Unit name | Tudor Britain |
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Unit code | HISTM0072 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Jones |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None. |
Co-requisites |
None. |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The long century (1485-1604) of Tudor rule has long fascinated both historians and general public. During this period, England broke with Rome, Wales became fully integrated into the British state, Ireland was suppressed and Scotland achieved a new amity with its southern neighbour. At the same time, England as a whole saw new prosperity, with its population doubling and its commercial horizons expanding. By the end of the century Britain had started down the track that would turn it into the world's leading maritime and imperial power. This unit will explore Britain's Tudor century: discussing the politics of the period, the social / economic changes and even the reasons for our enduring fascination with its events and personalities.
1 x 2-hr interactive lecture per week.
One 5,000 word essay (100%) – ILO’s 1-7
John Guy, Tudor England (1988)
Steven G. Ellis Tudor Frontiers and Noble Power: The Making of the British State (OUP, 1995)
Trevor Herbert & Gareth Elwyn Jones Tudor Wales (Cardiff 1988)
John Walter, Crowds and popular politics in early modern England (Manchester, 2006)
Steve Hindle, The state and social change in early modern England, 1550-1640 (2002)
Steve Hindle, et al. Remaking English society: social relations and social change in early modern England (Boydell, 2013)