attempted to change society before 1929. We conclude by examining the country during the era of the five year plans and the impact of the Stalinist system on the Soviet Union and Soviet victory in war. more...	HISH2D89	20	Semester 1
The Papacy, Christianity and the State, 1050-1300 In these centuries the pope became the most influential figure in Europe. He could depose emperors, mobilise vast armies to fight on crusade, and intervene in disputes in far-away realms. This module explores the origins of papal power and its impact on emerging nations in the west. more...	HISH2A95	20	Semester 1
Later Medieval Europe This module examines the political, cultural and social history of later medieval Europe (circa 1100-1500) with a particular focus on France and Italy. The topics addressed include the formation of cities, the position of the papacy, lay piety, and the role of women. more...	HISH2A94	20	Semester 2
The Papacy, Christianity and the State, 1050-1300 This unit is a coursework-only version of HISH2A95 THE PAPACY, CHRISTIANITY AND THE STATE, 1050-1300 and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2A95C	20	Semester 1
Medicine and Society Before the 17th Century This module is a coursework only version of HISH2B94: MEDICINE AND SOCIETY BEFORE THE 17TH CENTURY and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting Students. more...	HISH2B94C	20	Semester 2
Reformation England: Henry Viii to Oliver Cromwell This module is a coursework only version of HISH2H02 REFORMATION ENGLAND: HENRY VIII TO OLIVER CROMWELL and is available only to NON-HUM and Visiting Students. more...	HISH2H02C	20	Semester 2
Nature and Society, 1500-1900 This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2F14 EMPIRES OF NATURE: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE AND ITS EMPIRES and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting Students. more...	HISH2F14C	20	Semester 2
The Rise and Fall of British Power This module examines Britain's expansion and decline as a great power, from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the 1950s. It considers the foundations of British power, the emergence of rivals, Britain's relationship with the European powers and the USA, and the impact of two World Wars and Cold War. It investigates the reasons for Britain's changing fortunes, as it moved from guarding the balance of power to losing its empire. more...	HISH2B57	20	Semester 1
The Rise and Fall of British Power This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B57 THE RISE AND FALL OF BRITISH POWER and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B57C	20	Semester 1
New Worlds: European Expansion and the Colonial Enterprise This module looks at the European global expansion from the late Middle Ages to the 18th century. Relying on a rich set of primary sources - such as travellers' accounts, diaries, official reports, and written and visual representations of lands which were often completely unknown - this module looks at a wide variety of geographical contexts from Asia to the Americas. Topics to be studied include: travellers and merchants in Asia; the Spanish "conquest" of America; the colonial enterprise and the making of the British empire; politics of conversion and the civilization of the Indians; cultural exchanges; trading contacts and the European market for the exotic and the novel. more...	HISH2F15	20	Semester 1
Reformation to Revolution This module is a coursework only version of HISH2H01 REFORMATION TO REVOLUTION and is available only to NON-HUM and Visiting Students. more...	HISH2H01C	20	Semester 1
Reformation England: Henry Viii to Oliver Cromwell This module will explore the violent upheavals and the religious and political turbulence that ensued during England's long Reformation. It seeks to provide a broad overview of the English Reformation from Henry VIII's break with the Church of Rome to the revolutionary circumstances of the mid-seventeenth century. Surveying a wide spectrum of belief and practice, it will address popular understanding of the supernatural, the rise of Catholic and Puritan discontents, and the relationship between religion and violence. It will also explore notions of kingship which were embedded in the doctrine of royal supremacy, the unique character of the Church of England and its relationship to Protestant churches on the continent and the role of reformation in the establishment of English America. more...	HISH2H02	20	Semester 2
Early Modern England This module seeks to identify patterns of continuity and change in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with a view to defining the early modern period in practice. To this end, we explore the following themes: demographic change, and its effect on economic and the social order; the proliferation of the poor, and formal innovations in relieving them; concepts of tradition, custom and law, and the extension of legalism and state formation after 1600; the oral culture, and the impact of growing literacy and the print revolution; the role of gender, women and the family; the place of religion in society (including popular beliefs), and the transformation imposed by the Protestant Reformation; crime, sin, deviance and punishment; and resistance to authority and change, and consequent expressions of anger seen in rioting. more...	HISH2B31	20	Semester 1
Early Modern England (Cw) This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B31 EARLY MODERN ENGLAND and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2B31C	20	Semester 1
