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Economic and Social Change in Medieval and Early Modern Britain (ES0066)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-ESCMEMB

This survey course is intended to form a component element of a new collaborative research-teaching programme involving the Department of Economic and Social History, the University of Edinburgh and the Department of Medieval Studies, the Central European University, Budapest (see web-page http://www.esh.ed.ac.uk/CEU/CEU-Edinburgh.html). It is organised on the basis of nine 1.5 hour lecture/seminars. The course is designed to train students in the critical appraisal of current typologies of 'pre-modern' European economic and social change, in the light of empirical investigations into the evolution of the Medifval (ca. 400-1540 AD) and Early Modern (ca. 1540-1740) British economy and society. It will examine long-term patterns of economic change in 'pre-modern' Britain, as protracted periods of recession, following the collapse of Roman Imperial power in the West (ca. 440-740 AD), in the wake of the Black Death (ca. 1350-1520) and in the mid-seventeenth century (ca. 1640-1740), alternated with phases of recovery and real economic growth (ca. 1040-1340 and 1540-1640). It is based upon a critical appraisal of available National Income estimates and explores the process of social change under differing economic regimes.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 9 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course seeks to develop:
- An ability to identify, initiate and complete a substantial piece of research in economic or social history.
- An ability to draw on key concepts from one or more of the social science disciplines.
- An appreciation of the advanced literature in Medifval and Early Modern economic and social history.
- A familiarity with historiography, historical explanation and research methods relating to Medifval and Early Modern economic and social History.
- An understanding of appropriate statistical, computing and other techniques relevant to data collection and analysis.