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Edexcel A-Level History (9HI0) – Paper 3

30: Lancastrians Yorkists and Henry VII (2)

31: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors (17)

32: The Golden Age of Spain (1)

33: The Witch Craze in Britain Europe and North America (4)

34.1: Industrialisation and Social Change in Britain (9)

34.2: Poverty Public Health and the State in Britain (10)

35.1: Britain: Losing and Gaining an Empire (4)

35.2: The British Experience of Warfare (2)

36.1: Protest Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain (2)

36.2: Ireland and the Union (1)

37.1: The Changing Nature of Warfare (3)

37.2: Germany 1871-1990 (15)

38.1: The Making of Modern Russia (12)

38.2: The Making of Modern China (9)

39.1: Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA (11)

39.2: Mass Media and Social Change in Britain (1)

Edexcel A-Level History (9HI0) – Papers 1 and 2

1A: The Crusades (9)

1B: England - 1509-1603 (19)

1C: Britain - 1625-1701 (10)

1D: Britain - c.1785-c.1870 (1)

1E: Russia - 1917-91: From Lenin to Yeltsin (7)

1F: In Search of the American Dream (17)

1G: Germany and West Germany - 1918-89 (9)

1H: Britain Transformed - 1918-97 (7)

2A.1: Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom (4)

2A.2: England and the Angevin Empire in the Reign of Henry II (1)

2B.1: Luther and the German Reformation (2)

2C.1: France in Revolution (3)

2C.2: Russia in Revolution (5)

2D.1: The Unification of Italy (3)

2D.2: The Unification of Germany (5)

2E.1: Mao’s China (6)

2E.2: The German Democratic Republic (4)

2F.1: India - c.1914-48 (1)

2G.1: The Rise and Fall of Fascism in Italy (2)

2H.1: The USA - c.1920-55 (7)

2H.2: The USA - 1955-92 (14)

AQA A-Level History (7042) – Depth Study

2A: Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings (2)

2B: The Wars of the Roses (2)

2C: The Reformation in Europe (4)

2D: Religious Conflict and the Church in England (10)

2E: The English Revolution (7)

2G: The Birth of the USA (7)

2H: France in Revolution (5)

2J: America: A Nation Divided (8)

2K: International Relations and Global Conflict (2)

2L: Italy and Fascism (2)

2M: Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition (11)

2N: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia (6)

2O: Democracy and Nazism (10)

2P: The Transformation of China (8)

2Q: The American Dream: Reality and Illusion (16)

2R: The Cold War (22)

2S: The Making of Modern Britain (3)

2T: The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire (3)

AQA A-Level History (7042) – Breadth Study

1A: The Age of the Crusades (9)

1B: Spain in the Age of Discovery (1)

1C: The Tudors (20)

1D: Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy (8)

1F: Industrialisation and the People (2)

1G: Challenge and Transformation: Britain (10)

1H: Tsarist and Communist Russia (11)

1J: The British Empire (4)

1K: The Making of a Superpower (23)

1L: The Quest for Political Stability (13)

OCR A-Level History (H505) – British Period Study

Y101: Alfred and the Making of England (1)

Y102: Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest (4)

Y104: England – 1377-1455 (2)

Y105: England – 1445-1509 (1)

Y106: England – 1485-1558: The Early Tudors (7)

Y107: England – 1547-1603: The Later Tudors (14)

Y108: The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War (10)

Y109: The Making of Georgian Britain (2)

Y110: From Pitt to Peel (1)

Y111: Liberals Conservatives and the Rise of Labour (2)

Y112: Britain – 1900-1951 (9)

Y113: Britain – 1930-1997 (6)

OCR A-Level History (H505) – Non-British Period Study

Y201: The Rise of Islam (1)

Y202: Charlemagne (1)

Y203: The Crusades and the Crusader States (9)

Y204: Genghis Khan and the Explosion from the Steppes (3)

Y205: Exploration Encounters and Empire (1)

