Crowns and Peoples: Early Modern Britain, 1500-1702

This module provides you with an overview of the major political and religious changes that took place in the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It looks at the interconnected development of the monarchy and of parliament from Henry VIII's break with Rome through the Elizabethan period, the Civil Wars and Commonwealth through to the Restoration and the 'Revolution' of 1688. The course looks at the Stewart monarchy in Scotland and at the union of the Scottish and English crowns under James VI and I. You will have the opportunity to engage with the major political and religious debates of the period, including arguments surrounding attitudes towards witchcraft. The course is designed to help you in your first semester to familiarise yourself with academic history; its content is particularly well suited to you considering careers in teaching.

Western Civilisation 1: Antiquity to the Renaissance

This module will give you a historical overview of key ideas and events that have shaped what we have come to think of as 'Western civilisation'. In the course of this module we explore influential philosophical, political, religious and scientific ideas, and map the social and political changes that make up Western identity, from the classical period to the Renaissance. The emphasis is on an integrated approach to historical context and the spread and change of ideas. Through a selection of original sources and secondary readings you are introduced to and encouraged to think critically about these events and ideas and your role in shaping our past, present and future.

War Power and Culture: Europe 1660-1789

This module is designed to enlarge the understanding of the scale of the European continent by looking at northern, central and eastern Europe, as well as the more familiar western countries. It also introduces the concept of political geography and relates it to Europe before the French Revolution. You will look at the theory and practice of 'absolute power' in a selection of case studies, and how religion and the arts helped project the power and values of ruling dynasties. Finally, you will investigate why rulers went to war, how they raised the men and money to wage war, and how this affected the development of the state. In the concluding sessions you will have the opportunity to practice comparative history by comparing the weaknesses and strengths of European dynasties and states. This module will foster your powers of analysis both in examining particular cases and by deploying information and understanding comparatively. This will contribute to the development of complex problem-solving skills characteristic of history graduates and useful to employers The role of architecture, music and gardens in projecting a ruler's image is also explored, which alerts you embarking on HE to the skill of managing information from a range of media.

Making of Modern Britain 1660-1789

Between 1688 and 1832, Britain emerged from a period of chronic instability to become a global power and the world's first industrial nation. This module examines some of these transformations, looking both at the political changes of the period and at the impact of change on the everyday lives of the men, women and children who lived through it. It will introduce students to the debates over the nature of the Glorious Revolution: Paul Langford argues that the period saw the development of a 'polite and commercial people', J.C.D. Clark believes that 18th-century Britain was an ancien regime society, and Clarissa Campbell Orr, Hannah Smith and Andrew Thompson all re-iterate that Britain was still a court-centred society. We will conclude by discussing what was recognisably modern about the 18th century.The course is taught through lectures and seminars, with staff-accompanied and self-managed field trips, including a town, a museum and a country house. The module encourages students to engage in close reading of academic articles and monographs and to make critical use of online databases. The assessment allows them to integrate their learning from seminars, lectures and fieldwork.

Citizens: The French Revolution and Modern Political Culture

This module enables you to explore the on-going historical debate on the origins of the French Revolution, with a focus on political developments, and on the nature of citizenship up to 1792. You will explore the vocabulary of the French revolution in its historical context and how this still determines modern political vocabulary, particularly the transition from 'subject' to 'citizen'. You will be introduced to documentary sources and encouraged to use material on the internet in a critical fashion. This module introduces key political concepts still used in the modern political state and so provides a valuable basis for the further study of the twentieth century European State.

Film and History

This module teaches you how to use film as an historical source. With the increasing 'Hollywoodisation' of History, you need to learn to differentiate between historical fact and historical-film fiction. This course gives you the opportunity to question why certain historical periods are more attractive to filmmakers and your intended audiences. You will examine films from a range of periods, such as the silent era, the Second World War, the Cold War and the Thatcher era. You will also look at history documentaries, in order to analyse your strengths and weaknesses and to understand that they are as much the 'construct' of the filmmaker as are any other films. You will thus learn to analyse from the viewpoint of academic history the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of types of film depicting the past.

Western Civilisation 2: Reformation to the Modern Age

This module will give you a historical overview of key ideas and events that have shaped what we have come to think of as 'Western civilisation'. In the course of this module we explore influential philosophical, political, religious and scientific ideas, and map the social and political changes that make up Western identity, in the period from the Reformation to the early 20th C. The emphasis is on an integrated approach to historical context and the spread and change of ideas. Through a selection of original sources and secondary readings you are introduced to and encouraged to think critically about these events and ideas and your role in shaping our past, present and future.

Britain in the Nineteenth Century

Britain in the Twentieth Century

Nineteenth Century Europe

History Today: Methods and Approaches

Major Project

History Special Subject

One of the following: 'Radicalism, Feminism and Conservatism in 1790s England' or 'From Franco to a Democratic Spain'

Film and History

Anglia Language Programme

Growth of the USA

The British Empire

USA in the 20th Century

The First World War

Family & Gender in England 1680-1830

Anglia Language Programme

Leisure and Popular Culture

Russia: Revolution and Reaction

Capitalism in Crisis: The Depression and War in Europe

End of Empires

Russia after Stalin

The Cold War: the world divided

Anglia Language Programme