At the center of our course sits the great Henry VIII. Like this famous painting, Henry VIII was a larger-than-life figure who took the age in which he lived completely captive with his persona and his controversies.
We'll approach this course the way we have in the other courses in this series: in the spirit of Plutarch, the students will have to write 15 biographies of individuals from the era. We will broaden the era to include Henry V, Agincourt and the French side of the post- "100 Year War" era. Then we'll move quickly back to the English side of the Channel. I'll add a post in the next couple of days about the texts we're using.
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Please do post about the books you are going to use. I'm curious. :)
This sounds very interesting. Spring quarter at TMC was a favorite time of year for me - the surrounding area is so pretty in the Spring. I was just looking at an interesting sight at all the musical instruments Henry VIII owned. The link is:
http://www.tudorhistory.org/blog/
Thank you, Mildred. I will check that out and I would guess Heather (egrey) would like that, too. We are hoping for a lovely spring at TMC. They are doing such a great jobs with the grounds!
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