Lancaster University - Lancaster Castle and Northern English History: The View from the Stronghold
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Lancaster Castle and Northern English History: The View from the Stronghold at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 5 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Lancaster Castle and Northern English History: The View from the Stronghold at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 5 weeks
- Weekly study 3 hours
Lancaster Castle and Northern English History: The View from the Stronghold at FutureLearn Course details
- This course takes an innovative approach to exploring history, focusing on Lancaster Castle as a microcosm of broader trends. This fascinating location provides a wealth of evidence from the remains of Roman forts to its life as a prison and visitor attraction.
- Our engaging educators respond to the castle and its surroundings in relation to their research interests, such as medieval Anglo-Scottish warfare, the witchcraft trials of the seventeenth century and the achievements of prison reformers.
- Join us to uncover this castle's vital role in northern English history over many centuries.
Lancaster Castle and Northern English History: The View from the Stronghold at FutureLearn Curriculum
The First Millennium
Getting Started
Roman Britain and Lancaster
Roman Lancaster: The Sources
Early Medieval Lancaster and its Region
Reflection and Summing Up
Lancaster in the High and Late Medieval Periods
The Castle and Medieval Politics
The Medieval Castle
Medieval Society
Reflection and Summing Up
The Early Modern Period
Introduction to Week 3
Political and Religious Change
The Geography of the Lancashire Witches
The Lancashire Witches
Weighing Up the Evidence
The Idea of the Witch
Optional activity
Reflection and Summing Up
18-19th Century
Introduction to Week 4
The Castle as a Cultural Presence
The Castle as a County Prison
Reflection and Summing Up
20th century to the present day
Introduction to Week 5
The castle in the 20th Century
Personal accounts
Lancaster Castle as a tourist attraction
Reflection and Summing Up
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