'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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William Shakespeare's plays are world-famous. But in what kind of world did he live? Through local rivalries, feuding families, legal disputes and high politics, we investigate everyday life in Shakespeare's England.
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.
Using a variety of examples drawn from global history, this course explores controversies in the history of medicine and the way in which they have impacted on practitioners, patients and wider communities.
What links the ground beneath our feet to our cultural heritage? How do local building variations emerge and develop? Why is traditional building practice still important? Join this course to explore the material culture of historic buildings in Britain.
Join us to explore the rich and dazzling architecture of the Italian Renaissance in three key cities. We will investigate the differing ways in which the classical styles of the Renaissance found expression in Florence, Rome and Venice.
Work actively to understand key screenwriting concepts to build your awareness of the needs of your film idea. Develop this into a riveting outline, populate it with engaging characters, and draw your audience into your story world through genre.
Gain an appreciation of different forms of nature writing and produce your own texts in a supportive environment with this short online course.
You’ve finally started writing your novel. But how do you get it to finished? This course teaches you how to read and edit your own work critically and efficiently. It will help develop your own personalised tools and plan to finish your novel.
Learn about R programming with this online course. At an introductory level, this course provides you with a solid foundation of the R programming language. Here you will learn the basics of R and gradually move to data processing and manipulation.
Gain insight into the most important programming tools using the Python programming language, for obtaining data, bringing it into a usable form, exploring and modelling it, and for presenting discoveries to a wider audience.
Gain insight into the most important programming tools using the Python programming language, for obtaining data, bringing it into a usable form, exploring and modelling it, and for presenting discoveries to a wider audience.