We have just launched our latest course, The English Reformation: A Religious Revolution. It's a five-unit course and was devised by best-selling historian and author Toni Mount and narrated by best-selling author Claire Ridgway.

This five-unit course examines the Reformation of the Church in England, beginning during the reign of King Henry VIII in the 1520s and continuing to influence events well into the seventeenth century and beyond. The differing attitudes to religion were one of the main causes of the English Civil War of the 1640s and even, indirectly, the Troubles in Ireland of the 1970s. What began as a king's disappointment with the pope's refusal to oblige him overturned the English belief system that had been in place for centuries. In this course, we will consider how subsequent monarchs dealt with the changing situation that confronted them but, more importantly, how these religious upheavals affected the lives of the ordinary English people.

The units take us from the Medieval Church all the way through to the English Civil War and the Restoration, and the consequences of the Reformation.

How does this course run?

This user-friendly course is completely online and so can be enjoyed from anywhere in the world. Participants can listen to streaming audio lessons narrated by Claire Ridgway or download them to enjoy later, or use the PDF transcripts. The modules can be accessed at any time as participants have lifetime access to the course. There is no set start or end date, and the course can be done in your own time and at your own pace. There are fun quizzes after each module and an end of course certificate will be mailed out.

The course is 5 units and costs a one-off payment of $25 for lifetime access - click here to find out more or to buy the course. Gift certificates are also available.