Tutor information
Janet Dickinson
Janet Dickinson specializes in the cultural and political history of elites in early modern England and Europe. She has recently worked on a collection of 'drowned books' from a seventeenth century shipwreck and what they can tell us about travel and cultural exchange. She has won a series of teaching awards for her work with students at OUDCE.
Courses
The reign of Henry VIII transformed British history. This course charts the political, religious and cultural changes of the period.
This course will examine the life and reign of Elizabeth I, from her troubled childhood to the death of the aged Virgin Queen. But what do we really know of this iconic queen? Can her reign be accounted a success?
The Elizabethan world witnessed some of the most momentous and memorable events in English history. Investigate the experiences and reactions of individuals to these changes, events and issues.
This course joins the explorers and adventurers of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods who looked beyond England towards new territories and new opportunities, in the process making discoveries which fundamentally changed the world in which they lived.
The reign of Henry VIII transformed British history. This course charts the political, religious and cultural changes of the period.
The lives of women in the early modern world are often assumed to have been narrow and restricted. This course will use textual, visual, and material sources to reveal more about the lives and experiences of women, ranging from noblewomen to laundresses.