HI304M: POWER AND TRADITIONS: FRANCE 1799-1900 (2015-2016)

Questions about who exercised power and why resonated at every level of nineteenth-century French society. The Revolution of 1789 had brought about fundamental reforms to the political and social order in France. It set down the roots of the French republican tradition whose supporters became locked in an ongoing ideological struggle against conservative political and social elites. This course examines the myriad forms that power took in French society, from Napoleon?s coup d??tat of 18 Brumaire to the early Third Republic. It deals with the power of political and military leaders to legislate and lead armies. It investigates the gendered implications of power operating within families and between men and women. It also unpacks the ways in which class shaped power relations, and the significance of class-based traditions, within the social fabric of nineteenth-century France.

This module is available to students on all non-History degree programmes as a discipline breadth course for the enhanced study requirement. However, the admission of students with a non-History degree intention will be at the discretion of the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy.

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1st Attempt: 1 three-hour written examination (50%); continuous assessment (50%). 3,000 word essay (40%) exam (50%) class presentation (10%) (of which 5% students' peer assessment and 5% course coordinator assessment).

Resit: 1 three-hour written examination (100%).

Preparation of an essay outline and bibliography.

Written feedback.

None.