HR111-4-ZU-CO:
Europe Transformed: 1450-1750
2017/18
History
Colchester Campus
Study Abroad - Spring & Summer
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Monday 15 January 2018
Friday 29 June 2018
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Requisites for this module
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This module focuses on the early modern period, a span of around 250 years often regarded by historians as a time of change and a watershed between the medieval and modern worlds. This module aims to familiarise students with this important period of history by looking at early modern Europe in economic, social, cultural and political contexts. For example, topics covered include; magic and witchcraft; popular and noble rebellion; women and gender; crime and disorder; warfare; the cultural, social and political impact of religious change; and the formation of the early modern state. The module focuses on the determinants of change in all of these areas and on the constraints imposed upon processes of change in early modern Europe. In so doing it will consider the patterns of continuity and change which shaped this period and reflect on the extent to which the Europe we live in today has been conditioned by this period. It will also consider some of the controversies in which historians of the period have engaged as they seek to understand a society that was to be rocked to its foundations by the French Revolution.
This module aims to:
1. Enable students to engage critically with secondary reading on a variety of early modern topics and historiographical debates.
2. Enable students, by means of a thematic approach to the subject, to build up a multi-layered picture of early modern Europe and to make their own links between developments in the various themes focused upon.
3. Enable students to make comparisons of the impact of change between different geographic areas and different social groups.
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One hour lecture and one hour seminar per week.
This module has a private bibliography. If you are a member of the University, you can try viewing the module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Analysis of a Primary Source (750-1000 words) |
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30% |
| Coursework |
Essay (2000-2500 words) |
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70% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Belinda Waterman, Department of History, 01206 872313
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 60 hours, 59 (98.3%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
History
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