The Making of the British Empire 1660-1760

In 1603, King James VI of Scotland ascended to the English throne and in 1604 negotiated the Treaty of London, ending hostilities with Spain. Now at peace with its main rival, English attention shifted from preying on other nations’ colonial infrastructure to the business of establishing its own overseas colonies.

The Interactive Emergence of European Domination

The opening of direct European voyages to Asia does not represent a world- historical transformation as fundamental as the establishment of the transatlantic routes but rather a reshaping of connections that had been developing for many centuries.

Italian Fascism overview

Here’s yesterday’s overview lecture: overview-fascism-1919-25 Please note the homework questions on the last slidfe. 20 Marks for the descriptive question and 40 marks for the causation question. I’ll allow work on them on Friday with skeleton answers and then full work completed by the following Tuesday. ENJOY

British India Overview (Dr Marjorie Bloy)

Early History In 1601 the English East India Company was founded. A group of City merchants decided to risk their capital only after there had been favourable reports about trade prospects in the East. They sought a monopoly of the East for trading purposes, dealing in silk, ivory, spices and cotton. This ultimately led to [...]

Mussolini and the Catholic Church

Mussolini had to foster good relations with the Roman Catholic Church simply because, regardless of his dictatorship, the Roman Catholic Church was such a powerful institution in Italy. In a simplistic sense, while Mussolini governed the political side of Italy, the Roman Catholic Church governed the spiritual side. In this sense, Mussolini could not afford [...]

Mussolini’s rise to power

by Dr Robert Pearce University College of St Martin, Lancaster The nature of the topic The rise of Fascism in Italy is a popular topic. It can be studied on its own, though students taking outline papers, and wishing to hedge their bets, are advised to pair it with Mussolini’s achievements once he was in [...]

AS HISTORY British India

Here are some of the powerpoint lectures that we’ve recently been studying: 1. On the development of the East India Company eico 2. On the “Age of Reform 1828-1856age-of-reform-1828-1856 and the biographical sketch of Wellesley/ Wellingotn arthur-wellesley-1st-duke-of-wellington together with the “Conquest of India”, “Commerce to Conquest” lecture conquest-of-india from-commerce-to-conquest. Finally, some “How to write a [...]

A Level History Bibliography

I was reading a really superb History bibliography today. It’s designed for the use of AS/ A2 History teachers but I thought I’d put a link here for you guys, especially as we start down the road towards coursework and independent study. With thanks to Dr Kisby of Queenswood. Here it is: bibliog