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I first ran this course at Crayford Manor in January 2003 but the latest manifestation was on Saturday 14th March 2020 at the City Lit just before the great lockdown. Following the attempt by James II to re-establish Catholicism in Britain his daughter and son-in-law were invited to oust him to protect the Protestant church.… Read more »
- Posted on: April 22, 2020
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens, Music
- Also tagged British Kings and Queens, Choral Music, English Composer, European History, Glorious Revolution, King William III, London History, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, National Maritime Museum, Purcell, Queen Anne, Queen Mary II, The Stuarts, William and Mary, William of Orange, Women's history
This tag: Greenwich
From being the ruler of an obscure German electorate George I suddenly became king of on the most powerful nations in the world in his fifties. He was never popular in his new kingdom but established a constitutional monarchy which has survived to today. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 16th… Read more »
- Posted on: March 17, 2020
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged Art History, British Kings and Queens, British Museum, Choral Music, English Composer, Enlightenment, European History, German composers, Handel, Italian composers, London History, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, National Maritime Museum, Opera, The Hanoverians
This tag: Greenwich
Life and Times of George II What is the course about? George II is perhaps best remembered as the last British monarch to lead his troops into battle and also as the instigator of the custom of standing for the Hallelujah Chorus in Handel’s Messiah. His reign marked the high point of Handel’s career which… Read more »
- Posted on: June 8, 2019
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- Also tagged Bonnie Prince Charlie, British Kings and Queens, British Museum, Choral Music, English Composer, Enlightenment, European History, Handel, Hanoverians, Jacobites, King George II, London History, Modern history, National Maritime Museum, Queen's House, War of the Austrian Succession