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U3A in London (Hampstead) - Wednesday European History TalksTimetable updated 19/12/2022 We meet on Wednesday mornings at 11:40 in Room 2.21 in the Old Town Hall.We suggest you bookmark this page which is always up-to-date. Talks are given by Ken Baldry. |
Spring Term 2023 | |
Jan 11th | 88. Henry VIII of England |
Jan 18th | 89. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to 1540 |
Jan 25th | 90. Loose ends from the early 16th Century: Portugal. The Spanish in South America. Ongoing religious wars |
Feb 1st | 91. The later Tudors: Edward VI & Mary I |
Feb 8th | 92. Lucas Cranach, mostly the Elder & some Younger |
Feb 15th | 93. Ivan the Terrible |
Feb 22nd | 94. Suleiman the Magnificent |
Mar 1st | 95. Elizabeth I of England & Philip II of Spain, to the Armada |
Mar 8th | 96. Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand & France. The Catholic Church & French Wars of Religion with music |
Mar 15th | 97. More about matters Religious. More French Wars, contemporary religious beliefs, science & Titian |
Mar 22nd | 98. Elizabeth I of England & Philip II of Spain, part Two |
Mar 29th | 99. The Baltic & East from the later 16th Century. More Astronomy, Sweden & Poland & Russia's Time of Troubles |
Summer Term 2023 | |
Apr 26th | 100. Art in the later 16th Century: Corregio, Anguissola, Fontana, Longhi, Galizia & Caravaggio |
May 3rd | 101. The small states of Italy, the Turks after Suleiman |
May 10th | 102. History of Italian Opera. A broad sweep from 1598 to 1985 with plenty of music |
May 17th | 103. The Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648. The run-up in France, Netherlands & Sweden, then, the horror |
May 24th | 104. Early Stuarts in England. Elizabethan Poor Law, James I & IV, Charles I's early reign |
May 3st | 105. Peter Paul Rubens with contemporary music |
June 7th | 106. France & Spain early 17thC |
June 14th | 107. Points East 17thC. Russia, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth & Turks |
June 21st | 108. Rembrandt, the greatest painter with contemporary music |
June 28th | 109. England under Charles I. From 1628, through the 11 Years Tyranny to 1642 |
July 5th | 110. Civil War in England. The First War from 1642 to 1646 |
July 12th | 111. The English Civil War part 2. The Second War, the trial & execution of Charles I & the war in Ireland |
Contact: Ken Baldry at 17 Gerrard Road, Islington, London N1 8AY Telephone +44(0)20 7359 6294 or e-mail him This page's URL: http://www.art-science.com.uk/history-talks.html |
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