COURSEWORK weighted at 100%.
Comprising of:
TOPIC AND SOURCES ASSIGNMENT COMPONENTS, 5000 words in total.
[Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Key Information Set:
100% coursework

Indicative topics for the French Revolution include: Absolutism and the rise of the Enlightenment public sphere; the outbreak of the French Revolution; the reforms of the National Assembly; political clubs and the rise of the Girondins and Jacobins; the fall of the monarchy and declaration of the Republic; war and revolutionary armies; the Terror; the fall of Robespierre and the Thermidorean reaction. Indicative topics for Napoleon include: Napoleon in Italy and Egypt; the Napoleonic consulate 1799-1804; France and the Napoleonic Empire – military organisation and civil administration; the Empire at its height in 1808; Spain and guerrilla resistance; the Russian campaign; the ‘100 days’; exile, myth and legacy. The module would also consider the wider impact of the French Revolution outside Europe and the lasting impact of Napoleon on European history.
In the topic assignment students can follow up topics in more depth from the module content; for the sources assignment there is a choice of source documents, written and visual, with guidance on how to provide a historical commentary on them. Students will do assessed work on both the French Revolution and Napoleon.

Workshops introduce the main themes and arguments of the module content together with discussion and analysis of a range of written and visual source materials. The independent study element should be used for background reading, reading for the workshops, and research and preparation of the written assignments.

Key Information Set:
16% scheduled learning and teaching and activities
84% guided independent learning

French Revolution
Andress, D. (ed.) [2015]: The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution (Oxford University Press, Oxford)
Aston, N. [2004]: The French Revolution 1789-1804: Authority, Liberty and the Search for Stability (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke)
Doyle, William [2002]: The Oxford History of the French Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, Oxford)
Hanson Paul R. [2009]: Contesting the French Revolution (Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, Series: Contesting the Past)
Jones P.M. [2003]: The French Revolution 1787-1804 (Longman, London)
McPhee P. & Dwyer, P. (Eds.) [2002]: The French Revolution and Napoleon: A Sourcebook (Routledge)

Napoleon
Blaufarb R. [2011]: Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and Civilians: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford/St.Martins, Boston Mass)
Dwyer, P.G. (ed.) [2001] Napoleon and Europe (Routledge, London, 2001)
Ellis, G. [2003]: The Napoleonic Empire (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2nd edition)
Emsley, C. [2003] Napoleon: Conquest, Reform and Reorganisation (Routledge, London, Seminar studies in History)
Esdaile C. [2008] Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 (Penguin, London)
Forrest A. [2011]: Napoleon (Quercus, London)

Library for books, journals, newspapers and periodicals including subscription online resources such as Blackwell Reference Online and Oxford Reference Online.

The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

In taking this module students are disqualified from taking:-
HIPO50459
HIPO60020
HIPO60501