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University of South Alabama Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA) London Summer Program |
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July 10 to August 11, 2008 |
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The Monarchy In Modern Times: |
The images of the monarchy in modern Britain
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forcefully conveyed by palaces and portraits, monuments and movies.
Deepen your understanding of the role of the Crown, the
institutions of government and the people of England and the United
Kingdom from the time of the Tudors to that of the Windsors by visiting
these palaces and studying these portraits and monuments.
What
does Hampton Court tell us about Henry VIII? Kew Palace about George
III? Osborne House about Victoria? Buckingham Palace about the Windsors?
These are some of the sites we will visit to determine if, with regard
to the monarchy, image is, or isn’t, everything? [ There are no
prerequisites for this course]