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London., a short history of the greatest city in the Western world, taught by, Professor Robert Bucholz, Loyola University Chicago, Fullscreen

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London.

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taught by, Professor Robert Bucholz, Loyola University Chicago

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The Great courses. Modern history

a short history of the greatest city in the Western world

24 thirty minute lectures on the history of London

Part 1; Disc 1. There's no place like London -- The rise and fall of Roman Londinium -- Medieval London's thousand-year climb -- Economic life in Chaucer's London -- Politics and religion in Chaucer's London -- London embraces the early Tudors -- Disc 2. Elizabeth I and London as a stage -- Life in Shakespeare's London--East -- Life in Shakespeare's London--West -- London rejects the early Stuarts -- Life in Samuel Pepys's 17th century London -- Plague and firePart 2; Disc 3. London rises again--as an imperial capital -- Johnson's London--all that life can afford -- The underside of 18th century London -- London confronts its problems -- Life in Dickens's London -- Two windows into Victorian London -- Disc 4. Questions postponed and the Great War -- London's interwar expansion and diversions -- The blitz--the greatest target in the world -- Postwar London returns to life -- The varied winds of change -- Millennial London--how do you like it?

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