Lecture Programme
All lecture slides, recordings, handouts, seminar preparation, and reading lists are available on the module's Moodle page. |
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Lecture topic |
Seminar topic |
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| 1 |
No classes. No lectures will be held this week and no preparation will be required. Please familiarise yourself with the assessment pages and consider delving into some of the background reading. Please prepare for the seminar in Week 2 by looking at the instructions for your group on the module Moodle page. |
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| Autumn Term | 2 |
A New British History: An Introduction |
Preliminary session: A New British History? |
| 3 |
A Game of Thrones: Elizabeth, Mary and the Politics of Religion in the British Isles, 1558-1603 |
Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart the politics of religion in the British Isles |
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| 4 |
James VI and I and His Three Kingdoms, 1567-1625 |
‘A Perfect Union’?: James VI and I and His Three Kingdoms |
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| 5 |
British Overseas Expansion: The Gaelic World, 1558-1625 |
Gaelic Scotland and Ireland under Tudor and Stuart Rule |
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| 6 |
Reading Week - no lecture or seminar We will not hold in-person office hours during this week, but please get in touch if you'd like to arrange an online meeting. |
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| 7 |
The European Reformations and British National Identities |
Religion and the Three British Kingdoms |
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| 8 |
Wales and the Making of the British Nation, 1475-1640 |
'The Perfect Union'? Wales and the Making of the British Nation |
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| 9 |
British Overseas Expansion: The Creation of British America, c. 1575-1640 |
The Creation of British America |
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| 10 |
Charles I and the road to Civil War, 1625-1642 |
Charles I and the Road to Civil War |
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Christmas vacation |
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| 1 |
The Experiences of War in British Localities and Empire |
The Civil War conflicts: local and imperial perspectives |
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| 2 |
Radicalism and Regicide: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1642-1649 |
Radicalism, Rebellion, Revolution and Regicide |
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| Spring Term | 3 |
One Nation, One Republic? 1649-1660 |
The Three Kingdoms and the Rise and Fall of the British Republic |
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Charles II and the Tensions of the Restoration Monarchy, 1660-1685 |
Charles II and the Restoration Monarchy |
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| 5 |
British Overseas Expansion: The Restoration Monarchy and the Bid for Empire, 1660-1685 |
The Restoration Monarchy and the bid for empire |
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| 6 |
Reading week - No classes We will not hold in-person office hours during this week, but please get in touch if you'd like to arrange an online meeting. |
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| 7 |
Race and the Tudor and Stuart Empire, 1558-1702 |
Race and the British Empire |
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| 8 |
The Dutch Invasion? James II and the 1688 Revolution |
James II and the 1688 Revolution in Britain and America | |
| 9 |
Crown, Parliament, and The 'Revolutionary' Settlement |
The 'Revolutionary' Settlement |
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| 10 |
British Overseas Expansion: The Darien Design and the Context of Scottish Imperialism, 1690-1705 |
The Darien Design and the Context of Scottish imperialism |
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Easter vacation |
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| Summer Term | 1 |
Forging the Nation: The Act of Union and the Birth of the British state |
The Act of Union and the Birth of the British state |
| 2 |
Conclusions and Revision Lecture: The New British History and the Emergence of a British Nation? |
Conclusions: A British Nation? |
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