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Medieval London was a walled city of crowded streets and lanes, open air markets and wooden and stone houses, its inhabitants living perilously and piously amid a skyline of a hundred church spires. With the V&A’s collections and curators for inspiration, on this twelve-week London history course we will explore its dynamic and fascinating story from the Norman Conquest to the Great Fire.
You can learn from our world-class experts wherever you are, whenever suits you: watch lectures live or view the recording later in your own time. You can experience the full breadth and depth of the V&A's collections with more than 40 hours of study over 12 weeks. Learn at your own pace: lecture recordings and study materials, lecture notes, copies of the presentations, and additional study materials are available in our secure Microsoft Teams environment for up to 12 weeks after the course ends, so you'll never miss a thing. And finally, join the conversation: share your perspective with your fellow students, and support each other in your further enquiries outside of class time.
Mike Berlin is a Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a specialist in the social history of early modern London and has published extensively on the history of London’s guilds. Before joining Birkbeck, he was a research officer at the Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute of Historical Research.
This was a fantastic course, one of the best I have done and I do a lot of them! Many thanks to Mike and all the team. Previous online course student
Medieval London was a walled city of crowded streets and lanes, open air markets and
wooden and stone houses, its inhabitants living perilously and piously amid a skyline of a
hundred church spires. With the V&A’s collections and curators for inspiration, on this
twelve-week course we will explore its dynamic and fascinating history from the Norman
Conquest to the Great Fire. A city of learning and richly skilled crafts, during this period
London went from being the prosperous capital of an emerging kingdom on the periphery of
Christendom to being one of the greatest cities of Europe, the centre of a growing mercantile
empire which looked outward to the Atlantic and beyond. Already an ancient city at the dawn
of the first millennium, London was firmly locked into a nexus of trade centering on the North
Sea, with links to varied lands and peoples of Scandinavia and north-west Europe.
V&A Academy Online courses are built using the latest Microsoft software. Tune in to expert lectures live, or catch up later on demand. Download handouts and presentations. Join the discussion in a secure, closed class environment, wherever you are.
20 September 2023 - 6 December 2023
£395.00
Call to book +44 (0)20 7942 2000
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
Open 10.00 - 13.00, Monday to Sunday (closed 24-26 December)
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