| ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, C. 500-1066 | HISH2A93 | 20 |
| This is a general survey module of the history of England from the 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. |
| ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, C. 500-1066 (CW) | HISH2A93C | 20 |
| This unit is a coursework-only version of HISH2A93C ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND, c. 500-1066 and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| CONSPIRACY AND CRISIS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND | HISH2H08 | 20 |
| Assassination. Foreign invasion. Revolt and rebellion. Political and religious plots loomed large and posed a constant threat in Early Modern England. Conspiracy was not simply an imagined threat nor did it exist in theory; it was a social and political reality that elicited fear, shaped policies and gave rise to self-fulfilling prophecies. Did the greatest threat of subversion come from popular uprisings, foreign invasion or from the heart of the British government? From Mary, Queen of Scots and the Gunpowder Plot to the hidden agenda of Charles I, this module will survey a series of popular, elite and royalist conspiracies. Moving behind official narratives, it will draw on a host of resources to investigate alternative explanations for crisis over power, authority and legitimacy during this period. Each conspiracy will provide and point of entry into broader changes in early modern society as the crown and commons reimagined and realigned political, religious and social boundaries. |
| CONSPIRACY AND CRISIS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND (CW) | HISH2H08C | 20 |
| Assassination. Foreign invasion. Revolt and rebellion. Political and religious plots loomed large and posed a constant threat in Early Modern England. Conspiracy was not simply an imagined threat nor did it exist in theory; it was a social and political reality that elicited fear, shaped policies and gave rise to self-fulfilling prophecies. Did the greatest threat of subversion come from popular uprisings, foreign invasion or from the heart of the British government? From Mary, Queen of Scots and the Gunpowder Plot to the hidden agenda of Charles I, this module will survey a series of popular, elite and royalist conspiracies. Moving behind official narratives, it will draw on a host of resources to investigate alternative explanations for crisis over power, authority and legitimacy during this period. Each conspiracy will provide and point of entry into broader changes in early modern society as the crown and commons reimagined and realigned political, religious and social boundaries. This module is only available to non-HIS and visiting students. |
| EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE | HISH2B13 | 20 |
| 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. |
| EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE (CW) | HISH2B13C | 20 |
| This unit is a coursework-only version of HISH2B13 EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| FROM AGINCOURT TO BOSWORTH: ENGLAND IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES | HISH2B18 | 20 |
| 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. |
| FROM AGINCOURT TO BOSWORTH: ENGLAND IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES | HISH2B18C | 20 |
| 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. |
| HERITAGE AND PUBLIC HISTORY | HISH2H05 | 20 |
| 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. |
| IMPERIAL RUSSIAN AND SOVIET HISTORY 1861, - 1941 | HISH2D89C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2D89 IMPERIAL RUSSIAN AND SOVIET HISTORY and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| IMPERIAL RUSSIAN AND SOVIET HISTORY, 1861-1945 | HISH2D89 | 20 |
| This module examines some of the main themes in Russian history between the Emancipation of the Serfs and the outbreak 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 before the outbreak of world war. |
| LANDSCAPE I: STRUCTURES OF LANDSCAPE | HISH2A51 | 20 |
| This unit 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 Middle and later Saxon periods. The unit 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 before the Norman Conquest. |
| LANDSCAPE I: STRUCTURES OF LANDSCAPE | HISH2A51C | 20 |
| This unit is a coursework-only version of HISH2A51 LANDSCAPE I and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| LANDSCAPE II (CW) | HISH2A52C | 20 |
| This unit will examine the development of the English countryside from late Saxon times into the eighteenth century. Topics covered will include medieval settlement and field systems, medieval and post medieval earthworks, woods and wood-pastures, enclosure, walls and hedges, the archaeology of houses, and vernacular houses. There will be a substantial practical component to the unit, involving the analysis of earthworks, hedges and woods, early maps and aerial photographs. |
| LANDSCAPE II : BUILT AND SEMI-NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS | HISH2A52 | 20 |
| 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. |
| LATER MEDIEVAL EUROPE | HISH2A94 | 20 |
| This module focuses on the political, cultural and social history of later medieval Europe (c. 1100-c. 1500) looking particularly at France and Italy. We discuss the formation of cities, the position of the papacy, lay piety, the role of women, and other related topics. |
| LATER MEDIEVAL EUROPE (CW) | HISH2A94C | 20 |
