History

Assessment

Historians at Forest are in the unique position to be able to choose their pathway through the subject. We are fortunate to have a large, committed and passionate department of historians, each with different and varied interests. We offer a choice from three pathways. The pathways through History A level are as follows: • “Iron and Blood”: The Age of the Crusades (1071-1204), The Wars of the Roses (1450-1499) and The Challenge of German Nationalism (1789-1890) (Coursework). • “Monarchy, superstition and revolution”: The Tudors (1485-1603), the European Witchcraze (Coursework) and France in Revolution (1774-1815). • “Societies in flux”: Tsarist and Communist Russia (1855- 1964), The British in India (1845-1945) (Coursework) and the English Revolution (1625-1660).