Historical Periods
History is the story of all that has passed and everything that people have done, thought and experienced, from ancient times right up to today's news. Here you can explore Ancient history, discover the Medieval period, learn about Early Modern history (15th-18th centuries) or get into Modern history.
Ancient
- Britain and the Romans: on-demand short course
- Archaeology on the edge
- Film: The Making of Early England 500-1066
- 'Veni, Vidi, Vici!'
- Podcast Series: From the Stone Age to the Romans
- Podcast Series: Ancient British and Irish Pagan Religion
Medieval
- Virtual Branch Recording: The First King of England
- Using financial records to gain insights into medieval society
- Edgar Ætheling: what happened to the boy who never became king?
- Update: The Princes in the Tower
- Witchcraft, Werewolves and Magic in European History: on-demand short course
- Coroners, communities, and the Crown: mapping death and justice in late medieval England
Early Modern
- Deaf marriages and sign language recognition
- In conversation with David Turner
- Virtual Branch Recording: A Brief History of the Coast in 100 Objects
- Female protagonists in early East India Company history
- More than skin deep: unmasking the history of cold cream
- Real Lives: the long life of Old Tom Parr
Modern
- Mapping a disability history perspective onto the history of the British Empire
- ‘I am your most troublesome pauper’: disability and the New Poor Law
- Real lives: important lessons from the childhood experiences of Harry Drabble
- Relief and resistance in Imre Kiralfy’s siege of Peking (1901)
- Jeeves and the British Empire
- Doing history: Exploring behind the scenes in the corridors of power