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The Life and Works of Adomnan of Iona (P01231)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCL-P-P01231

This supervised reading course has as its focus the works of Adomnán mac Rónáin (d. 704): his "De Locis Sanctis", his "Lex Innocentium", and his "Vita Sancti Columbae". Its particular emphasis is upon understanding the achievement represented by these works against the backdrop of Adomnán's scholarship, life and times.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Scottish History, (School of History and Classics, Schedule E)

Other subject areas

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History and Classics, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The principal objective of the course is to provide students with specialist knowledge and understanding of the scholarly and other achievements of Adomnán. Particular aims are to subject received assumptions and scholarly models to critical scrutiny, and to maximise student handling of Adomnán's works (read in translation).

Students will emerge from the course having developed a sufficient degree of expertise in the subject to undertake a Masters dissertation.

Assessment Information

Students will be required to submit one individual essay of no less than 4000 words, and no more than 5000 words, to be handed in on the last Monday of the semester in which the course is run. The essay mark will count as 100% of the final grade.