Overview

Topics explored over the course of this module may include, but will not be limited to: economy and industry; urbanisation; crime, policing and punishment; health and medicine; science and technology; leisure and sport; education; religion, faith and doubt; travel and communication; the British Empire; monarchy; consumerism; class; gender; Victorian values.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse individual pieces of historical evidence very closely - particularly setting them in context, judging their qualities as evidence, and explaining their significance

• Demonstrate a wide-ranging knowledge concerning Victorian Britain

• Judge between the competing interpretations of the historiography (including current positions in historical and other academic writing)

• Present clear, evidence-based, and cogent historical argument under examination conditions