| This is a coursework-only version of HISH2A94 LATER MEDIEVAL EUROPE and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. |
| LATIN FOR HISTORIANS | HISH2A62 | 20 |
| The aim of this module is to provide 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 contemplate proceeding to the MA pathways in Medieval History or in Local and Regional History. |
| MEDICINE AND GENDER | HISH2B97 | 20 |
| 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. |
| MEDICINE AND GENDER (CW) | HISH2B97C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B97 MEDICINE AND GENDER and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| MEDICINE AND SOCIETY BEFORE THE 17TH CENTURY | HISH2B95 | 20 |
| 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. |
| MEDICINE AND SOCIETY BEFORE THE 17TH CENTURY | HISH2B95C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework only version of HISH2B95: MEDICINE AND SOCIETY BEFORE THE 17TH CENTURY and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting Students. |
| MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN BRITAIN | HISH2B96 | 20 |
| 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. In the context of background trends in social history, students can follow up special interests (eg, gender issues, rural services) in essay topics. |
| MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN BRITAIN (CW) | HISH2B96C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B96 MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN MODERN BRITAIN and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| MODERN GERMANY, 1866-1945 | HISH2D53C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2D53 MODERN GERMANY, 1866-1945 and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| MODERN GERMANY, 1914-1990 | HISH2D53 | 20 |
| The history of few countries is as dramatic as that of modern Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries. This module will examine the making of the German nation, the political consequences of Germany's transformation into an industrial superpower, why Germany plunged Europe into war in 1914, whether Weimar democracy had any chance of survival, the relationship of people to regime in Nazi Germany, what in Germany's history produced a regime as barbarous and destructive as that of Adolf Hitler, and the impact of Nazism on Germany since 1945. |
| MODERN ITALY, 1860-1945 | HISH2E08 | 20 |
| 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. |
| MODERN ITALY, 1860-1945 | HISH2E08C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2E08 MODERN ITALY, 1860-1945 and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| NAPOLEON TO STALIN: THE STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN EUROPE | HISH2D02 | 20 |
| 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. |
| NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET ENGLAND, 1066-1307 | HISH2B12 | 20 |
| 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. |
| NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET ENGLAND, 1066-1307 | HISH2B12C | 20 |
| This unit is a coursework-only version of HISH2B12 NORMAN AND PLANTAGENET ENGLAND, 1066-1307 and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| QUEENS, COURTESANS AND COMMONERS: WOMEN AND GENDER IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE | HISH2F25 | 20 |
| 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. |
| QUEENS, COURTESANS AND COMMONERS: WOMEN AND GENDER IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (CW) | HISH2F25C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework only version of HISH2F25 WOMEN AND GENDER IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE and is available only to NON-HUM and Visiting Students. |
| REFORMATION TO REVOLUTION | HISH2H01 | 20 |
| 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. |
| REFORMATION TO REVOLUTION | HISH2H01C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework only version of HISH2H01 REFORMATION TO REVOLUTION and is available only to NON-HUM and Visiting Students. |
| SEMESTER STUDY ABROAD (AUTUMN SEMSTER) | HISH2X05 | 60 |
| X05 This module offers HIS students on the V100 programme the opportunity to spend the Autumn semester of their second year studying abroad, either in a European university, as part of the ERASMUS scheme, or in a selected North American or Australian university approved by the School���s Director of Teaching. |
| SEMESTER STUDY ABROAD (SPRING SEMSTER) | HISH2X04 | 60 |
| X04 This module offers HIS students on the V100 programme the opportunity to spend the Spring semester of their second year studying abroad, either in a European university, as part of the ERASMUS scheme, or in a selected North American or Australian university approved by the School���s Director of Teaching. |
| THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1857-1956 | HISH2B74 | 20 |
| 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. |
| THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1857-1956 | HISH2B74C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B74 THE BRITISH EMPIRE and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. |
| THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE TO NANCY ASTOR: WOMEN, POWER AND POLITICS | HISH2H12 | 20 |
