Lancaster Castle and Northern English History: The View from the Stronghold
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Course overview
- Provider
- Futurelearn
- Course type
- Free trial availiable
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 5 hours
- Course author
- Fiona Edmonds
Description
We will use the iconic building of Lancaster Castle to investigate how 2000 years of history has shaped the north-west of England.
This course takes an innovative approach to exploring history, focusing on Lancaster Castle as a microcosm of broader trends. This fascinating location provides a wealth of evidence from the remains of Roman forts to its life as a prison and visitor attraction.
Our engaging educators respond to the castle and its surroundings in relation to their research interests, such as medieval Anglo-Scottish warfare, the witchcraft trials of the seventeenth century and the achievements of prison reformers.
Join us to uncover this castle’s vital role in northern English history over many centuries.
