History

Course summary

Subjects to be studied could include some of the following: Thematic study and historic environment - Crime & Punishment in Britain; Medicine in Britain; Warfare and British society; Migrants in Britain. Period study and British depth study - Anglo-Saxon and Norman England; King Richard I and King John; Henry VIII; Early Elizabethan England; Spain and the 'New World'; British America; the American West; Superpower relations and the Cold War; Conflict in the Middle East. Modern depth study - Russia and the Soviet Union; Weimar and Nazi Germany; Mao's China; The USA.