British history
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British history (V210): Historical studies focusing on the British Isles.
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Q&A Researching the Period (1914-1953) |
A question & answer session with historians Linda Parker and James Platt |
British history, European history, World War One, World War Two, womens history, Church history | view |
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Quiz 1: Historical Background |
One of two quizzes on our period, this first one dealing with historical background. |
First World War, Second World War, Vichy France, USSR, Weimar Germany, Soviet Union, birdsong, the plague, white guard, the reader, one day in the life of | view |
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Week 1 - Declaration of William of Orange. |
An abridged version of William III's declaration. A full version can be found at An http... |
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The English perception of chocolate: from invigorating remedy to exotic indulgence, c. 1660 – 1760 by Emma Vickers |
Chocolate arrived in England for the first time in the middle of the seventeenth century. Though marketed initially as a medical... |
chocolate | view |
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unit 6 The BUF and the Daily Mail |
A Daily Mail view on the BUF and their opponents |
Inter-War years, the depression, the 1930s | view |
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unit 2 - What is the Third Estate? |
A hint of things to come? The first signs of radicalism - What is the Third Estate? EVERYTHING! |
1789, French Revolution, Sieyes | view |
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Two Perspectives on the Execution of Sir Thomas Armstrong (1684): Tory Triumphalism and Dutch Distaste, James Drabble |
This essay analyses two accounts of the execution of Sir Thomas Armstrong, which took place at Tyburn on 20 June 1684: the broadside ballad, The... |
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