Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- appreciate interrelationships of written and physical evidence
- demonstrate critical understanding of a complex period
- discuss the implications of the information and insights that you have gained.
- show awareness of the principal artefacts, sites and other types of evidence relating to the period
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- debate key issues relating to the period of study.
- evaluate the particular uses and problems of different sorts of evidence
- analyse diverse types of data
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- communicate through oral and written modes
- manage your time effectively
- evaluate published arguments relevant to a specific question
- complete structured writing of assignments of different lengths
- write critically and coherently within a time constraint.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Completion of assessment task | 40 |
| Lecture | 20 |
| Wider reading or practice | 50 |
| Seminar | 5 |
| Follow-up work | 20 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 15 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Webster, L (2012). Anglo-Saxon Art. London: British Museum Press.
Reynolds, A (1999). Later Anglo-Saxon England. Stroud: Tempus.
Keynes, S., and Lapidge, M (1983). Alfred the Great. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
Hinton, D.A (2005). Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins: Possessions and People in Medieval Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lavelle, R (2010). Alfred’s Wars. Sources and Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon Warfare in the Viking Age. Woodbridge: Boydell Press.
Hooke, D (1998). The Landscape of Anglo-Saxon England. London: Leicester University Press.
Hamerow, H. et al (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Crawford, S (2009). Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford/Westport CT: Greenwood World Publishing.
Fleming, R (2010). Britain after Rome. London: Penguin Books.
Hill, D (1981). An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell.
Higham, N., and Ryan, M. J. (2013). The Anglo-Saxon World. London/New Haven: Yale University Press.
Richards, J (1991). Viking Age England. London: Batsford.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Source commentaries | 25% |
| Source commentaries | 25% |
| Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External