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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Just a quick post to say that we have added some bonus material to our new course “England’s Crime and Punishment through the Ages”. In the course, Toni mentions a few books, including A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes novel; Daemonologie, a book about sorcery and witchcraft by King James I, and Rookwood, a novel about highwayman Dick Turpin by William Harrison Ainsworth. All three are interesting reads so we have added e-book versions of them to the course. We hope you enjoy them! You can find out more about historian Toni Mount’s “England’s Crime and Punishment through the Ages”, a 5-unit courseRead More →

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Our latest course has just gone live. It’s from best-selling historian and author Toni Mount and is narrated by best-selling author Claire Ridgway and it’s called “England’s Crime and Punishment through the Ages”. This course is a bit different from our others, in that it takes participants through the history of crime and punishment in England, from the Anglo-Saxons through to the Victorians, and we love that Toni uses real-life cases and stories of daring crimes and escapes, plus a little witchcraft!It’s not just educational, it’s entertaining! We’ll be meeting Sir Thomas Mallory, Dick Turpin, Moll Cutpurse, Jonathan Wild, Jack the Ripper, Matthew Hopkins, MaryRead More →

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Lent started today, that traditional period of abstinence, so what better to cheer yourself up and forget whatever you’ve given than starting an online course? From now until midnight on Friday 3rd March 2017, we are offering 50% off all of our courses. Simply use the coupon code LENT2017 at checkout to save 50%. There’s more good news too! You can use the same coupon code on multiple courses and you don’t need to start them now – buy them and start them later, whenever suits you. We currently offer six online history courses: The Life of Anne Boleyn – 15 unit course (18 videoRead More →

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It’s launch day for our latest online course, “The Life of Anne Boleyn”, and it’s the last day to sign up to the course for $35 instead of $75. Claire Ridgway, creator of The Anne Boleyn Files website and author of eight Tudor history books, has devised a 15 part (18 videos/audios) course which takes participants through Anne Boleyn’s life, from the roots of her family all the way through to her legacy and the myths that surround her today. Like our other courses, it is completely online and can be done in three different ways: watching the video talks, listening to them as audioRead More →

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Today we are opening up our forthcoming 15-unit Anne Boleyn online course for pre-orders. The Life of Anne Boleyn MC06 course will be launching properly on 30th January 2017 but you can pre-order it now and buy gift certificates for the history lover in your life. All those who pre-order The Life of Anne Boleyn course will save $40 and pay just $35 (it will be launched at $75) and will also receive the unabridged audio version of Claire Ridgway’s book The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown (RRP $19.95) in preparation for the course. Click here to go to the course page now. TheRead More →

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It’s been just over a year now since we launched our very first online course “Everyday Life of Medieval Folk”, a 20-unit course by historian and author Toni Mount. It was a huge success and we’ve since added another four courses: The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Monarchy and Matrimony in Tudor England, Warrior Kings of England: The Story of the Plantagenet Dynasty, Heroes and Villains, and Richard III and the Wars of the Roses. We’ll be announcing a new one tomorrow too! We’ve had hundreds of happy course participants and we’re thrilled that people are enjoying our courses, and learning about history too! OurRead More →

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