The Great Tours: England, Scotland, and Wales
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Get an insider’s take on the real Great Britain: where to go, where to avoid, and what are the must-see sites you’ve never heard of.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Welcome to Britain
- 02: Prehistoric Britain
- 03: Roman Britain
- 04: Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain
- 05: Britain’s Medieval Castles
- 06: Britain’s Medieval Cathedrals
- 07: Tudor Britain
- 08: Magna Carta and Civil War
- 09: Enlightenment Britain
- 10: Industrial Britain
- 11: Victorian Britain
- 12: Twentieth-Century Britain
- 13: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- 14: Wild Scotland: Beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow
- 15: North Wales
- 16: Cardiff and South Wales
- 17: The North of England
- 18: The English Midlands
- 19: East Anglia
- 20: England’s West Country
- 21: The Museums of London
- 22: London’s Streets and Parks
- 23: Buckingham Palace and Parliament
- 24: Oxford and Cambridge
- 25: Literary Britain: Chaucer and Shakespeare
- 26: Literary Britain: The Romantics
- 27: Literary Britain: Poets and Novelists
- 28: Literary Britain: The 20th Century
- 29: Artistic Britain: Painters and Sculptors
- 30: Britain’s Estates and Gardens
- 31: Legacy of the British Empire
- 32: Seafaring Britain
- 33: Britain’s War Memorials
- 34: Hiking England, Scotland, and Wales
- 35: Britain’s Sporting Tradition
- 36: How to Think about Visiting Britain
Taught by
Patrick N. Allitt
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