Landscape II : Built and Semi-Natural Environments This module will examine the development of the English countryside from late Saxon times into the eighteenth century. Topics covered will include woods and wood-pastures, enclosure, walls and hedges, the archaeology of churches and vernacular houses. There will be a substantial practical component to the module, involving the analysis of buildings, hedges and woods and other semi-natural environments. more...	HISH2A52	20	Semester 2
Heritage and Public History Public history is history in the public sphere, whether in museums and galleries, heritage sites and historic houses, radio and television broadcasting, film, popular history books, or public policy within government. In the UK, it is a new and burgeoning area of academic interest and debate. The central challenge and task of public history is making history relevant and accessible to its audience of people outside academia, whilst adhering to an academically credible historical method. This module explores the theory and practice of public history in heritage, broadcasting and publication. The first half of the module considers the principles of visitor interpretation, museology and curatorship, asking questions such as, how is the past used? What is authenticity? What decisions are made in the presentation and interpretation of museums and historic houses? Must public ' or popular ' history mean `dumbing down', or can we satisfy the public's curiosity about the past in a way that also satisfies us as historians? The second half of the module seriously engages with the challenge of how to represent history in television documentaries, radio broadcasts, mainstream cinema, in the making of public policy, and as popular history or historical fiction. Outside speakers ' chosen from curators, interpreters, producers, and popular historians and broadcasters ' will lecture as part of this course. The course will also involve a field trip to Hampton Court Palace. more...	HISH2H04	20	Semester 2
Castles, Cathedrals and Student Protests This module uses the unparalleled riches of East Anglia's buildings and landscapes to help our students explore different forms of revolutionary change from the medieval period to the Cold War and provide students with a thorough grounding and insight into English and European history. It will be taught by a team from the School of History, each of whom will be providing a module element that is drawn from their own research specialism. RESERVED FOR INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY. more...	HISH2IS2	20	Semester 2
From Agincourt to Bosworth: England in the Wars of the Roses Through a close examination of the lives and reigns of four very different monarchs this unit investigates the workings of kingship and high politics in one of the most turbulent periods of English History (1415-1485). New interpretations of the Wars of the Roses, as well as original source material, will be studied. more...	HISH2B18	20	Semester 2
Twentieth-Century Britain: 1914 to the Present This module offers an in-depth history of Britain from the Great War to the present day, both through the study of political life and also by assessing the impact of economic, social and cultural change. There are opportunities to re-evaluate issues such as the impact of war on society, `landmark' General Elections such as those of 1945 and 1979, the rise of consumer society, post-colonialism, the sexual revolution, the politics of immigration, unrest in Northern Ireland, as well as Britain's changing role in the world. more...	HISH2G01	20	Semester 1
Queens, Courtesans and Commoners: Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe This module is a coursework only version of HISH2F24 QUEENS, COURTESANS AND COMMONERS: WOMEN AND GENDER IN EARLY MODER EUROPE and is available only to NON-HUM and Visiting Students. more...	HISH2F24C	20	Semester 2
Twentieth-Century Britain: 1914 to the Present This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2G01 TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN: 1914 TO THE PRESENT and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2G01C	20	Semester 1
Queens, Courtesans and Commoners: Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe This module examines the issue of gender in European history, between 1500 and 1750. Using a variety of written and visual sources, and including a comparative element, it focuses on the following themes: definitions of femininity and masculinity; life-cycles; family, kinship, and marriage; social exclusion, charity and the welfare state; law, crime, and order; witchcraft and magic; honour, sex, and sexual identities; work; learning and the arts; material culture; the impact of European expansions. more...	HISH2F24	20	Semester 2
Norman and Plantagenet England, 1066-1307 This module follows the history of England from the Norman Conquest of 1066 down to the death of Edward 1 in 1307. The aim of this module is to look at the political, ecclesiastical, social and intellectual history of England in this period and to place English history in the wider context of European history in the Middle Ages. more...	HISH2B12	20	Semester 2
Women and Gender in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain Women's history has been one of the most important recent scholarly developments in Modern History. This module can therefore use an extensive literature to explore complex issues about women's experiences since the eighteenth century. Topics include women's activities outside the home - in education, work, and leisure - as well as their 'traditional' role as homemakers and carers. more...	HISH2E04	20	Semester 2
Women and Gender in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2E04 WOMEN AND GENDER IN EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITAIN and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH2E04C	20	Semester 2

