Society and Politics in Victorian Britain Part 1

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Reflect critically on the historiography of Victorian Britain and 19th century politics.
• Analyse critically primary source materials from the period.
• Assess the different categories of evidence and the different approaches of historians and other scholars.
• Crtique and contextualise primary source material in a form appropriate for the ‘gobbet’ assignment.
• Discuss and present ideas about both primary evidence and historical interpretations clearly and persuasively in written work.
• Understand the context of how documentation was produced and how it might be located.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Work effectively to locate sources and literature.
• Develop time management skills.
• Undertake research using archival material for essays and gobbets.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Roots of modern democracy
• Opportunities for political participation in Victorian Britain.
• Key political developments in Victorian Britain.

A range of indicative themes may include: Chartism, Women and Political Representation, , The Great Reform Act, Slavery and Abolition, Empire at Home

Teaching and learning methods

This module will be delivered through small group seminars and individual tutorials. The Special Subject is deeply rooted in rich archival resources and we will be making extensive use of the extensive holdings of nineteenth century political papers in the Archives and Special Collections of the Hartley Library.

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

H. Pelling (1979). Popular Politics and Society in Victorian Britain.

C. Hall, et al., (2000). Defining the Victorian Nation. Cambridge University Press.

W. D. Rubinstein (1998). Britain's Century. Arnold.

G. Marsden (1998). Victorian Values. Pearson.

T. Hoppen (1998). The Mid-Victorian Generation 1846-1886. Oxford.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External