Power
The accumulation of, the acceptance of, and the use of power are all explored in this section. The individual reigns of some monarchs are looked at such as those from the Tudor period, but so are other leaders, despotic and revolutionary. Contemporary issues of the use of power in a democracy are explored are more complex ideas around power through individual actions and movements in history.
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Richard II and the Peasants' Revolt
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The Wars of the Roses
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The Rise of an Islamic Civilisation
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Henry VII: Legitimizing his throne
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Was the Protectorate a Military Dictatorship?
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The Road to the First English Civil War
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Why did the Civil War break out in 1642?
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Why did the Royalists lose the first Civil War?
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The Civil War: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
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The Commonwealth, Protectorate and Radicalism
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Oliver Cromwell
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What was Hitler's role?
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How close was England to Absolutism 1660-88?
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Charles II
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Legacy of the Crusades
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Nazi creation of a Volksgemeinschaft
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Roman Britain
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The Rise of the Nazi Party
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The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the New World
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The British Empire: Relations with the American colonies
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