Postgraduate Course: A Crucible for Change: Enlightenment in Britain, 1688-1801 (PGHC11201)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is based on issues discussed in the course organiser's contribution to Martin Fitzpatrick et al, eds., The Enlightenment World (London and New York: Routledge, 2004) and a chapter in his book British History 1660-1832: National Identity and Local Culture (1998/9). There has been renewed interest in the national context of the Enlightenment in the last twenty years, and this course will provide a framework for exploring this issue in a British context, including Ireland's cultural relationship to the idea of Britain in the eighteenth century. Subjects that will be explored will include:
- Newton and the Enlightenment in Britain
- The Huguenots and European Influence on the early Enlightenment in Britain
- The Revolution of 1688 and the origins of British Enlightenment culture
- The Growth of Toleration in Britain
- The Rise of the Public in British Enlightenment culture
- The expansion of commerce and culture
- The extension of 'Englishness' through Enlightenment culture
- The Urban Renaissance of the British Enlightenment
- Club culture
- Gender and the idea of Britain
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Students will enhance their skills at close reading and analysis of primary texts and secondary literature. They will also:
- Explore the complex literature relating to cultural history in a national context.
- Test their ideas in inter-active seminars.
- Develop their analytical skills through writing a 3000 word essay on a question to be agreed with the course organiser.
- Take responsibility for their own learning and develop their ability to carry out independent research.
- Develop expertise in the use of the outstanding array of research resources relating to this course available in Edinburgh.
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Crucible Change Enlightenment Britain |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alexander Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)50 4033
Email: Alex.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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