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SREENARAYANAGURU OPEN UNIVERSITY

Ancillary Course
B21HS01AN

HISTORY OF BRITAIN I

CREDITS: 6

Course Objectives:

This course provides an awareness of England from the early 43 CE of the Roman Conquest
of England to the Restoration period. The course also provides an understanding of the
socio-cultural transformation of England through education.

Course Outcomes:

The focus of this course is on the history of Britain from the earliest phase up to the modern
period. This will enable the learners to understand the historical context of the English literature of
the period. Learners also get an idea of how the history of England and English literature are
intertwined.

Course Details:

BLOCK 1: Early History

Unit 1 British Isles
Unit 2 Roman Conquest- Romano British Culture- various cults-advent of
Christianity

Unit 3 Anglo - Saxons- kingdoms formed- society, culture- paucity of sources
Unit 4 Norman Conquest- Government, Oath of Salisbury, Doomsday Book

BLOCK 2: Feudalism and the Rise of Urban Centres

Unit 1 Manorial System
Unit 2 Political Developments
Unit 3 Crusades - Hundred Years War
Unit 4 Decline of Feudalism - the emergence of trade, urban centres, black death

BLOCK 3: Intellectual Developments in Medieval Britain

Unit 1 Role of Universities - secularism

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