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This course will examine five Oxfordshire market towns, all of which were developed as new towns in the Middle Ages - Thame, Chipping Norton, Witney, Woodstock, and Burford. There will be alternating class sessions and field trips to the study towns.
This course explores how Oxford became a centre for learning in the middle ages, as well as a centre for trade and government. It examines the sponsorship of its splendid buildings and collections as well as the tensions between townspeople and scholars.
Next year (2027) marks the Millennium of the birth of William the Conqueror. Perhaps the most important, and enigmatic King in English History. This course will trace his achievements, his failures and most importantly his legacy as King of England.
Britain's food production increased more than fourfold between 1600 and 1870, supporting a growing population and industrialisation. How was this achieved, what part did enclosure and a shift to capitalist agriculture play, and what was the social impact?
Have you been wanting to trace your family history, but are unsure where to start? This course will guide you through the process. You will learn how to use civil registration records, censuses, newspapers, and hands-on archival skills.
This course is the ideal introduction to English garden history. It provides an overview of five centuries of development, from baroque formalism through the naturalistic landscape style, right up to contemporary cutting-edge planting style.
This course is the ideal introduction to English garden history. It provides an overview of five centuries of development, from baroque formalism through the naturalistic landscape style, right up to contemporary cutting-edge planting style.
This course is the ideal introduction to English garden history. It provides an overview of five centuries of development, from baroque formalism through the naturalistic landscape style, right up to contemporary cutting-edge planting style.
Britain led the world in the nineteenth century, but what were the consequences of industrialisation and empire on British society?
Britain led the world in the nineteenth century, but what were the consequences of industrialisation and empire on British society?
Step into the turbulent world of Elizabethan England, a time of plots, power struggles and discovery, and uncover how ordinary people lived through one of the most dramatic eras in English history.
'Magic' was a wide-ranging concept that affected many aspects of medieval society. This course will consider the actual and perceived practices of magic in the medieval period and their consequences.
