The aim of the course is to provide an opportunity for students to understand the history of England from Roman to modern period in different aspects such as political, social and cultural. The colonization policy and her role in the world will also be evaluated.

Required readings:

1. The Roman and Anglo-Saxon England

a. Blair, John. “The Anglo-Saxon Period c. 440-1066.” in The Oxford History of Britain. ed. Kenneth Morgan, 1-59. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

2. The Coming of the Normans

a. Gillingham, John. “The Early Middle Ages (1066-1290).” in The Oxford History of Britain. ed. Kenneth Morgan, 120-191. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

3. The Formation of the State: the Magna Carta and the Origin of Democracy

a. Hollister, C. Warren. “Henry II and Sons.” Chap. In The Making of England, 55 B.C. to 1399. 5^th ed. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1988.  

4. Black Death in England

a. Hollister, C. Warren. “The Strange Death of Medieval England.” Chap. In The Making of England, 55 B.C. to 1399. 5^th ed. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1988.  

5. The Reformation and the Church

a. Ives, E. W. “Anne Boleyn and the Early Reformation in England: The Contemporary Evidence.” The Historical Journal 37: 2 (1994): 389-400.

6. The Emergence of Empire: The Encounter of the New World

a. Hearn, K. “Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada: A Painting and its Afterlife.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Sixth Series, 14:14 (2004): 123-140.

7. England and her Neighbours: Scotland, Wales and Ireland

a. Ohlmeyer, Jane H. “THE OLD BRITISH HISTORIES?” The Historical Journal 50:2 (2007): 499-512.

8. The Development of London

a. Hollister, C. Warren. “Twelfth-Century London.” Chap. In The Making of England, 55 B.C. to 1399. 5^th ed. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1988.  

b. Owens, A., N. Jeffries, K. Wehner and R. Featherby. “Fragments of the Modern City: Material Culture and the Rhythms of Everyday Life in Victorian London.” Journal of Victorian Culture 15:2 (2010): 212-225.

9. Victorians and Industrial Revolution

a. Searle, G. R. “‘The Pursuit of Pleasure’.” Chap. In A New England?: Peace and War, 1886-1918. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

10. Empire and colonialism

a. Black, Jeremy. “The Rise of a World Power.” Chap. In Eighteenth-century Britain, 1688-1783. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

11. War, State and Society 1900-1945

a. Jenkins, Simon. “The Welfare State.” Chap. In A Short History of England. London: Profile Books, 2011.

12. Post war culture: From Britten to The Beatles

a. Sercombe, Laurel. “‘Ladies and gentlemen …’: the Beatles: the Ed Sullivan Show, CBS TV, February 9, 1964.” in Performance and Popular Music: History, Place and Time. ed. Ian Inglis, 1-15. Burlington, VT: Aldershot, 2006.

b. Laing, Dave. “Six Boys, Six Beatles: the Formative Years, 1950-1962.” in The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. ed. Kenneth Womack, 1-32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.

13. Conclusion: Contemporary Britain and Her Role in the World

a. Speck, W. A. “From the Accession of Queen Elizabeth to the Entry into the European Economic Community.” Chap. In A Concise History of Britain, 1707-1975. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Recommended readings:

A. Main References:

1. Beddall, Fiona. A History of Britain. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2008.

2. Fraser, Rebecca. The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: a Narrative History. New York: Norton, 2005.

3. Hollister, C. Warren. The Making of England, 55 B.C. to 1399. 5^th ed. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1988.

4. Jenkins, Simon. A Short History of England. London: Profile Books, 2011.

5. Morgan, Kenneth, ed. The Oxford History of Britain. Oxford: Oxford Press, 1992.

6. Starkey, David. Crown and Country: a History of England through her Monarchy. London: Harper Press, 2010.

B. Suggested readings:

1. Bartlett, Robert. England under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225. Oxford: Oxford Press, 2000.
2. Barlow, Frank. The Feudal Kingdom of England, 1042-1216. London: Longman, 1999.
3. Black, Jeremy. Eighteenth-century Britain, 1688-1783. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
4. Brown, Richard. Revolution, Radicalism and Reform: England 1780-1846. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
5. Crick, Julia and Elisabeth van Houts, eds. A Social History of England, 900-1200. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
6. Cromartie, Alan. The Constitutionalist Revolution: an Essay on the History of England, 1450-1642. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
7. Daunton, Martin. Wealth and Welfare: an Economic and Social History of Britain, 1851-1951. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
8. Guy, J. A. The Tudors: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
9, Harrison, Brian. Seeking a Role: the United Kingdom, 1951-1970. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009
10. ―. Finding a Role?: the United Kingdom, 1970-1990. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2010.
11. Harvie, Christopher and H.C.G. Matthew, eds. Nineteenth-century Britain: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000
12. Inglis, Ian, ed. Performance and Popular Music: History, Place and Time. Burlington, VT: Aldershot, 2006.
13. Jones, Clyve. A Short History of Parliament: England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2009.
14. Klinck, Dennis R. Conscience, Equity and the Court of Chancery in Early Modern England. Burlington, VT: Aldershot, 2010.
15. Lewis, Roger, ed. The Oxford History of the British Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
16. MacFarlane, Thomas. The Beatles and McLuhan: Understanding the Electric Age. Lanham: Scarecrow, 2013.
17. Mokyr, Joel. The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain, 1700-1850. New Haven: Yale University, 2009.
18. Panikos, Panayi. An Immigration History of Britain: Multicultural Racism since 1800. Harlow: Longman, 2010.
19. Prestwich, Michael. Plantagenet England, 1225-1360. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
20. Houston, Rab. Scotland: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
21. Searle, G. R. A New England?: Peace and War, 1886-1918. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
22. Speck, W. A. A Concise History of Britain, 1707-1975. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
23. Thompson, F. M. L. The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
24. Womack, Kenneth, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
25. Younger, Neil. War and Politics in the Elizabethan Counties. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012.

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