Course syllabus
Department of English & American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University
Course: HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN
Programme: TEACHER-REQUALIFYING STUDY
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TOPIC |
FIRST |
1. Prehistoric Britain (500 000 - 43 A.D.) |
An Island People. Neolithic Farmers. Megalithic Monuments. The Celts. |
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2. Roman Britain (AD 43 - 410) |
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Caesar's invasions. The Roman province. Romanization of Britain. |
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3. The Anglo-Saxon period (440 - 1066) |
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The Saxons, Angles and Jutes. The House of Wessex. The Normans. |
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4. The Early Middle Ages (1066 - 1307) |
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The Norman Conquest. The Rise of a Medieval State. Decline of Feudal Rule. The beginnings of Parliament. |
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5. The Late Middle Ages (1307 - 1485) |
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The Hundred Years' War (1337 - 1453). The Peasants' Revolt. The Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485). |
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6. The Tudor Age (1485 - 1603) |
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The English Reformation. Elizabeth I. The New Foreign Policy and the Building of Britain's Trade Empire. |
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7. The Stuarts (1603 - 1714) |
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Parliament Against the Crown. The English Revolution. The Restoration of Monarchy. The Glorious Revolution. |
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SECOND |
8. The Eighteen Century (1714 - 1815) |
A Century of Conflicts. The Era of Robert Walpole. The American Revolution. Napoleonic Wars. |
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9. The Age of Industrial Revolution |
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The Origins of Industrial Revolution. Population Growth and Urbanisation. The Reforms of the 1830s. |
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10. The Nineteenth Century (1815 - 1914) |
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Mid-Victorian Prosperity. The Gladstone-Disraeli Rivalry. The Late Victorian Empire. |
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11. Twentieth Century: World War I and Interwar Years (1914 - 1939) |
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War in Europe 1914 - 1918. Women's Suffrage. Ireland's Independence. The Interwar Years. |
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12. Twentieth Century: World War II to Welfare State |