Christmas
9 courses, 80 lectures13:30:48
English Literature
Dickens: A Christmas Carol
In this course, Professor John McRae (University of Nottingham) explores Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. In the first module, we introduce the novel by looking at the first two paragraphs of the story, including its famous opening...
15 lectures
2:14:28
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
English Literature
Dickens: A Christmas Carol
In this course, Professor John Bowen (University of York) explores Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol. The course begins with a general introduction to the book, which shows that it is funnier, wilder and much...
5 lectures
0:43:05
Prof. John Bowen
York University
English Literature
The Poetry of Christina Rossetti
In this course, Dr Ross Wilson (University of Cambridge) explores the poetry of Christina Rossetti. Having begun with a summary of Rossetti’s critical reception, both in her own lifetime and then after her death, we then...
6 lectures
1:03:40
Dr Ross Wilson
Cambridge University
English Literature
The Poetry of Thomas Hardy
In this course, we explore the poetry of Thomas Hardy. Having introduced Hardy in the first module, we then go through eighteen of his poems in turn, reading each aloud, and providing in-depth, line-by-line commentary and...
18 lectures
2:24:59
Prof. John McRae
Nottingham University
History
The Early Anglo-Saxon Church, 597-754
In this course, Professor Sarah Foot (University of Oxford) explores the early Anglo-Saxon church, from Augustine's mission to England in the late sixth century to the death of Boniface in 754. We begin in the first module with...
6 lectures
1:41:46
Prof. Sarah Foot
Oxford University
History
Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire, 768-814
In the course, Professor Rosamond McKitterick (University of Cambridge) explores the rule of Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire. The course begins by considering the sources available for historians of the period—including...
5 lectures
0:49:57
Prof. Rosamond McKitterick
Cambridge University
History
The Norman Conquest and the Reign of William the Conqueror, 1035-87
In this course, Professor David Bates (University of East Anglia) explores English history between 1035-87, focusing in particular on the Norman Conquest and the reign of William the Conqueror. After an introduction to the...
12 lectures
2:00:34
Prof. David Bates
University of East Anglia
History
The Founding of the Crusader States, 1099-1124
In this course, Dr Nicholas Morton (Nottingham Trent University) explores the foundation of the Crusader states in the decades following the First Crusade. In the first module, we think about some of the impacts of the First...
4 lectures
0:39:09
Dr Nicholas Morton
Nottingham Trent University
English Literature
Dickens: A Christmas Carol
In this course, Dr Christopher Pittard (University of Portsmouth) explores Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, ‘A Christmas Carol’. In the first module, we think about the background to ‘A Christmas Carol’, the circumstances that...
9 lectures
1:53:10
Dr Christopher Pittard
Portsmouth University