| ME4904 | England and France at War in the Fourteenth Century |
| Lecturer | Professor Chris Given-Wilson (Room 5, 71 South Street) |
| Credits | 60 |
| Availability | Not running 2011-12 |
| Class Hour | Wednesday 9.30-12.30 |
| Description | The traditional dates of the Hundred Years War are 1337-1453. It was from the 1290s however, that tensions began to build between England and France in the regions (such as Gascony, Scotland and the Low Countries) which were to play the crucial role in the outbreak of war in 1337, and it was during the first two decades of the fourteenth century – at Courtrai in 1302, for example, and at Bannockburn in 1314 – that the new military tactics which were to prove so effective after 1337 were developed. The initial aim of this module is to study the diplomatic and military history of England, France and their allies both in the build-up to full-scale war and during the first two phases (1337-96) of what is known as the Hundred Years War. It also looks in detail at areas such as military organization, the chivalric ethos, the laws and customs of war in relation to things such as sieges or the treatment of prisoners of war, the economic and social impact of war, and the literature of war. A substantial part of the course will be devoted to in-depth study of contemporary chronicles of the war, particularly the chronicles of Jean Froissart. |
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Course Structure |
One three hour meeting per week |
| Assessment | 60% examination 40% course work inclusive of one oral assessment |
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| Restrictions | Available only to students in the second year of the Honours Programme |