HIST304 The Age of the Vikings
Updated: 05 December 2007| Credit Points | 6 | ||||||||
| Offering | Not offered in 2008 | ||||||||
| Online level | Level A - Internet access required | ||||||||
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| Supervised Exam | June | ||||||||
| Pre-requisites | 12 cp ANCH, ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or HIST except HIST 181 and 182. | ||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||||||
| Restrictions | HIST 204 | ||||||||
| Notes | None | ||||||||
| Combined Units | None | ||||||||
| Coordinator(s) | N/A | ||||||||
| Unit Description |
The Age of the Vikings deals with the 'golden age' of Scandinavian history, a period of great adventure and of monumental achievements between about 800 AD and 1050. While most histories of the Vikings tend to focus upon their acts of destruction (and HIST 304 is no exception in this regard), the unit will also consider them as builders of distinct communities in England, Ireland and France as well as across the Atlantic in Iceland, Greenland and America. We shall also consider the reasons behind Norwegian and Danish expansion and the effects that this expansion had, not only upon society and political institutions in the west but also on Scandinavia itself. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period. | ||||||||
| Recommended Material Optional |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period. | ||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |