MedievalCourses.com’s brand new online history course, Richard III and the Wars of the Roses (MC03), has just gone live on the website today. Richard Plantagenet (Richard III) ruled as King of England for little more than two years, yet his life spanned three decades of civil war, the period of turmoil and treason we call the Wars of the Roses. In this fascinating new ten-part course we will explore the intriguing personalities involved and unravel the ever-changing fortunes of the royal Houses of Lancaster and York. The late fifteenth century was a time when today’s friend could be tomorrow’s enemy, when lives were constantly atRead More →

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MedievalCourses.com’s brand new online history course, Heroes and Villains (MC02), has just gone live on the website today. Enjoy this exciting new course from historian and author Toni Mount where we reconsider the good, the bad and the ugly characters from British history, and decide for yourself whether history got it right or wrong. Are the reputations of these men and women justly deserved or should they be viewed in a new light? Each of the ten units, carefully and lovingly narrated by Claire Ridgway, looks at the often misunderstood reputation of a significant historic character, from the early English Queen Boudicca to the “pirate”Read More →

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