Free Choice Study (40 credits)

Students can select modules worth 40 credits from the course catalogue with the approval of their School.

Year 3

Compulsory Study (90 credits)

Students will select 90 credits from the following module(s).

Name	Code	Credits	Period
Landscape III Field Course The field course builds on the landscape archaeology units to provide forty hours of practical instruction in the field. The field course runs for one week in June, concentrating on the recording and analysis of archaeological earthworks, buildings and historic landscapes. Assessment will take the form of a short report and an extended project. more...	HISH3P4Y	30	Year Period
Landscape Special Subject This Special Subject deals with the development of the English landscape from c.1450 to 1950. We will focus on agricultural change in the period up to 1870, before moving on to consider the landscape and architecture of the English country house and landed estates. We will discuss developments in architectural design, spatial planning and the changing appearance of parks and gardens during this period, as well as discussing the social and political ideologies that underpin these developments. We will also consider the development of the rural landscape in the period after 1870; the decline of the great estates, the effects of the agricultural depression and the impact of war and suburbanisation. Finally, we will discuss changing attitudes towards the conservation and preservation of the countryside. There will be four field trips during the year. more...	HIST3A5Y	60	Year Period

Option A Study (30 credits)

Students will select 30 credits from the following module(s).

You may pick any of the modules that begin with:

