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History 7-10 / Year 8 / Knowledge and understanding / Medieval Europe and the early modern world
Curriculum content descriptions
the experiences and perspectives of rulers and of subject peoples, and the interaction between power and/or authority in Medieval, Renaissance or pre-modern Europe (AC9HH8K04)
Elaborations
- Topic: Medieval Europe
- explaining the reasons for different punishments for different groups of people, such as trial by combat as a privilege granted to the nobility and ducking stools as a punishment for women, and the use of punishment as a deterrent
describing the impact of the Black Death on daily life using primary sources such as Matteo Villani’s diary, Boccaccio’s Decameron, Fordun’s Chronicle of the Scottish Nation and Ibn Khaldun’s recollection of the impact of the plague
analysing how rulers responded to demands from the lower classes to improve their working conditions and lives following the plague, using sources such as King Edward III’s law Statute of Labourers
,456,Topic: The Renaissance- analysing primary sources to understand the interactions between the rulers of Florence, Venice, Naples and/or the Papal States
- explaining the differing levels of political involvement in city-states such as the guilds in Florence and Libro d’Oro in Venice,456,Topic: The emergence of the modern world
- examining the change in the role and power of monarchies in the political systems of Western Europe, for example, decline of "absolutism", development of parliaments, and new ideas relating to nationalism
- investigating the changes and continuities in the political power of the bourgeoise and peasant classes with the growth of cities and increased urbanisation, and the movement of peoples
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Renaissance, Religion, European history, Economy, Cultural interaction, Political systems, Feudalism, Land ownership, Middle Ages, Agriculture