Whether you are searching for the past or want to better understand the world as it is today, travel—even virtually, from the comfort of home—offers a unique opportunity to see the world in new ways. Perhaps you would like to wander the cosmopolitan streets of London, roam the 1,000-year-old campuses of Oxford and Cambridge, or tour world-famous museums like the Tate Modern and the National Railway Museum. Or maybe you are aiming for a more pastoral adventure, like an expedition across the romantic wilds of the Scottish Highlands, or a journey to see the breathtaking vistas of the Jurassic coast. No matter what experience you are hoping to find, a tour of England, Scotland, and Wales rewards visitors with an astonishing array of historical, cultural, and scenic pleasures and reveals the heritage of a nation that has influenced the world immeasurably.
Author(s): Patrick N. Allitt
Series: The Great Courses
Publisher: The Teaching Company
Year: 2018-11
Language: English
Pages: 292
Professor's Biography......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Course Scope......Page 9
1 — Welcome to Britain......Page 11
Ancient Sites......Page 12
After the Romans......Page 13
Britain from 1500-1700......Page 14
Industrialization and the Sea......Page 15
Tips on Visiting Britain......Page 17
2 — Prehistoric britain......Page 19
Stonehenge and Avebury......Page 20
Hill Forts......Page 21
The Uffington White Horse......Page 23
Other Sites......Page 24
Scotland’s Prehistoric Sites......Page 25
3 — Roman Britain......Page 27
Hadrian’s Wall......Page 28
Roman Villas......Page 30
Roads......Page 32
4 — Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain......Page 34
Background on the Anglo-Saxons......Page 35
Offa’s Dyke......Page 36
The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial......Page 37
Background on the Vikings and Lindisfarne......Page 38
Alfred the Great......Page 40
5 — Britain’s Medieval Castles......Page 43
The Evolution of Castles......Page 44
The State of Castles Today......Page 46
Four Notable Castles......Page 47
6 — Britain’s Medieval Cathedrals......Page 50
Background on Cathedrals......Page 51
Styles of Cathedrals......Page 52
Notable Cathedrals......Page 53
7 — Tudor Britain......Page 56
Hampton Court Palace......Page 57
English Places of Worship......Page 58
Mary I and the Martyrs’ Memorial......Page 59
Elizabeth I......Page 60
Tudor Houses......Page 61
8 — Magna Carta and Civil War......Page 65
Runnymede and the Magna Carta......Page 66
Sites from the 17th Century......Page 67
After the English Civil War......Page 69
The Importance of Cromwell......Page 70
After Cromwell......Page 71
9 — Enlightenment Britain......Page 74
The Work of Andrea Palladio......Page 75
Homes of the Enlightenment......Page 76
Georgian Architecture......Page 78
Intellectual Figures......Page 79
10 — Industrial Britain......Page 81
Textiles......Page 82
Iron......Page 83
Canals......Page 85
Railways......Page 86
11 — Victorian Britain......Page 89
Architecture......Page 90
Intellectual Figures......Page 93
Florence Nightingale, Health Care, and Workhouses......Page 94
Prince Albert......Page 95
Town Halls......Page 96
12 — 20th-Century Britain......Page 98
Edwin Luytens......Page 99
Interwar Buildings......Page 100
Motorways and Office Buildings......Page 101
13 — Edinburgh and Glasgow......Page 103
Edinburgh’s Royal Mile......Page 104
Edinburgh’s High Points......Page 105
Glasgow......Page 107
14 — Wild Scotland: Beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow......Page 110
Stirling Bridge and Bannockburn......Page 111
Travel Tips for Scotland......Page 113
Fort William, Glenfinnan, and Loch Ness......Page 114
Scotland’s Islands......Page 116
Lockerbie......Page 117
15 — North Wales......Page 119
Conwy and Llandudno......Page 121
Snowdon......Page 122
The Slate Industry......Page 123
Castles......Page 124
Ornithology......Page 125
South Stack Lighthouse......Page 126
Llanystumdwy......Page 127
16 — Cardiff and South Wales......Page 129
Civic Buildings in Cardiff......Page 130
Mining Valleys......Page 132
Swansea......Page 133
The Countryside......Page 134
17 — The North of England......Page 136