HISH3

The Age of Bede This module is a 20-credit coursework-only variant of HISH3A65 THE AGE OF BEDE and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH3A67	20	Semester 1
Youth in Modern Europe The importance of youth as a driving force for social change has been recognised by many historians. Young people were often at the forefront wherever revolutions took place, wars were fought and tensions in society erupted. However, the historical study of youth is still a relatively young discipline. The module uses `youth' as a prism to study key themes in 20th century European history, such as the experience of war, life under dictatorship and the longue dur??e of social change. We shall examine the diverse experience of youth in Western and Eastern Europe during war and peace times, including the Communist and Nazi state-sponsored youth systems, and also the way in which generational experience and conflicts became underlying forces for social and political change. The module employs a strong comparative approach and countries studied include France, Britain, the Soviet Union, West and East Germany, Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The seminars will be accompanied by several film screenings. more...	HISH3J04	30	Semester 2
Napoleonic Europe This module examines the impact of Napoleonic rule on Europe. Beginning with an examination of the foundations of the French Empire, the unit goes on to examine different aspects of Napoleonic rule: social and economic change; culture and ideology; warfare and the state; collaboration and resistance. It will look comparatively at the experience of France, Italy, Germany and Spain under Napoleon, before assessing the reasons for the downfall of the Napoleonic regime. Material used will include memoirs, literature and other contemporary documents. more...	HISH3K01	30	Semester 1
Powerful Words: Education, Culture and Politics in the Middle Ages This module is a 20 credit coursework only version of HISH3K13: POWERFUL WORDS: EDUCATION, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE AGES and is available to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH3K15	20	Semester 1
Powerful Words: Education, Culture and Politics in the Middle Ages This module will cover two centuries (1050-1250) during which a cultural revolution took place: the written word, from being remote and confined to a small elite, became conspicuous and increasingly necessary to medieval people - even to those who could not read for themselves. The reasons for this radical change will be explored, as will the new knowledge, the new institutions and the new social groups that the growing role of writing created. The contents of books, as well as their availibility, changed deeply. New Schools (some eventually turning into the first universities) developed, and higher learning moved from monastic to urban settings, training much larger numbers of men. These men were more likely to turn to the secular world for employment after they left the schools, and kings and princes needed the new learned elite to be their courtiers and bureaucrats. The new importance of written words transformed the face of Europe in the realms of religion, culture and politics. more...	HISH3K13	30	Semester 1
The Arts in Tudor and Stuart England, C 1520-1640 This module addresses some key issues in cultural history with a specific focus on art and the state; art and religion with an emphasis on the debate about the impact of the Reformation on the arts; portraiture; interior decoration; the 'great house' as an art form; the new form of the illustrated book as type of art writing masters and penmanship. The role of the art object as part of the gift economy (in diplomacy and in the maintenance of patronage networks) will be examined as will the emergence of social distinction through the creation of a 'cultural aristocracy'. Use will be made of the local collections and material in the great London collections. more...	HISH3F81	30	Semester 1
History Sources and Methods In this module students will acquire an advanced understanding of how to comprehend, contextualise and interpret a body of primary source materials within their Special Subject. Most History students will take HISH3G1Y as a co-requisite with their Special Subject. more...	HISH3G1Y	30	Year Period
Renaissance Italy This module looks at social, religious and gender norms, and the way in which the institutions of state and church sought to order the lives of men and women in Italy. Providing background knowledge on the period (c.1500-1650), the module focuses on: social, religious, and gender norms; informal community rules and rituals; broken marriages, infanticide, and sexual violence; poor and vagrants; public brothels and women 'in danger'; male and female religious in civic life; forms of religious conversion; customs and costumes; cross-dressing; images of ethnicity. more...	HISH3B63	30	Semester 1
History Sources and Methods In this module students will acquire an advanced understanding of how to comprehend, contextualise and interpret a body of primary source materials within their Special Subject. This 20 credit version of Sources and Methods is available only to part-time History students. more...	HISH3G2Y	20	Year Period
British Intelligence in the 20th Century - Myth and Reality The study of intelligence history has seen considerable growth over the last 20 years, as a result of new archival evidence and above all a growing realisation that intelligence has for long been the "missing dimension" in historical interpretation of 20th century diplomacy, defence policy and strategy and in the operational history of two world wars. A consideration of the impact of intelligence assessment, its acceptance (or rejection) and its proponents has well known areas of historical analysis, particularly in the period from the 1930s to the Cold War. The aim of this module is to examine the current historiography of this "missing dimension" and assess its impact in the interpretation of British stratetic and defence policy and to some extent, in internal and imperial security as well as considering popular and fictional interpretations of the intelligence service. more...	HISH3F96	30	Semester 2
Russia in Revolution 1905-1921 This module will look at the upheavals in Russia between 1905 and the introduction of a limited Parliament, and continue by examining the First World War and the downfall of the Romanov monarchy. We will then study the year 1917 in some detail and discuss the causes of the Bolshevik seizure of power. The Civil War and the reasons of the Communist victory will be analysed. The module will place the Russian Revolutions in their historical, political and geographical context and will consider the impact that these events had in the history of the twentieth century. more...	HISH3F17	30	Semester 1
Renaissance Italy This module is a 20-credit coursework-only version of HISH3B63 ORDER AND DISORDER IN EARLY MODERN ITALY and is available only to non-HUM or Visiting students. more...	HISH3B65	20	Semester 1
Dissertation in History This module offers students the opportunity to submit a dissertation of 9,000 words on a topic approved by the School. more...	HISH3P2Y	30	Year Period
Madness and Medicine This module is a 20-credit coursework-only version of HISH3F62 MADNESS AND MEDICINE and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH3F64	20	Semester 2
Madness and Medicine This module considers the practice of medicine in Britain from the eighteenth century to the establishment of the NHS. Themes include the impact of science and professions, the organisation and control aspects of medical and hospital services and healthcare as seen by sufferers and patients. more...	HISH3F62	30	Semester 2
