PART ONE · C.1000–1487
Conquest, Plague and Civil War
Medieval village life, the Battle of Hastings, the Hundred Years’ War, the Black Death and the Wars of the Roses.
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The Timeline of British History
Sixteen turning points, four professors and roughly a thousand years of history, from the Norman Conquest to the American Revolution, laid out in one beautifully designed PDF.
- Every DDH episode and article mapped to its moment in history
- Four clear parts, from medieval villages to a new world power
- Each turning point explained by the professor who guides it
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16
Turning points, each paired with an episode and article
4
Professors, each guiding a different pathway through the past
1066–1783
From the Norman Conquest to the American Revolution
WHAT’S INSIDE
A thousand years in four parts
The timeline follows the story DDH has been excavating, one era at a time, so you can see how each moment led to the next.
PART TWO · 1485–1603
The Tudor World
Tudor households, the Break with Rome, the succession crisis, Elizabeth I’s spy network and the crowd that made Elizabethan theatre.
PART THREE · 1588–1689
Armada, Empire and a New Settlement
The real lesson of the Spanish Armada, the rise of the East India Company and the Glorious Revolution that changed the constitution.
PART FOUR · 1702–1783
Union, War and Revolution
Queen Anne and the Act of Union, the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution, as power outgrew the island that held it.
YOUR GUIDES
Four professors, four ways into the past
Every turning point on the timeline is tagged to the DDH professor who guides it, so you can follow a single pathway or read the whole story end to end.
Henry Ashford
Royal and Political History: monarchy, power, succession and parliament.
Steven Carmichael
Military History: battles, strategy, campaigns and their consequences.
Amelia Harcourt
Social and Cultural History: everyday life, belief and community.
Marcus Langston
Global and Comparative History: empire, trade and revolution.
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