Y206: Spain – 1469-1556 (1)

Y207: The German Reformation and the Reign of Charles V (2)

Y209: African Kingdoms (1)

Y211: The Rise and Decline of the Mughal Empire in India (1)

Y212: The American Revolution (3)

Y213: The French Revolution and the Rule of Napoleon (3)

Y214: France – 1814-70 (4)

Y215: Italy and Unification (3)

Y216: The USA in the 19th Century (13)

Y217: Japan – 1853-1937 (2)

Y218: International Relations – 1890-1941 (3)

Y219: Russia – 1894-1941 (9)

Y220: Italy – 1896-1943 (1)

Y221: Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany (13)

Y222: The Cold War in Asia (14)

Y223: The Cold War in Europe (14)

OCR A-Level History (H505) – Thematic Study

Y301: The Early Anglo-Saxons (1)

Y303: English Government and the Church (1)

Y304: The Church and Medieval Heresy (2)

Y306: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors (15)

Y307: Tudor Foreign Policy (17)

Y308: The Catholic Reformation (1)

Y309: The Ascendency of the Ottoman Empire (3)

Y310: The Development of the Nation State: France (1)

Y311: The Origins and Growth of the British Empire (1)

Y312: Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries (2)

Y314: The Challenge of German Nationalism (6)

Y315: The Changing Nature of Warfare (1)

Y316: Britain and Ireland (1)

Y317: China and its Rulers (8)

Y318: Russia and its Rulers (11)

Y319: Civil Rights in the USA (5)

Y320: From Colonialism to Independence (5)

Y321: The Middle East – 1908-2011 (1)

WJEC A Level History – Unit 1

1: Government Rebellion and Society in Wales and England – c.1485-1603 (14)

WJEC A Level History – Unit 2

7: The Crisis of the American Republic – c.1840-1877 (1)

8: Germany: Democracy and Dictatorship – c.1918-1945 (1)

WJEC A Level History – Unit 3

9: Changing Leadership and Society in Germany – c.1871-1989 (1)

WJEC GCSE History

3A. Changes in Crime and Punishment – c.1500 to the present day (3)

3B. Changes in Health and Medicine – c.1340 to the present day (15)

Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0) – Paper 1

10A: Crime and punishment in Britain – c1000–present (4)

11A: Medicine in Britain – c1250–present (24)

Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0) – Paper 2

B1: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England – c1060–88 (2)

B3: Henry VIII and his ministers – 1509–40 (2)

B4: Early Elizabethan England – 1558–88 (1)

P4: Superpower relations and the Cold War – 1941–91 (5)

Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0) – Paper 3

31: Weimar and Nazi Germany – 1918–39 (3)

33: The USA – 1954–75: conflict at home and abroad (2)

OCR GCSE History A (J410)

Germany 1925-1955: The People and the State (3)

International Relations: The Changing International Order 1918-1975 (2)

Power: Monarchy and Democracy in Britain c.1000 to 2014 (2)

The English Reformation c.1520-c.1550 (2)

War and British Society c.790 to c.2010 (1)

OCR GCSE History B (J411)

Crime and Punishment – c.1250 to Present (1)

The Elizabethans – 1580-1603 (1)

The People's Health – c.1250 to Present (9)

AQA GCSE History (8145)

AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day (24)

AB Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day (1)

AB Germany 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship (4)

BA Norman England – c1066–c1100 (3)

BC Conflict and tension between East and West – 1945–1972 (2)

BC Elizabethan England – c1568–1603 (1)

BD Conflict and tension in Asia – 1950–1975 (1)

IB DP History – Prescribed Topics

IB DP History – World History

IB DP History – Depth Studies

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The Origins of the British Empire, 1500-1700

The Origins of the British Empire, 1500-1700

In this course, Professor Michael Braddick (University of Sheffield) explores the origins of the British Empire between 1500-1700. In the first module, we provide some thoughts on how we as historians can best approach such a complex historical...

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Prof. Michael Braddick

Sheffield University

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