HR321-6-FY-CO:
The English Revolution
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2023/24
Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies (School of)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Inactive
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
30
04 October 2018
Requisites for this module
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During the 1640s England was engulfed in a destructive and transformative civil war that mobilised roughly one quarter of the English male population in military service and resulted in the overthrow, trial and execution of King Charles I. This module will explore the causes of the war and its effects. It will investigate how developments in Scotland and Ireland as well as England and Wales are crucial to understanding the origins and progress of conflict. The module will also examine the trial and execution of the king, and the establishment of a republic. But the main focus of the module will be on the cultural and social impact of war in England. It will explore the impact of war on local communities, the role of women in war and the impact of the experience of military service on men. It will examine the impact of the collapse of censorship and the role of the press; it will consider the role of religious radicals like the Quakers and radical political groups like the Levellers who argued that a more democratic society should rise from the ruins of Charles I's kingdoms. Students will examine key debates in the broad historiography on the war. But for every theme they will also learn to analyse critically relevant primary sources including pamphlets, propaganda texts, visual images, letters, personal testimonies, memoirs, accounts, political tracts and speeches in relation to recent historical interpretations of the subject.
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Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
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Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 180 minutes during September (Reassessment Period)
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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, email: flatak@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Amanda Flather
Belinda Waterman, Department of History, 01206 872313
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Dr Mark Williams
Cardiff University
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History
Available via Moodle
Of 44 hours, 44 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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