Witch-Hunting in European and World History This lecture confronts the worldwide phenomenon of the persecution of...
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 England's economic success peaked in 1300 amidst a riot of...
A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300 During the thirteenth century Jerusalem surplanted Rome as the inspiration...
Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses What was the difference between the fortress of a great...
Inigo Jones and the Architecture of Necessity Inigo Jones is the architect best-known for the Banqueting House on Whitehall, one of the icons of British state architecture.
Lead: A Toxic Legacy Evidence that childhood lead exposure caused stunted intelligence and behavioural...
Artificial Selection: How Humans Have Shaped Evolution We often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in...