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British Studies Honors Course

Posted At : 14 September 2010 17:28 | Posted By : Anne Hollick
Related Categories: British Studies Centre
Harlaxton’s first British Studies Honors course has recruited students from the universities of Evansville, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Western Kentucky, Wabash College, Texas Women’s University, and Hannibal-LaGrange College. The Honors course uses a rich array of sources local to Harlaxton as case studies to explore wider themes and issues.
 
 
Students are currently beginning their first research projects which are concerned with various aspects of medieval society. The subjects are diverse and fascinating.
Research topics include the following:
·         Castles: a comparison between regional properties in Lincolnshire and the Tower of London, which was visited during the first weekend of semester.
·         The grotesque and the supernatural in the middle ages.
·         Aristocratic and courtly life, using Tattershall castle and church as a case study (we'll visit Tattershall next week).
·         Ecclesiastical architecture, focusing on memorialisation and using Lincoln cathedral [above] as a case study (we visit Lincoln tomorrow).
·         'The Cult of Death' in the later Middle Ages.
·         Military strategy and tactics in the Hundred Years War.
·         The rise and influence of Parliament.
 
For further details of the Honors course please follow this link or email Dr David Green (dgreen@harlaxton.ac.uk)

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