MO3318
1848: Revolutionary Age
2023-2024
30
15
SCQF level 9
2
Academic year(s): 2023-2024
SCOTCAT credits : 30
ECTS credits : 15
Level : SCQF level 9
Semester: 2
Planned timetable:
Contemporaries called it the 'Crazy Year'. After decades of governmental oppression, the revolutions of 1848 threw Germany into an intoxicating period of liberty and change. German society underwent a process of political mobilisation. Peasants, craftsmen, workers, liberals, radicals, nationalists, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, even women and proto-imperialists set about addressing their grievances. In order to establish new rights and institutions they utilised a wide spectrum of political means, ranging from riots to elected constituent assemblies. Their objectives were similarly heterogeneous. Peasants near Magdeburg demanded more pasture for their geese; the deputies of the Frankfurt Parliament tried to create a constitutional nation state. This module will try to draw an analytical portrait of the origins, events and consequences of seventeen dazzling, dramatic, momentous months in German history.
Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass at least 60 credits from {MO1007, MO1008, MO2008, HI2001, MH2002}
Weekly contact: 1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.
Scheduled learning hours: 22
Guided independent study hours: 278
As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%
As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%
Re-assessment: 4,000-word essay = 100%
Module coordinator: Dr C Kreklau
Module teaching staff: Dr C Kreklau
Module coordinator email ck230@st-andrews.ac.uk