Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- complete structured writing of assignments of different lengths
- evaluate published arguments relevant to a specific question
- communicate through oral and written modes
- manage your time effectively
- write critically and coherently within a time constraint.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- discuss the implications of the information and insights that you have gained.
- demonstrate critical understanding of a complex period
- appreciate interrelationships of written and physical evidence
- show awareness of the principal artefacts, sites and other types of evidence relating to the period
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- debate key issues relating to the period of study.
- evaluate the particular uses and problems of different sorts of evidence
- analyse diverse types of data
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Follow-up work | 20 |
| Lecture | 20 |
| Seminar | 5 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 15 |
| Completion of assessment task | 40 |
| Wider reading or practice | 50 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Hamerow, H. et al (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Crawford, S (2009). Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford/Westport CT: Greenwood World Publishing.
Webster, L (2012). Anglo-Saxon Art. London: British Museum Press.
Reynolds, A (1999). Later Anglo-Saxon England. Stroud: Tempus.
Lavelle, R (2010). Alfred’s Wars. Sources and Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon Warfare in the Viking Age. Woodbridge: Boydell Press.
Hooke, D (1998). The Landscape of Anglo-Saxon England. London: Leicester University Press.
Richards, J (1991). Viking Age England. London: Batsford.
Keynes, S., and Lapidge, M (1983). Alfred the Great. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
Fleming, R (2010). Britain after Rome. London: Penguin Books.
Hinton, D.A (2005). Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins: Possessions and People in Medieval Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hill, D (1981). An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell.
Higham, N., and Ryan, M. J. (2013). The Anglo-Saxon World. London/New Haven: Yale University Press.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 50% |
| Source commentaries | 25% |
| Source commentaries | 25% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External