| This module explores female involvement in politics, from the Duchess of Devonshire’s infamous activities in the 1784 Westminster election until 1919, when Nancy Astor became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. It will examine topics including the early feminists, aristocratic female politicians, radical politics and the suffragettes. It will investigate the changes and continuities with female engagement with the political process from the eighteenth century through to the twentieth century. |
| THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE TO NANCY ASTOR: WOMEN, POWER AND POLITICS | HISH2H12C | 20 |
| This module explores female involvement in politics, from the Duchess of Devonshire’s infamous activities in the 1784 Westminster election until 1919, when Nancy Astor became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. It will examine topics including the early feminists, aristocratic female politicians, radical politics and the suffragettes. It will investigate the changes and continuities with female engagement with the political process from the eighteenth century through to the twentieth century. This module is only available to non-HIS and visiting students. |
| THE ENGLISH CIVIL WARS | HISH2H10 | 20 |
| This module looks at the causes, course and significance at what, in terms of relative population loss was probably the single most devastating conflict in English history; the civil wars of 1642-6, 1648 and 1651. In those years, families, villages and towns were divided by political allegiances and military mobilisation. Hundreds of thousands died, not just from warfare, but also from the spread of infectious disease, siege and the disruption of food supplies. In the rest of the British Isles, suffering was even more profound. The execution of the King in 1649, intended to bring an end to the wars, divided the country ever more deeply. By the late 1640s, radical social groups had emerged who questioned the very basis of authority in Early Modern Society, and made arguments for democracy and for the redistribution of land and power. Karl Marx thought that English revolution marked the beginnings of capitalism. Was he right? Focussing on ordinary men and women as well as upon important generals, politicians and monarchs, this module examines the following issues: the causes of the civil war; the reign of Charles I; the start of the warfare in Ireland and Scotland; the outbreak of the English Civil war; the course of the war; popular allegiances ��� why did ordinary people fight?; the Levellers, Diggers and Ranters; the crisis of 1647-9; the trial and execution of Charles I; gender, women and revolution; the experience of warfare; print and popular political gossip; the failure of the English Republic and the Restoration of Charles II. Particular use will be made of the primary source extracts and web resources. |
| THE PAPACY, CHRISTIANITY AND THE STATE, 1050-1300 | HISH2A10 | 20 |
| 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. |
| THE PAPACY, CHRISTIANITY AND THE STATE, 1050-1300 | HISH2A10C | 20 |
| This unit is a coursework-only version of HISH2A10 THE PAPACY, CHRISTIANITY AND THE STATE, 1050-1300 and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. |
| THE POWER OF THE PAST | HISH2E02 | 20 |
| Ideas about the past have often been very political. This unit looks at popular ideas about history. The first part of the unit focuses on modern Britain and Europe c. 1848-1991. The second part of the unit looks at a range of case studies from earlier periods. |
| THE RISE AND FALL OF BRITISH POWER | HISH2B57 | 20 |
| 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 lowing its empire. |
| THE RISE AND FALL OF BRITISH POWER | HISH2B57C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B57 THE RISE AND FALL OF BRITISH POWER and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND | HISH2B35 | 20 |
| 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. Through an examination of both political and constitutional history from the top down, and social and cultural history from the bottom up, it seeks to understand the period dynamically, in terms of new and often troubled relationships which were formed between governors and governed. Topics include: Tudor monarchy, the Protestant Reformation, the social order, popular religion and literacy, riot and rebellion, the Stuart state, the civil wars, crime and the law, women and gender. |
| TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND | HISH2B35C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B35 TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND and is available only to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN, 1914 TO THE PRESENT | HISH2G01 | 20 |
| This module examines the themes of conflict and consensus in 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 nature and durability of consensus politics in the 1950s, or Britain���s role in the contemporary world. |
| TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN, 1914 TO THE PRESENT (CW) | HISH2G01C | 20 |
| 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. |
| VICTORIAN BRITAIN | HISH2B73 | 20 |
| 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. |
| VICTORIAN BRITAIN | HISH2B73C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2B73 VICTORIAN BRITAIN and is only available to non-HIS and Visiting students. |
| WAR AND PEACE SINCE 1945 | HISH2G02 | 20 |
| 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 |
| WAR AND PEACE SINCE 1945 | HISH2G02C | 20 |
| This module is a coursework-only version of HISH2G02C WAR AND PEACE SINCE 1945 and is available only to non-HUM and Visiting students. |