230565 British History 1 (S) (SoSe 2008)

Using both fictional and non-fictional texts as our primary source material, we will discuss historic events and developments as well as broader cultural, political, social, economic, religious and institutional contexts in the history of Britain from pre-Roman times to the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. "History" is accessible to us mainly in the form of various kinds of "stories", and we will spend the weekly sessions primarily on the close textual analysis of these (hi)stories.

A Course Reader with source material will be made available; it will NOT contain general chronologies or timelines of "the basics" like reigns of monarchs, dates of important events, names of important people. It is your own responsibility to read up on the general outline of British history up to c. 1800.

It is expected that you will prepare yourself for the course by surfing and reading extensively (i.e. "a lot") on the following website:

Externe Kommentarseite

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/