Topic assignment of 3000 words (70%)
Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3

Sources assignment of 1000 words (30%)
Learning Outcomes: 1, 4

Key Information Set:
100% coursework

In the French Revolution there was an unprecedented overthrow and dismantling of Absolutist royal authority, and the attempt by the revolutionaries to create a new society based on 'liberty, equality, and fraternity'. Moderate reform was followed by war, the abolition of the monarchy, the declaration of a Republic and the period of the 'Terror'. Napoleon's rise to power was meteoric and led to a Napoleonic Empire that at its height dominated much of Europe and the introduction of the Napoleonic 'Code'. The module considers the causes, course and outcomes of the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon and the formation of the Napoleonic Empire, including the Egyptian campaign and its 'civilising mission'. The military and civil strengths of the Empire are studied, before analysing forms of resistance and the reasons for the eventual fall of Napoleon in 1815.
In the topic assignment students can follow up a topic 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

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

Aston N. [2004]: The French Revolution 1789-1804: Authority, Liberty and the Search for Stability (Palgrave Macmillan)
Blaufarb R. [2011]: Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and Civilians: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford/St.Martins, Boston Mass)
Broers M. [2014]: Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny (Faber & Faber, London)
Broers M. [2010]: Napoleon's Other War: Bandits, Rebels and Their Pursuers in the Age of Revolutions (Peter Lang, Oxford)
Dwyer P. [2008]: Napoleon: Path to Power 1769-1799 (Bloomsbury, London)
Dwyer P. [2013]: Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815 (Bloomsbury, London)
Esdaile C. [2008]: Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 (Penguin)
Forrest A. [2011]: Napoleon (Quercus)
Hanson P. R. [2009]: Contesting the French Revolution (Wiley-Blackwell) [Series: Contesting the Past]
Israel J. [2014]: Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to Robespierre (Princeton Univ. Press, NJ)
Linton M. [2013]: Choosing Terror: Virtue, Friendship, and Authenticity in the French Revolution (O.U.P., Oxford)
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)
Scurr R. [2006]: Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution (Chatto & Windus, 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 must not have and cannot take:
HIPO50500
HIPO50429
HIPO60501