Admission requirements
None
Description
This course provides an introduction to the history of the four nations on the British Isles: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, from 1485 to the present. The emphasis will be on political developments, the internal relations and the consequences of the creation and fall of the British Empire. Within this special attention will be paid to the relationship between King and Parliament in England from the War of the Roses to the Glorious Revolution, after which party-political developments in the various political entities will be followed through to the independence of southern Ireland, the devolution process under Prime-minister Blair, and the peace process in Northern Ireland. The internal relations between the four nations on the islands will be another area of inquiry, in particular the union between England and Scotland and the fraught relationship between England and Ireland. The creation and loss of an overseas empire and the role this played in the developments on the islands are traced, and attention will be paid to the industrial revolution and her social consequences: the rise of trade unions and the Labour Party, the extension of suffrage and the development of the welfare state.
Course objectives
The course aims to make students familiar with the history of the islands, and provide them with an interpretative and methodological framework for the political and social development both internally en between the various constitutive parts.
Timetable
See timetable History.
Mode of instruction
Lecture
Course Load
Lectures 24 hours.
Selfstudy 116 hours (5 ects) or 256 hours (10 ects).
Assessment method
Written-exam.
Blackboard
Yes
Reading list
Jeremy Black, A history of the British Isles (Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Palgrave 3rd edition or later).
Registration
Via uSis.
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Studeren à la carte.
Registration Contractonderwijs.
Contact
Email: Dr. J. Augusteijn.
Remarks
It is possible to sit the exam for either 5 or 10 ects.