Robert Bucholz
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This episode examines the steps taken by Henry VII to secure the crown after his victory over Richard III, the failed Yorkist rebellions that follow, and Henry's subsequent efforts to secure alliances that will deprive future rebels of allies or secure bases.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this episode, an alleged "Popish plot" to kill the king and establish his Catholic brother, James, Duke of York, on the throne leads to the rise of the Whig and Tory parties, a failed effort to bar James, and the pursuit by Charles of what comes to be known as the Tory Revenge. The Revenge culminates in a deathbed conversion to Catholicism and the peaceful succession of James.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This episode examines Henry's efforts to make England's government more efficient, less expensive, and more responsive to his wishes by following three old principles of medieval kingship: The king must be strong, he must govern with consent, and he must live "of his own" (within a budget).
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Explore the Tudor-Stuart era: a captivating examination of the 229-year period from 1485 - 1714 during which England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into what has been called the first modern society. In making that transformation, England became the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Parliament and the army ask Cromwell to administer England as Lord Protector of the realm. But after five years of effective rule, Cromwell dies, unleashing a period of instability that leads to the negotiated restoration of the Stuart monarchy.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this episode, two successive advisors to the boy-king (only nine when he takes the throne) increasingly push the country toward Protestantism, including an attempt to alter the succession. But when Edward dies, the country still rallies to the Catholic heir, Mary Tudor.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Examine the economic strategy that enabled victory over France, the Act of Settlement that solved England's succession question (at least on paper) and moved the nation closer to constitutional monarchy, and the two royal deaths that brought England to the brink of yet another war with France. It is a war that will have to be fought by a new ruler after a hunting accident claims William's life.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Here, as England moves into the eighteenth century, the face of artistic and intellectual life changes as primary patronage of the arts passes from the Church and court, replaced by noble and popular sponsorship of architecture, literature, music, and painting.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The beginning of a world war with Spain has a devastating effect on England's economy and makes for a stormy relationship with Parliament. In the end, it is the cult of "Gloriana" that keeps Parliament and the people loyal and allows the smooth succession of the Stuarts to the throne.