Britain and the French Revolution 1789-1802 (HI0034)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-BFR

This course will focus on how the French Revolution influenced events and developments in the British Isles, and on the polarisation of opinion between radicals and conservatives; on the creation of radical and loyalist organisations; on the impact of the French Revolution on the development of the party of government and the parliamentary opposition; on the polarisation of attitudes towards the French Revolutionary War; on the conduct of the war and the impact of this struggle on the economy and society; and on the impact of the French Revolution on Ireland and the consequent Irish Rebellion and Irish Act of Union.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and any second level historical course or equivalent. Visiting students should normally have 3 to 4 History courses at Grade B or above.

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

Britain and the French Revolution 1789-1802 (VS1) (Not being delivered)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

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

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students are expected to be acquainted not simply with the basic information on the above issues, but with how evidence is gathered by scholars; why the evidence is sometimes uncertain and contradictory; and how historians have debated the major issues and have legitimately come up with different interpretations. The lectures seek to provide the basis for an understanding of these issues and private reading adds to this, but it is in the seminar discussions that students bring to bear the results of their own reading and discuss with each other the differing arguments and interpretations, and conflicting evidence they have found.