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St Peter’s Church Talk: Sir William More of Loseley Park 28th September 2019
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March 2019 Lecture – Disraeli and the Transformation of Victorian Conservatism, 1846-1880
Professor Lawrence Goldman, St Peters College, University of Oxford Disraeli was the grandson of an eighteenth century Italian immigrants, with his parents being booksellers in Buckinghamshire. Disraeli commenced his career in journalism, which proved to be disastrous, with the consequences of heavy debt, but Disraeli pursued a more successful career as a novelist. He began…
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February 2019 Lecture – The Rise and fall of the Britsh Nation
Professor David Egerton: History of Science and Technology and Modern British History, King’s College, London The United Kingdom in the 1900s was an exceptional country. British coal was exported throughout the world, and the country was the largest exporter in the world, of energy (coal). With Argentina, the country turned to the UK, to…
January 2019 Lecture – Professor John Darwin
Not so much an Empire more a world System: The British Empire in Global Perspectives There are currently 3 myths concerning European colonial empires 1) Empires are only a European phenomenon and the British Empire being even more unique phenomenon among European empires, with the British empire arriving late in history in comparison to other…
December 2018 Newsletter
The first half of the branch’s lecture series has seen some excellent presentations that have drawn large audiences of members. We remain keen to encourage schools attendance. The most important announcement is a reminder that all meetings in 2019 will take place at St. Nicolas Hall. The problems of County School parking are behind us….
December 2018 Lecture – Henry III, Simon de Montfort and the Crisis of Kingship in the Thirteenth Century
Professor David Carpenter: Professor of Medieval History, Kings College, London – Henry III, Simon de Montfort and the Crisis of Kingship in the Thirteenth Century Guildford Castle was a very much favoured castle, often used by King Henry III and his son, King Edward I. Magna Carta placed many restrictions on the monarch, but did…
November 2019 Lecture – Why did the Habsburg Empire collapse during the First World War?
Professor Mark Cornwall: Professor of Modern European History, University of Southampton This year is the hundredth anniversary of the last Emperor, Karl, standing down as Emperor of the Habsburg Empire. Within the history of the Habsburg Empire, there has always been a history of tension and rivalry between the nationalities that made up the Habsburg…
September 2018 Lecture
The Road to the Armistice: How the First World War Ended by Professor David Stevenson: International History, LSE November 1918: The railway wagon, number 2491D, constructed before the beginning of the 1st World War, was taken to the forest of Compiegne, where the German delegates accepted the terms of peace, dictated by the Allies. This…