This tag: European History
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, English Composer, Handel, Modern history, Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill, The Churchills, The Stuarts, Union of England and Scotland, War of the Spanish Succession, Women's history
This tag: European History
This course ran at the City Lit and the British Museum on Saturday 15th October 2016. I also ran it as a three day course between Saturday 3rd and Saturday 17th November 2018. During the pandemic I ran the course twice online over three evenings: 15th, 22nd and 29th January 2021 and 16th, 23rd and 30th… Read more »
- Posted on: November 24, 2018
- Featured in History, History features
- Also tagged Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ancient Rome, British Museum, Colossus of Rhodes, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Pharos of Alexandria, Pyramids, Seven Wonders of the World, Seven Wonders of the World and the British Museum, Temple of Artemis, Zeus
This tag: European History
Great Sea Battles from the Classical World – Salamis, Syracuse and Actium A general look at ships and sailing techniques in the Ancient World and how vessels were used in warfare. This course was run at the National Maritime Museum on Sunday 25th March 2018. We looked at the strategies used by navies in… Read more »
- Posted on: March 30, 2018
- Featured in History, History features
- Also tagged Actium, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Naval Warfare, Ancient Greek Warships, Ancient History, Ancient Naval Warfare, Ancient Roman Naval Warfare, Ancient Roman Warships, Ancient Rome, Battle of Actium, Battle of Salamis, Battle of Syracuse, Etruscans, Greenwich, Naval Warfare, Salamis