131-465 Medieval Warfare: Agincourt to Flodden

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131-465 Medieval Warfare: Agincourt to Flodden
Note	Formally offered as 131-142. Students who have completed 131-142 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. This is an advanced seminar. This subject is available to all students taking fourth year honours in art history, classics and archaeology, English, history, music, or philosophy. Students from departments other than history must obtain written permission from the honours coordinator in their department before enrolling in this subject.
Availability	4th year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Barry Collett
Prerequisites	Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in one of the participating departments above or permission of the subject coordinator.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	A 2-hour seminar per week
Subject Description	This is a study in conflict. 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, 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 much more than that which occurs on the battlefield.
Assessment	Written work totalling 5000 words for 4th year, 5000 words and a class paper for masters students.
Prescribed Texts	A subject reader will be available.

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