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The Celtic Frontier: Context

Module description

The events of 1066 brought radical and permanent change not just to England but to Wales, Scotland and Ireland which, over the next century, became targets for Norman ambition. In conjunction with HIH3110 The Celtic Frontier: Post-Conquest England and its Celtic Neighbours: Sources, you will examine the processes, voluntary and involuntary, by which these countries were brought into line with continental norms. We welcome students from other disciplines; however you will require at least 90 credits in History at level 1 and/or level 2. 

Module aims - intentions of the module

The events of 1066 brought radical and permanent change not just to England but to Wales, Scotland and Ireland which, over the next century, became targets for Norman ambition. This course examines the processes, voluntary and involuntary, by which these countries were brought into line with continental norms.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 1. A broad and detailed knowledge of the different meanings attached to the concept of 'Normanisation' in Britain, as well as close specialist knowledge of the key developments within the history of Norman intervention in the British Isles, developed through independent study and seminar work.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 2. Ability to analyse the key developments within a particular field within the history of the period
• 3. Ability to focus on and comprehend complex issues
• 4. Ability to understand and deploy historical terminology in a comprehensible manner.

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 5. Autonomous study and group work, including presentation of material for group discussion, developed through the mode of learning
• 6. Ability to digest, select and organise material to produce, to a deadline, a coherent and cogent argument, developed through the mode of assessment.
• 7. Ability to present complex arguments orally

Syllabus plan

Term 1: Norman Conquest: Norman expansion in mainland Europe and intervention the British Isles. Term 2: Domination and Consolidation: Military, Economic, Demographic, Religious, Cultural.

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Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

R.Davies, The First English Empire (Oxford UP, 2000)

D.Walker, The Normans in Britain (Blackwell, 1995)

R.Frame, The Political Development of the British Isles, 1100-1400 (Opus 1990)

R.Bartlett, The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 960-1350 (Penguin 1993)

B.Golding, Conquest and Colonisation, The Normans in Britain 1066-1100 (Macmillan 1994)

R.Davies, The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063-1415 (Oxford UP, 1991)

S.Duffy,Ireland in the Middle Ages (Macmillan 1997)

R.Bartlett, England under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225 (Oxford UP, 2000)