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The recent discovery of Richard III's remains in Leicester highlights the dynamic new research being conducted into the period known as the Wars of the Roses. This course asks students to engage with the latest work on this exciting and tumultuous period.
Augustine, the famous 5th-century North African bishop: profound philosopher, brilliant writer and preacher, fierce debater. Together we will read a wide selection of his works, including some transcripts of his sermons, to let him speak for himself.
Revolution was a powerful dynamic in European politics and society from 1789 to 1848. This course will examine this tremendous era of change.
In addition to tracing the evolution of the modern state and political ideas and ideologies, this course focuses on issues that confront people from all parts of the world on a day-to-day basis.
Studies of warfare so often focus on men – the military generals, politicians, and soldiers - but women participated in the British Civil Wars in a variety of ways. Warfare is not exclusively male.
Lenin, Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini: all infamous today for their dictatorships. But ever wondered how and why they came to power in the first place? And why no democratic state dared stop them? Join our course where we will explore all this and more!
Edward III was widely revered as the pre-eminent chivalric king in Western Christendom. Yet his reign started with the deposition and murder of his father, Edward II. How did Edward III restore the authority of the monarchy so successfully?
This course offers a new approach to the study of pilgrimage, combining history and anthropology to examine western pilgrimage practices from the Middle Ages to the modern day.
The course will examine the diplomatic, military, ecclesiastical and trade relations between the Byzantine Empire and its neighbours from the 4th to the 15th centuries.
Investigate a crucial period in the formation of the British national identity, which featured political union and a growing range of social divisions in the British Isles as well as intense rivalry with France and dramatic imperial expansion.
Examine Bevin and Eden's policy of staying out of the EEC in this hybrid lecture.
From ancient Persia to the modern CIA, espionage has shaped history. Explore two millennia of spying, tradecraft, and covert action in this six-part lecture series taught by a former intelligence officer and bestselling author Andrew Badger.
