Advanced Research Seminar in Medieval and Early Modern History

Module overview

Within this module, you will have the opportunity to study different areas of early modern history. This will take place in student-led discussions, which are convened and supported by historians with experience in early modern history in varied forms. You will identify themes and subjects worthy of further analysis and discussion, with guidance and support from staff. As a group, you will work collaboratively to identify areas of particular interest, formulate reading lists, and determine research questions, all with the support of academics. This is with the expectation that these discussions and studies will enable you to undertake independent research at the cutting edge of early modern historiography and methodology.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

undertake a thorough critical analysis and assessment of a variety of textual, visual and material culture sources.
apply your developed knowledge of medieval and early modern history, structuring your ideas and research findings into well-ordered written assignments.
engage with historiography and theoretical frameworks, contributing to the debates relating to medieval and early modern history and how these histories relate to the wider world.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

utilise and develop your time-management skills.
research complex historical questions and communicate your findings convincingly and concisely in written assignments.
use to good effect textual, visual and material culture sources, synthesising this material to develop cogent and persuasive arguments.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

a wide variety of primary sources relating to medieval and early modern history.
a wide variety of secondary source material relating to medieval and early modern history, including theoretical frameworks used in the field.
Medieval and Early modern history, in particular the different approaches taken by historians to these histories.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include seminars. Learning methods include close analysis of a range of primary sources and discussion of key themes and ideas.

Study time
Type	Hours
Seminar	24
Wider reading or practice	26
Preparation for scheduled sessions	50
Completion of assessment task	50
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Journal Articles

M.J. Stoyle (2014). ”Fully bent to fighte oute the matter”: reconsidering the western rising of 1549. English Historical Review, cxxiv, pp. 549-577.

Textbooks

Alison Plowden (1998). Women all on Fire: Women of the English Civil War. Stroud.

M. Hayward (2020). Stuart Style: Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite. New Haven and London.

Miranda Kaufmann (2018). Black Tudors: The Untold Story. London.

C. Jowitt, C. Lambert and S. Mentz (eds) (2020). The Routledge Companion to Marine and Maritime Worlds.

Assessment

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Written assignment	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Resubmit assessments	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Written assignment	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External