Unit name | Early Medieval Britain and Ireland |
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Unit code | ARCH20007 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Prior |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This seminar based subject will examine the archaeological evidence for the evolution of economy, settlements, institutions and society between AD400 - 1100. No attempt will be made at narrative history, but rather the broad changes will be examined thematically, covering areas such as trade, settlement evolution, the Church, and kingship. A related theme will be the unity of social processes to be found in both Britain and Ireland during this period, and how the archaeologies and histories have been separated through national agendas. Britain and Ireland will therefore be compared throughout the course, to produce an overview of the 'People of the Isles'.
At the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
Lectures
Seminars
One 6-hour fieldtrip
One 2000 word essay (50%). Assesses ILOs 1,4,6,8,9,10
One 30 minute assessed seminar (25%). Assesses ILOs 2,3,5,7,8,9,10
One Seminar Presentation Hand-out (25%). Assesses ILOs 1,2,8,9,10
Blair, J. 2005. The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society. Oxbow:Oxford
Carver, M. 1992. THe Age of Sutton Hoo.Boydell Press: Woodbridge
Colgrave, B. & Mynors, R. 1979 Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Oxford:Clarendon
Edwards, N. 1996 The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland. Batsford:London.
Laing, L. 2006. The Archaeology of Celtic Britain & Ireland c. AD 400-1200. CUP: Cambridge
Hamerow, H. 2004. Early Medieval Settlements: The Archaeology of Rural Communities in North-West Europe 400-900. OUP: Oxford
Heaney, S. 1999. Beowulf: a new translation. London: Faber
Swanton, M. 2000. Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Phoenix: London.
Yorke, B. 1997. Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. Routledge: London