Unit information: Tudor Britain (Level H Lecture Response Unit) in 2017/18

Unit name	Tudor Britain (Level H Lecture Response Unit)
Unit code	HIST30090
Credit points	20
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Dr. Jones
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of History (Historical Studies)
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The long century (1485-1603) of Tudor rule has long fascinated both historians and the general public. During this period, England broke with Rome, Wales became fully integrated into the British state, Ireland was suppressed and Scotland achieved a new amity with its southern neighbour. At the same time, England as a whole saw new prosperity, with its population doubling and its commercial horizons expanding. By the end of the century Britain had started down the track that would turn it into the world's leading maritime and imperial power. This unit will explore Britain's Tudor century: discussing the politics of the period, the social / economic changes and even the reasons for our enduring fascination with its events and personalities.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate:

1. a wide historical knowledge of the political, social and economic conditions of Britain during the period 1485-1603;
2. a deep awareness of how to approach a long term historical analysis;
3. the ability to set individual issues within their longer term historical context;
4. the ability to analyse and generalise about issues of continuity and change;
5. the ability to select pertinent evidence/data in order to illustrate/demonstrate more general historical points;
6. the ability to identify a particular academic interpretation, evaluate it critically and form an individual viewpoint;
7. the acquisition of key writing, research, and presentation skills, as appropriate to level H.

Teaching Information

1 x 2-hr interactive lecture per week

Assessment Information

1 x 3000 word summative essay (50%) and 1 x 2 hr summative exam (50%) [ILOs 1-7]

Reading and References

John Guy, Tudor England (1988)

Steven G. Ellis Tudor Frontiers and Noble Power: The Making of the British State (OUP, 1995)

Trevor Herbert & Gareth Elwyn Jones Tudor Wales (Cardiff 1988)

John Walter, Crowds and popular politics in early modern England (Manchester, 2006)

Steve Hindle, The state and social change in early modern England, 1550-1640 (2002)

Steve Hindle, et al. Remaking English society: social relations and social change in early modern England (Boydell, 2013)