Governance in Scotland, 1424-1625 (P01531)

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

This supervised reading course is about how Scotland was governed in the late medieval period, with discussion of kings and their magnates, the church, and local government. There is particular emphasis on continuities into, and contrasts with, the period of more rapid governmental change in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

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 : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

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

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The principal objective of the course is to provide students with specialist knowledge and understanding of how late medieval Scotland was governed. The main modes of recent scholarly analysis of Scottish kingship are analysed, together with the primary evidence which has been used to support analytical frameworks. 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.