Liverpool......Page 137
Manchester......Page 138
York......Page 139
Carlisle and Berwick-upon-Tweed......Page 140
18 — The English Midlands......Page 143
The Cotswolds......Page 144
Birmingham......Page 145
Coventry......Page 146
Nottingham......Page 148
Villages......Page 149
19 — East Anglia......Page 151
Ely......Page 152
Norfolk......Page 154
Suffolk......Page 156
20 — England’s West Country......Page 159
Glastonbury......Page 160
Dorset......Page 161
Plymouth......Page 162
Cornwall......Page 163
21 — The Museums of London......Page 167
The British Museum......Page 168
The National Portrait Gallery......Page 169
South Kensington’s Museums......Page 170
The Tate Gallery and the Tate Modern......Page 171
The Museum of London......Page 172
22 — London’s Streets and Parks......Page 173
The London Underground......Page 174
Hyde Park......Page 175
Green Park......Page 176
The Piccadilly Circus......Page 177
Regent’s Park and Camden Town......Page 178
23 — Buckingham Palace and Parliament......Page 180
Background on Buckingham Palace......Page 181
Visiting Buckingham Palace......Page 182
Background on the Houses of Parliament......Page 183
Touring the Houses of Parliament......Page 184
24 — Oxford and Cambridge......Page 186
Peterhouse......Page 187
Trinity College, Cambridge......Page 188
The Heart of Oxford......Page 189
Oxford’s Parkland......Page 190
Oxford’s Women’s Buildings......Page 191
25 — Literary Britain: Chaucer and Shakespeare......Page 192
Canterbury......Page 193
Stratford and Shakespeare......Page 194
London and Shakespeare......Page 196
Sites Mentioned in Richard II and Richard III......Page 197
Other Literary Sites and Figures......Page 198
26 — Literary Britain: The Romantics......Page 200
The Writers’ Museum......Page 201
Walter Scott-Related Sites......Page 202
Jane Austen-Related Sites......Page 203
William Wordsworth-Related Sites......Page 204
Beatrix Potter’s Home......Page 205
27 — Literary Britain: Poets and Novelists......Page 207
John Keats-Related Sites......Page 208
Lord Byron-Related Sites......Page 209
Charles Dickens-Related Sites......Page 210
Haworth Parsonage......Page 211
28 — Literary Britain: The 20th Century......Page 214
Thomas Hardy-Related Sites......Page 215
George Bernard Shaw-Related Sites......Page 216
Bloomsbury Group-Related Sites......Page 217
C. S. Lewis-Related Sites......Page 218
George Orwell-Related Sites......Page 219
29 — Artistic Britain: Painters and Sculptors......Page 221
Joshua Reynolds......Page 222
Thomas Gainsborough......Page 223
Thomas Girtin......Page 224
Henry Moore......Page 225
Antony Gormley......Page 226
30 — Britain’s Estates and Gardens......Page 228
William Kent and Lancelot Brown......Page 229
The Kew Gardens......Page 230
Trentham Gardens and Chatsworth......Page 232
The Lost Gardens of Heligan......Page 233
Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West......Page 234
Gardens in Wales......Page 235
31 — Legacy of the British Empire......Page 237
India’s Influence on Britain......Page 238
Cleopatra’s Needle......Page 239
Mosques and Hindu Temples......Page 240
Afro-Caribbean Influences......Page 241
Anglo-American Influences......Page 242
32 — Seafaring Britain......Page 245
The HMS Warrior......Page 246
Seafaring Sites in London......Page 247
The National Historic Fleet......Page 249
Lighthouses......Page 250
33 — Britain’s War Memorials......Page 253
Westminster Abbey......Page 254
The Monument to the Crimean War......Page 255
The World War I Cenotaph......Page 256
Memorials at Hyde Park Corner......Page 257
Memorials in the Provinces of Britain......Page 258
34 — Hiking England, Scotland, and Wales......Page 260
The Lake District......Page 261
The West Highland Way......Page 263
Cycling and Climbing......Page 264
Walking in London......Page 265
35 — Britain’s Sporting Tradition......Page 267
Cricket......Page 268
Soccer (Football)......Page 269
Tennis......Page 270
Golf......Page 271
36 — How to Think about Visiting Britain......Page 273
When to Visit......Page 274
How to Get Around......Page 275
Histories of Britain......Page 276
Fiction and Travel Writers......Page 277
Bibliography......Page 279
Image Credits......Page 289
