'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.
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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.
This course provides an historical introduction to the development of folklore studies in Britain. It will review historical conceptions and approaches to folklore from the seventeenth-century antiquarians to the present.
Britain led the world in the nineteenth century, but what were the consequences of industrialisation and empire on British society?
A modern, democratic, multicultural Britain developed throughout the twentieth century. This course will examine the key social, economic and political influences that have shaped modern Britain.
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.
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.
Equivalent to second-year undergraduate study, this two-year part-time course explores English society from the early medieval era to the twentieth century, tracing how religion, reform, empire and industry shaped everyday life.