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Trust and the state of natureBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

30 August 2006

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), perhaps the greatest English political philosopher, argued that life in the state of nature would be, "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"....  Read more : Trust and the state of nature

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The English Civil War: The Endgame - 1646 - 1649 - Introduction Featuring: video, Wark Clements

By Tristram Hunt (Guest)

07 January 2001

Tristram Hunt introduces the fifth chapter of the Civil War: the Endgame.  Read more : The English Civil War: The Endgame - 1646 - 1649 - Introduction

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Tremors - Reformation & Counter-reformation England Wark Clements

By The Civil War team (The Open University)

07 January 2001

Henry VIII's desire for divorce sparks a reformation in England  Read more : Tremors - Reformation & Counter-reformation England

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Endgame - Regicide Wark Clements

By The Civil War team (The Open University)

07 January 2001

The King had gone too far - and Parliament weighed the ultimate sanction: Regicide  Read more : Endgame - Regicide

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The English Civil War: Aftershocks - 1650 - 1701 - Introduction  Featuring: video, Wark Clements

By Tristram Hunt (Guest)

07 January 2001

Tristram Hunt introduces the final chapter - what happened next, as the nation struggled to live with the aftershocks?  Read more : The English Civil War: Aftershocks - 1650 - 1701 - Introduction

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Aftershocks - The Glorious Revolution Wark Clements

By The Civil War team (The Open University)

07 January 2001

Fear that generousity to Catholics might lead to a full switch back to Rome sparked the Glorious Revolution  Read more : Aftershocks - The Glorious Revolution

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The English Civil War: The Breakdown - Introduction Featuring: video, Wark Clements

By Tristram Hunt (Guest)

07 January 2001

Tristram Hunt introduces the second section of the Civil War: The Breakdown of relationships in the nations.  Read more : The English Civil War: The Breakdown - Introduction

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The Breakdown - Scottish Origins of the Civil War Wark Clements

By The Civil War team (The Open University)

07 January 2001

Charles' attempts to rule three kingdoms as one explains the Scottish Origins of the Civil War  Read more : The Breakdown - Scottish Origins of the Civil War

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The trial of Charles IWark Clements

By The Civil War team (The Open University)

07 January 2001

That he refused to accept the validity of the court gave a skew to the trial of Charles I  Read more : The trial of Charles I

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Aftershocks - The Restoration Wark Clements

By The Civil War team (The Open University)

07 January 2001

The imperfect development of political consciousness in the mid- seventeenth century is revealed in the Stuart Restoration  Read more : Aftershocks - The Restoration

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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