From Local To Global Village

FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL VILLAGE (4 lectures) 

Here we focus on how Western civilisation has changed in the last millennium. The world of

our European ancestors in the Year 1000 is almost unrecognisable to us today. Life was

short and sharp and remained so for most of the millennium. What were the key inventions

that changed people’s lives? What took Britain from relative obscurity to global

superpower? We will discover how Europe’s Great Divergence has shaped the modern world.

Lecture 1: Old English to World Language

Lecture 2: Religion and Economy

Lecture 3: Health, Population, Politics and Geopolitics

Lecture 4: Community