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131-142 Medieval Warfare: Agincourt to Flodden | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-469. Students who have completed 131-469 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. This subject is available to all students in the Faculty of Arts enrolled in Fourth Year Honours in Art History, Classics and Archaeology, English, History, Music, or Philosophy. Consent of the Honours coordinator of departments other than History is recommended. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr B Collett |
Prerequisites | Admission to Fourth Year Honours in one of the participating departments (see above) or permission of the subject coordinator. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | Against a background of the Christian Crusades, this subject explores the political and social context of wars in late medieval Europe, and the ways they were conducted. Using primary sources, late medieval concepts of honour and warfare and the notion of the 'just war' will be examined. While the topics under consideration are frequently military, they also provide a window into social history, architecture, medical history, and the political uses of history as propaganda. Students will examine current trends in historiography in order to place the primary sources in a contemporary theoretical perspective and, as a result, should develop an understanding of war as more than that which occurs on the battlefield. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
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