Starting with the origins of the Medici family, this course covers over 300 years of history. We learn about characters with amazing names such as Cosimo de Medici and Lorenzo the Magnificent. We find out about the dangerous period known as the Pazzi Conspiracy and we also discover how the Medicis were patrons of the arts, rose to be popes and even became royals! To celebrate the launch of this brand new course, we are offering 30% off if you use coupon code SAVEWITHSAM. It’s valid until the end of 31st March 2018. Were the Medicis good or bad? Along the way, you’ll also meetRead More →

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Today is International Women’s Day, a day where we celebrate “the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women”. We thought we’d celebrate by offering you 25% off historian Toni Mount’s 12-unit online course “The Roles of Medieval and Tudor Women”. Simply use coupon code WOMEN2018 at checkout before the end of 9th March 2018 to save 25%. Toni’s course explores the life of medieval women, from the rural housewife to the women trading in the city of London, whether as a reputable silkwoman or as a prostitute. Toni has used a wide range of contemporary sources – such as medieval literature, wills, personal letters,Read More →

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Valentine’s Day is the day of love so we thought we’d share the love by offering 50% off every single one of our online history courses from 8th February 2018 to 15th February 2018 – simply use coupon code VALENTINE2018 at checkout. Our courses have no set start or end date so you can use this coupon to buy multiple courses, knowing that you have made a saving and can start them when it’s convenient. We also offer gift certificates so you can use the discount coupon to buy a gift certificate for a Valentine’s Day gift too – the perfect gift for the historyRead More →

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Today we have launched our 10th online history course and it’s another wonderful course from best-selling author and historian Toni Mount. We’re celebrating with a $10 discount coupon off all our courses – see the bottom of this post for details. This new 12-unit course is called “The Roles of Medieval and Tudor Women”. It explores the life of medieval and Tudor women, from the rural housewife to the women trading in the city of London, whether as a reputable silkwoman or as a prostitute. Historian Toni Mount has used a wide range of contemporary sources – such as medieval literature, wills, personal letters, householdRead More →

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To commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth on 22nd August 1485, we are offering a discount off historian Toni Mount’s course “Richard III and the Wars of the Roses”, from now until 23rd August 2017. Simply go to https://medievalcourses.com/overview/richard-iii-and-the-wars-of-the-roses-mc03/ and use coupon code BOSWORTH2017 at checkout. Toni has also made this special video about Richard III’s family tree:Read More →

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Save 50% off every single one of our online history courses with coupon code SUMMERFLASH! It’s summer here and we’re celebrating these lazy days of sunshine with a flash three-day sale on all our courses. From 26 – 28th July you can use the code SUMMERFLASH to save 50% off and you can use it as many times as you like, on as many courses as you like. Our history courses are completely online and have no set start/end date, so why not buy a few now in the sale and do them when it suits you? We currently offer nine courses: The History ofRead More →

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In our latest online history course, The History of the Borgias, you can learn all about the Borgias from historian Samantha Morris, author of Cesare Borgia in a Nutshell. This nine-unit course examines the history of the infamous Borgia family, from their humble beginnings in Spain to their meteoric rise during the reign of Pope Alexander VI. The family have been the victims of hatred and baseless rumour from their own time right up to the present day, whispers of incest and murder attaching to the name of the family which has proven incredibly difficult to shake off. This course will examine the lives ofRead More →

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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 theRead More →

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To commemorate the anniversaries of the executions of Queen Anne Boleyn, George Boleyn, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton in May 1536, we are offering a $30 discount off Claire Ridgway’s “The Life of Anne Boleyn” course. This 15-unit course, consisting of 18 videos, will lead you through Anne Boleyn’s life step-by-step, from her family background and beginnings to her tragic death in 1536 and her legacy. It includes streaming video lessons, downloadable audio mp3 files and PDF transcripts of each lesson, end of unit quizzes, resources, bibliography and further reading list, and an end of course certificate. Course participantsRead More →

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