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Medieval 1066 - 1485
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Topics
- Two Crowns, One King
  Henry V and the Treaty of Troyes get the Past Masters treatment
  
  Podcasts
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Topics
- - Was Richard II Mad?
    Terry Jones sets out to rescue King Richard II's reputation
    
    Podcasts
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Early Modern 1485 - 1750
- Radicalism and Unrest
  How have people organised to create social change?
  
  Podcasts
- Tudor Rebellions
  How seriously did they challenge the authority of the crown?
  
  Workshops
- A Bag of Secrets
  Dr. Tracy Sowerby discusses working with Tudor documents
  
  Podcasts
- - How to Win a Duel
    Pistols at dawn from the Past Masters team
    
    Podcasts
  - Was Cromwell's Regime a Military Dictatorship?
    Prof. Barry Coward looks at Oliver's Republic
    
    Podcasts
  - Virtual Classroom Taster
    Introduction to our innovative interactive online sessions
    
    Workshops
  - Dissolution of the Monasteries
    Henry VIII changes the face of England with the stroke of a pen
    
    Workshops
  - Crisis in the Reign of Mary I
    Debate Queen Mary I's reign at the Archives and Hampton Court
    
    Workshops
  - Elizabeth I in her own words
    Examine speeches and letters from the pen of Gloriana herself
    
    Workshops
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Civil War
    King and subjects fight it out in the 1640s
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - The English Civil War
    Why did England become a republic in 1649?
    
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Empire and industry 1750 - 1850
- Radicalism and Unrest
  How have people organised to create social change?
  
  Podcasts
- Darwin's Voyage
  The Past Masters set sail aboard HMS Beagle in 1831
  
  Podcasts
- How to Win a Duel
  Pistols at dawn from the Past Masters team
  
  Podcasts
- - Chartism on Trial
    Home Office documents take us to the heart of the movement
    
    Workshops
  - Power, Politics and Protest
    The growth of political rights in 19th century Britain
    
    Topics
  - Rebecca Riots
    What happened during them?
    
    Lessons
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Helyntion Beca (Welsh)
    Beth a ddigwyddodd yn ystod
    
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Victorians 1850 - 1901
- Prison
  The story of five hundred years behind bars
  
  Podcasts
- The Problem of the Poor
  An A level masterclass lecture on faith, science and poverty
  
  Podcasts
- The Real Little Dorrit
  Charles Dickens and the debtors' prison
  
  Podcasts
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Power, Politics and Protest
    The growth of political rights in 19th century Britain
    
    Topics
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Early 20th century 1901 - 1918
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Topics
- Votes for Women
  Uncover the tactics and treatment of militant suffragettes
  
  Workshops
- Easter Rising 1916
  How justified was Britain's response?
  
  Workshops
- - The Cabinet Papers 1915-82
    History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
    
    Topics
  - Russian Revolution 1917
    The overthrow of the Tsar and the rise of the Bolsheviks
    
    Workshops
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Voices of the Armistice
    Our series of podcasts about the events of World War I
    
    Podcasts
  - Britain 1906-18
    Contrast, contradiction and change
    
    Topics
  - Virtual Classroom Taster
    Introduction to our innovative interactive online sessions
    
    Workshops
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Interwar 1918 - 1939
- Britain and the Challenge of Fascism (Part 2)
  Geoff Cook of Edexcel discusses tackling the topic at A level
  
  Podcasts
- The Making of the Stalinist State 1928-1941 (Part 1)
  Dr Jane McDermid on the terror of Joseph Stalin's Russia
  
  Podcasts
- Thirties Britain
  The depressed decade?
  
  Topics
- - Britain and the Challenge of Fascism (Part 1)
    Prof. David Stephenson on saving Europe at a cost
    
    Podcasts
  - The Making of the Stalinist State 1928-1941 (Part 2)
    More from Dr Jane McDermid on the terror of Stalin's Russia
    
    Podcasts
  - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Topics
  - British Union of Fascists
    The rise of the far right in 1930s Britain
    
    Workshops
  - The Cabinet Papers 1915-82
    History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
    
    Topics
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
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Second World War 1939 - 1945
- The Battle that Frightened Churchill
  U-Boats, codebreakers and convoys in the war in the Atlantic
  
  Podcasts
- The Art of War
  Britain's war artists capture the conflict in artwork
  
  Topics
- The Cabinet Papers 1915-82
  History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
  
  Topics
- - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
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Postwar 1945 - present
- The Truth is in Here
  The Past Masters team look at UFO reports from the archives
  
  Podcasts
- Civil Rights in America
  A selection of documents on the fight for desegregation
  
  Topics
- The Road to Partition
  Selected documents on the creation of India and Pakistan
  
  Topics
- - Civil Rights
    Key events in the US movement that changed the world
    
    Workshops
  - Fifties Britain
    Never so good? Or too good to be true?
    
    Topics
  - Sixties Britain
    A social and cultural revolution?
    
    Topics
  - Cold War
    How did relations between the wartime allies turn frosty?
    
    Workshops
  - AS / A2 Level History Masterclass
    Join us for an exciting taste of Oxford University history
    
    Workshops
  - Personal study workshop
    Amazing source material and help with your research
    
    Workshops
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Topics
  - Heroes & Villains
    Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
    
    Topics
  - The Cabinet Papers 1915-82
    History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
    
    Topics
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Topics
  - Cold War
    The cautious struggle of nuclear powers
    
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