A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts
by Robert Bucholz
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During the 229-year period from 1485 to 1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into what has been called "the first modern society" and emerged as the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. Those years hold a huge and captivating story. The English survived repeated epidemics and famines, one failed invasion and two successful ones, two civil wars, a series of violent religious reformations and counter-reformations, and confrontations with two of the most show more powerful monarchs on Earth, Louis XIV of France and Philip II of Spain. But they did much more than survive. They produced a great culture, giving the world the ideas of John Locke, the plays of Shakespeare, the wit of Swift, the poetry of Milton, the buildings of Christopher Wren, the science of Isaac Newton, and the King James Bible, to name a very few. And, despite the cruelty, bloodshed, and religious suppression they visited upon so many, they ultimately left behind something else: the political principles and ideals for which we-and so many of them - would work and die, and on which we would build our own nation. Now you can watch this remarkable panorama of society, economics, religion, and politics unfold in a series of 48 transfixing lectures by a justifiably honored teacher who takes you into the lives of not only Britain's ruling royal houses, but the English people themselves, describing how they were born, worked, played, worshiped, fell in love, and died. Cinematic in their presentation and detail - whether describing the likely thoughts of Charles I on the way to his execution or the overheard weeping of Queen Anne after she fired her Lord Treasurer - these lectures are as memorable as the history they describe.. show less
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Flott fyrirlestraröð um síðmiðaldir og árnýaldir á Bretlandseyjum. Bucholz fjallar aðallega um átök konunga og þings en trúmál og aðall skipa stóran sess auk þess sem félagssagan fær sinn skerf. Bucholz segir skemmtilega frá og á hrífandi máta sem fær mann til að hlusta á af áhuga mestallan tímann. Mæli með þessum fyrirlestrum.
This course is excellent. I was captivated by all 44 cds, to the point that I didn't mind traffic backups on the freeway. Bucholz is a clear, informative, and expressive. I especially appreciate how he links the history of England to our own modern American outlook.
This if the first time I’ve really gotten this whole storyline straight and it’s exciting stuff with lots of political & personal intrigue. The only curious omission was any mention of the song “I'm Henry VIII I Am.” Too political? Oh well “Let them eat cake!!”
I have the audiobook version of this lecture and I think it is brilliant. He presents the historical facts in an engaging and interesting manner that keeps you listening.
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Robert Bucholz is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago.
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- A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts
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