HIST307 An Age of Uncertainty: Later - Plantagenet England
Updated: 27 March 2009| Credit Points | 6 | ||||||
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| Online level | Level A- Internet access required | ||||||
| Intensive School(s) | None | ||||||
| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. | ||||||
| Pre-requisites | 12 cp ANCH or ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or HIST except HIST181 and HIST182 or candidature in a postgraduate award | ||||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||||
| Restrictions | HIST207 | ||||||
| Notes | None | ||||||
| Combined Units | None | ||||||
| Coordinator(s) | Eric Acheson (eacheson@une.edu.au) | ||||||
| Unit Description |
The conventional wisdom about the late middle ages is that this was 'a period of disaster' when 'a general feeling of impending calamity hangs over all' and 'perpetual danger prevails everywhere.' In England, historians emphasise economic depression, growth in social tensions, decline of kingship and increasing lawlessness. In this unit we examine the reasons for these negative images: the Black Death, economic decline, peasant uprisings, religious dissent, the long, disastrous war in France and civil war at home. We also closely examine the fortunes of one family, the Pastons, to discover how it was possible to thrive and prosper in an age of uncertainty. |
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| Disclaimer | Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period. |