HR215-5-SP-CO:
Gender in Early Modern England
2016/17
History
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
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Requisites for this module
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The aim of this module is to examine the roles and relations of women and men in early modern England between 1550 and 1750. Religion, law and culture represented relations between the sexes in rigid and hierarchical ways: men were to rule and women were to be obedient to them. But the reality was often very different for this was very far from a traditional society. The practical realities of economic life and the disruptions of Civil War and Reformation meant that relations between women and men varied and adapted in a period of great cultural, political, economic, social, and religious change. This module aims to explore the flexibility and dynamics of experience through examination of a range of primary sources including diaries, pamphlets, ballads, court records of crime and marital disputes, as well as sermons and advice books. You will develop a grasp of how evidence may be used to explore the lives of ordinary women and men in early modern England whose voices, until recently, have been hidden from the historical record. The module will also focus on how gender can be used as a category to understand how society worked. Specific topics considered include the English Civil War, The Reformation, the body, marriage, sexuality, motherhood, work and the use of social spaces such as taverns and coffee houses in eighteenth century towns and cities.
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One-hour lecture and one-hour seminar per week.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
Coursework |
Essay (3000 words) |
23/03/2017 |
60% |
Coursework |
Document Analysis (2000 words) |
03/05/2017 |
40% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Amanda Flather
Belinda Waterman, Student Administrator, belinda@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Mark Stephen Rowe Jenner
The University of York
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Of 30 hours, 10 (33.3%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
20 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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