MO3318 1848: Revolutionary Age

2023 to 2024 Semester 2

Curricular information may be subject to change

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Dr C Kreklau

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Module Staff

Dr C Kreklau

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Module description

Contemporaries called it the 'Crazy Year'. After decades of governmental oppression, the revolutions of 1848 threw Germany into an intoxicating period of liberty and change. German society underwent a process of political mobilisation. Peasants, craftsmen, workers, liberals, radicals, nationalists, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, even women and proto-imperialists set about addressing their grievances. In order to establish new rights and institutions they utilised a wide spectrum of political means, ranging from riots to elected constituent assemblies. Their objectives were similarly heterogeneous. Peasants near Magdeburg demanded more pasture for their geese; the deputies of the Frankfurt Parliament tried to create a constitutional nation state. This module will try to draw an analytical portrait of the origins, events and consequences of seventeen dazzling, dramatic, momentous months in German history.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AT LEAST 60 CREDITS FROM {MO1007, MO1008, MO2008, HI2001, MH2002}

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

4,000-word essay = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

278

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.