Chamberlain, Churchill and Appeasement, 1935-1940 Britain's response to the aggression of the fascist powers in the inter-war period has been the subject of fierce debate for decades, and is still hotly disputed between historians. This module examines British foreign policy in the era of 'appeasement'. It will focus on the period between 1935 and 1940, analysing a range of primary source material in detail. It will explore the role of key policy-makers, their critics, and the domestic context in which policy was constructed. more...	HISH3G13	30	Semester 1
Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan World After forty years of relative obscurity, Oliver Cromwell emerged as a leader in the parliamentary opposition to the king during the English Revolution and became the most powerful man in Britain. This module will explore the life and times of Cromwell and provide a point of entry into political, religious and social change in early modern England from the long Reformation to the Restoration. It will draw from a host of primary sources to enter into Cromwell's puritan mental world and seek to understand his personal and national aspirations. It will build on this to explore Cromwell's conquest of Ireland and Scotland and his ambitious plans to undermine Spanish power in the Atlantic. Finally, the module will consider Cromwell's controversial reception by contemporaries and his diverse representations in popular culture, film and history. more...	HISH3K05	30	Semester 1
Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan World This module is a 20 credit coursework only version of HISH3K05 OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE PURITAN WORLD and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH3K07	20	Semester 1
British Intelligence in the 20th Century - Myth and Reality The study of intelligence history has seen considerable growth over the last 20 years as a result of new archival evidence and a growing realisation that intelligence has for long been the "missing dimension" in historical interpretation of 20th century diplomacy, defence policy and strategy and in the operational history of two world wars. The aim of this module is to examine the current historiography of this "missing dimension" and assess its impact in the interpretation of British strategic and defence policy to the early 1960s. Other aspects will include Anglo-American relations (particularly in the Second World War), secrecy and internal control, imperial security and a consideration of popular and fictional interpretations of the intelligence service. more...	HISH3F97	30	Semester 1
Napoleonic Europe This module is a 20-credit coursework-only version of HISH3K01 NAPOLEONIC EUROPE and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH3K03	20	Semester 1
Working in the Historic Environment This module will provide students with the opportunity to undertake a work placement with an employer working in the historic environment sector. Each placement will last for six to eight weeks and will focus on a specific project relating to landscape history or archaeology. Placements must be undertaken between June and December, and will be followed up by a series of practical seminars in the spring semester. Students may arrange their own work placements but this must be approved in advance by the module organisers. Project based placements will be agreed in advance with the host organisations. Students will then have to `apply' for the placement of their choice, and will attend an informal interview with the relevant organisation before their choice of placement is confirmed. A list of provisional placements and projects will be available in Spring 2011. Please note that enrolment on this module will only be confirmed after a short interview with the module organisers. more...	HISH3H1Y	30	Year Period
Landscape III Field Course The field course builds on the landscape archaeology units to provide forty hours of practical instruction in the field. The field course runs for one week in June, concentrating on the recording and analysis of archaeological earthworks, buildings and historic landscapes. Assessment will take the form of a short report and an extended project. more...	HISH3P4Y	30	Year Period
Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan World After forty years of relative obscurity, Oliver Cromwell emerged as a leader in the parliamentary opposition to the king during the English Revolution and became the most powerful man in Britain. This module will explore the life and times of Cromwell and provide a point of entry into political, religious and social change in early modern England from the long Reformation to the Restoration. It will draw from a host of primary sources to enter into Cromwell's puritan mental world and seek to understand his personal and national aspirations. It will build on this to explore Cromwell's conquest of Ireland and Scotland and his ambitious plans to undermine Spanish power in the Atlantic. Finally, the module will consider Cromwell's controversial reception by contemporaries and his diverse representations in popular culture, film and history. more...	HISH3K05C	30	Semester 1
Reformation England: Henry Viii to Oliver Cromwell This module will explore the violent upheavals and the religious and political turbulence that ensued during England's long Reformation. It seeks to provide a broad overview of the English Reformation from Henry VIII's break with the Church of Rome to the revolutionary circumstances of the mid-seventeenth century. Surveying a wide spectrum of belief and practice, it will address popular understanding of the supernatural, the rise of Catholic and Puritan discontents, and the relationship between religion and violence. It will also explore notions of kingship which were embedded in the doctrine of royal supremacy, the unique character of the Church of England and its relationship to Protestant churches on the continent and the role of reformation in the establishment of English America. Not to be taken with HISH2H02 more...	HISH3H10	30	Semester 2
The Crusades This module will consider the history of the Crusades and the Crusader States from 1095 to 1291, covering a broad range of themes, religious , military and social, and taking into consideration the relations between Christians and Moslems in the Holy Land. Particular attention will be paid to primary sources, which are abundant and available in English translation. more...	HISH3A61	30	Semester 1
Landscape III Field Course The field course builds on the landscape archaeology units to provide forty hours of practical instruction in the field. The field course runs for one week in June, concentrating on the recording and analysis of archaeological earthworks, buildings and historic landscapes. Assessment will take the form of a short report and an extended project. THIS 20 CREDIT VERSION IS AVAILABLE TO NON HUM STUDENTS ONLY. more...	HISH3P6Y	20	Year Period
The Industrial Revolution In the two hundred years following 1700, the British economy and population entered a sustained and unprecedented phase of growth. The economic, demographic, social and cultural changes that ensued were so far reaching, that by 1850, commentators were agreed that an 'industrial revolution' had taken place. This module seeks to illuminate the many facets of this transformation, and to explore the extensive historiography surrounding them. This module introduces students both to the economic processes which underpinned industrialisation, and to many ways in which Britons of all social levels ranks experienced and thought about their changing world. more...	HISH3E37	30	Semester 1
The Industrial Revolution This module is a 20-credit coursework-only version of HISH3E37 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. more...	HISH3E39	20	Semester 1

UEA

History Courses

History

BA History with Landscape Archaeology (V1V4)

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