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Creative Commons |
Killing and dying |
This lecture asks what weapons people owned in Henry VIII's England and whether they knew how to use them, some of its evidence drawn from coroners' inquests into accidents with bows, guns and swords. |
Steven Gunn |
12 Oct 2016 |
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Creative Commons |
Trade and tillage |
This lecture examines war and the economy in Henry VIII's England: heavy taxation and disrupted trade threatened recession. |
Steven Gunn |
12 Oct 2016 |
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Creative Commons |
Towns and villages |
This lecture uses the records of hundreds of parishes and boroughs to see how communities coped with the pressures of war in Henry VIII's England. |
Steven Gunn |
12 Oct 2016 |
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Creative Commons |
Designed to Kill : The Difficult Study of Military Design |
Design is perceived by most as a positive concept meant to improve people lives. But it is first a means to answer efficiently a specific purpose. How can we morally accept that the act of killing led to the development of an important design industry? |
Marie-Anne Michaux |
30 Sep 2014 |
