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The role of violent feuding among the nobility has been fundamental to scholarship on medieval and early modern Scotland. Focusing on 15th-century evidence, this course explores the exercise of lordship, changes in law and justice, and tools of conflict management – including the making of peace – which shaped the governance of the realm and structured society. Students will assess the strengths and limits of the existing framework of historical analysis of feuding in Scotland.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Debate over the extent and role of violent feuding among the nobility, and in this the role of the crown and the relationship between crown and landowners, has been fundamental to generations of scholarship on late medieval and early modern Scotland. Focusing especially on the fifteenth century, this course explores the nature and exercise of lordship, changes in and uses of law and the judicial system, and diverse mechanisms of conflict management, all of which shaped the governance of the realm. Evaluating evidence such as bonds of manrent, arbitration and marriage contracts, legal and parliamentary records, and chronicles, the course will examine the roles of law, violence and peacemaking in structuring society. Students will assess the strengths and limits of the existing framework of historical analysis of feuding in Scotland.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 11 | Feedback Weeks | 13 | |
| Feedback |
Students will provide 2 x gobbet responses to sources available in a primary source pack. Feedback will be provided online through MyAberdeen and through the standard departmental feedback form. Further group feedback will be delivered in class. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Demonstrate advanced understanding of conflict, law and lordship in Scottish politics and society in the later middle ages. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Articulate convincing analysis of different types of evidence, understanding and applying different historical methodologies. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Critically appraise primary source materials and secondary scholarship. |
| Reflection | Create | Formulate viable research questions; Demonstrate improved verbal and written expression skills. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 14 | Feedback Weeks | 16 | |
| Feedback |
Students will produce a 1000-word essay relating to a topic chosen in consultation with course co-ordinator. Feedback will be provided online through MyAberdeen and through the standard departmental feedback form. Further group feedback will be delivered in class. |
Word Count | 1000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Demonstrate advanced understanding of conflict, law and lordship in Scottish politics and society in the later middle ages. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Articulate convincing analysis of different types of evidence, understanding and applying different historical methodologies. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Critically appraise primary source materials and secondary scholarship. |
| Reflection | Create | Formulate viable research questions; Demonstrate improved verbal and written expression skills. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 20 | Feedback Weeks | 24 | |
| Feedback |
In line with standard History special subject exam: students will answer a mixture of gobbet responses and examination questions regarding material from across the course. Individual feedback will be provided on request. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Demonstrate advanced understanding of conflict, law and lordship in Scottish politics and society in the later middle ages. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Articulate convincing analysis of different types of evidence, understanding and applying different historical methodologies. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Critically appraise primary source materials and secondary scholarship. |
| Reflection | Create | Formulate viable research questions; Demonstrate improved verbal and written expression skills. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Reflection | Create | Formulate viable research questions; Demonstrate improved verbal and written expression skills. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Critically appraise primary source materials and secondary scholarship. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Articulate convincing analysis of different types of evidence, understanding and applying different historical methodologies. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Demonstrate advanced understanding of conflict, law and lordship in Scottish politics and society in the later middle ages. |
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