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At the end of this module students should
(a) know in broad outline the development of European architecture across five centuries;
(b) know, and be able to critique, the arguments by which certain buildings are understood to constitute the canon of medieval European architecture;
(c) have a critical awareness of the methodologies which characterise the disciplines involved in the study of Europe's medieval architectural heritage, and which sometimes underpin tensions between those disciplines.
Key concepts in architectural history
Europe: from Antiquity to 1000
Romanesque regionalism: Catalonia, Burgundy, western France, Provençe, the Rhineland
Romanesque England
Romanesque Ireland
Origins of Gothic architecture
English Gothic and its resistance to French Gothic
Gothic Ireland 1: beginnings
Gothic Ireland 2: the ‘Early English’ and ‘Decorated’ styles transformed
Late Gothic architecture: the English Perpendicular style
Mendicantism and late Gothic Ireland
Capetian and Norman castles
Earlier Angevin castles in Britain and Ireland: the reign of Henry II
Middle-period Angevin (Gothic) castles in Britain and Ireland and the Crusader lands: the reigns of Richard I, John I and Henry III
Later Angevin (Gothic) castles in Britain and Ireland: the reigns of Edward I, Edward II and Richard II
The Gothic castle 2: the reign of Edward I
The late Gothic tower-house in Ireland
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 76 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: 2-hour examination | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 50 |
Essay: 3,000-word essay | Week 9 | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
UCD School of Archaeology use standard feedback sheets for all modules. Your feedback is provided on this form - the form also contains feed forward details - this will help you think about how you could improve your approach in future assignments.
Name | Role |
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Ms Angela McAteer | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |