The Great Courses - A HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE TUDORS TO THE STUARTS

PROFESSOR ROBERT BUCHOLZ

ISBN 10: 1565856570 ISBN 13: 9781565856578

Riassunto

History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts Course No. 8470 (48 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by Robert Bucholz Loyola University Chicago D.Phil., Oxford UniversitY Professor Robert Bucholz presents a sweeping, 48-lecture course on one of the most intriguing times in modern history. England's changing social, economic, religious, and political structures unfold while first the Tudors (1485-1603) and then the Stuarts (1603-1714) establish their monarchies, and you hear the facts behind dramatic stories: Henry VIII's wives and his fear that a woman would rule The reigns of Henry's three children: Edward VI, "Bloody Mary," and popular Elizabeth I James I's insistence that the monarchy be stronger than Parliament Charles I in his best attire, walking to his own beheading James II believing Britain couldn't live without him William III, invited by the British to invade their country Queen Anne's War and her immense popularity The great, tumultuous city of London Continuing religious persecution and change, including the Reformation and the relationships between the royalty and the pope Change through the onset of the printed word Problems of law and order, witchcraft, the Poor Law, and the rise of Puritanism The blossoming of Elizabethan and Jacobean culture in art, music, and literature. You learn about great works of art, important discoveries, castles, and coronations. And with the rich history of England's monarchs you also learn how the English people were born, worked, played, worshipped, fell in love, and died. Professor Bucholz presents this history in an intimate way that draws you into unfolding events, weaving quotes from parish records, diaries, letters, newspapers, and the political press into his own narrative.

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• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1565856570
• ISBN 13: 9781565856578
• Rilegatura: DVD