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ME3313 Early Irish Society (c. 600-800)

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

TBC

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Module coordinator

Prof A D Woolf

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Module Staff

Professor A Woolf

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Module description

This module will introduce students to the social and economic life of Ireland in the seventh and eighth centuries. The principle primary material used will be law codes dating from the decades around AD 700. Ireland in this period was an entirely rural society supporting neither towns nor a cash economy yet it has provided us with perhaps as much textual evidence related to social organisation as anywhere in Europe in this period. Students will be introduced to this material, supported by literary and archaeological evidence, and encouraged to engage with a barbarian society on its own terms rather than through the eyes of others.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS AT LEAST 60 CREDITS FROM {ME1003, ME1006, ME2003, HI2001, MH2002}

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

4,000-word essay = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour per week and 1 further hour of essay feedback over the semester.

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

278

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.