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By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
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Describe the sequence of events and the key players in the Wars of the Roses, and explain the ways in which reputations are created
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Explain the nature of armed combat in the middle ages
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Describe the way English farming was organised before the Black Death
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Identify 15th century changes in the landscape and the benefits to ordinary people of the new developments
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Explore the evidence for the scale of literacy in England before printed books
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Describe how typefaces were first created and how rapidly printed books spread, and to whom
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Summarise medieval beliefs about the afterlife
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Identify the types of late medieval burial, burial customs, commemoration and memorial monuments
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Identify what foods were, and were not, available in the 15th century and the differences in the diet of rich and poor
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Describe the ways in which people cooked and ate at the table
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Reflect on some of the reasons why the discovery of Richard III has aroused such international interest
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Interpret the range of evidence that makes the identification of Richard III's body convincing
