Current active course description (last updated 2020/21)
Ancient Norwegian History (before 1814)
HI109NS
Current active course description (last updated 2020/21)
Ancient Norwegian History (before 1814)
HI109NS
- The course covers the following main topics:
- The Viking period
- Demographic and economic development in the High Middle Ages
- State integration and development in the High Middle Ages
- The spread of Christianity and the growth of the church in the High Middle Ages
- Demographic and economic crises of the Late Middle Ages
- The Scandinavian Union in the Late Middle Ages
- Norway under Danish rule from the Late Middle Ages until 1814
- Demographic development 1500-1800
- The growth of Industry and trade 1500-1800
- Social change, with a focus on the period after 1650
- Background for the political events in 1814
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Knowledge
- The student should acquire a basic knowledge of central events and development processes regarding the economic, social and political history of Europe until around 1750. This will include knowledge of major social and cultural institutions and the relationships between these, throughout the period.
Abilities
- Students should be able to discuss historical problems and reach their own conclusions.
General competence
- Students should be able to access a comprehensive scientific literature, to review relevant knowledge from the literature and to argue for their own conclusions in written work.
No costs except semester registration fee and course literature.
Compulsory course for the internett based one-year.program in History
Essays, peer-assessment and optional seminars on-campus.
Annual evaluations which are included in the university's quality assurance system.
Adequate knowledge of the English language to read and analyse texts in English.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
HI109S - Norwegian History before 1814 - 10 credits
HI109LS - Norwegian History before 1814 - 10 credits
HIS1003 - Reformations, European expansion and revolutions (1500-1850) - 10 credits