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Semester 1

From Covenanting Revolution to Jacobite Rebellion: Scottish Politics, 1638-1747 (SCHI10077)

Subject

Scottish History

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed 3 History courses at grade B or above, and please note that we will only consider courses with a specific focus on History (not including History of Art) towards these pre-requisites. We will only consider University/College level courses. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

This course explores the revolutions, reforms and political upheavals of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Scotland. As well as examining the main events from the Covenanting revolution of 1638-41 to the Jacobite rising of 1745, the course pays particular attention to political culture and forms of popular participation in politics.

Course Description

This course explores the turbulent events and important transformations in Scottish politics from the Covenanting revolution of 1638-41 to the Jacobite rising of 1745. Building on pre-honours courses in Scottish and British history, the course charts the main developments in political life, examining periods of rapid state-building and intense religious controversy, as well as such decisive turning points as the union of 1707. The course begins chronologically, discussing the period's successive revolutions and settlements. It then focuses on political culture and popular participation in politics, drawing on evidence from across the period to examine key themes.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on a History or HCA exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in two 3rd year History courses each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. This includes courses in Economic History and Scottish History. Enrolment in a third course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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