The Origins of Modern Paganism This lecture provides a deeper exploration of Paganism, beginning with...
Tudor Health Reform: The Politics of Health Reform from a Medieval Perspective Is the NHS medieval? Is this an insulting claim to...
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...
Prison and Why We Send People There: Does it Work? Should it? ‘They deserve to be put away’; ‘Appeal the sentence –...
Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...
Envy of Kings: The Guildhall of London and the Power of the Medieval Corporation The government of the City of London is older than...
Human Rights Law: Bringing Power to the Powerless This lecture looks at the power given to advocates in...
The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.
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...