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Life and times of Queen Anne What is the course about? Queen Anne was the last of the Stuarts and suffered much personal tragedy but she ruled over an increasingly prosperous nation that had unprecedented military success in Europe under the Duke of Marlborough. What topics will we cover? Although Anne reigned for only 12… Read more »
- Posted on: November 25, 2018
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- Also tagged British Kings and Queens, Duke of Marlborough, European History, Handel, Modern history, Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill, The Churchills, The Stuarts, Union of England and Scotland, War of the Spanish Succession, Women's history
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Life and times of James VII & II Although his reign was one of the shortest in Britain James had a distinguished career before becoming king and an intriguing one in exile. A Catholic convert he was doomed to fail in Protestant Britain. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 10th March… Read more »
- Posted on: March 29, 2018
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged Art History, British Kings and Queens, Catholic History, European History, Glorious Revolution, Greenwich, Jacobites, James VII & II, King James II, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, Purcell, The Churchills, The Stuarts
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Life and times of Charles I and Henrietta Maria Charles was never meant to be king but rose to the challenge and he and Henrietta led a glittering court. Sadly they were at odds with Parliament and the people which led to Civil War. This course was run at the Queen’s House Greenwich on Saturday… Read more »
- Posted on: January 20, 2018
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged Art History, British Kings and Queens, British Museum, European History, Greenwich, London History, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, National Maritime Museum, The Queen's House Greenwich, The Stuarts, Women's history