Stuarts Online is a rich resource, bringing cutting-edge scholarship on the Stuart era to a wider audience. By focusing on key moments, documents and artefacts, Stuarts Online brings this pivotal period of British political and cultural history to life, for teachers, students and the wider public.
The website contains twenty films – each centred on a key text or artefact – which explore the stories and personalities central to the history of Stuart Britain. The films are supplemented by lesson plans, biographies, timelines, and learning resources. Media products have been codeveloped and produced by Historyworks.
We found – especially in earlier research, on The Stuart Successions Project – that moments of succession brilliantly illuminate the key issues and conflicts of this remarkable period of history. Our films and associated materials look especially at such moments of crisis and transition. Use the discussion page to share ideas and ask questions to the expert team at Stuarts Online.
Stuarts Online is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and developed by the universities of Exeter and Oxford in partnership with the Ashmolean Museum, the Bodleian Library, the Historical Association, and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Milton's "Comus" was performed OTD in the Great Hall of Ludlow Castle in 1634. dartmouth.edu/~milto… #17thCentury pic.twitter.com/Q3s4…
On 13 May 1629, Queen Henrietta Maria gave birth to a short-lived prince, who died within hours. Just over a year later, the prayers of both the queen and of her subjects were answered with the delivery of a healthy son, the future Charles II. His older brother, the first Prince Charles, was not forgotten,…
DetailsAs humans, we spend almost one-third of our lives asleep. Sleep is a biological necessity that nobody can live without and so it is logical to assume that it is a natural impulse that has remained the same throughout history. As I began to read the work of sociologists and human geographers on this subject…
DetailsBBC Radio 4 are currently running a series of programmes about the author Daniel Defoe, who is best known for his novels such as Robinson Crusoe (1719). But Defoe was also one of the most important political writers of the later Stuart period. Indeed, thinking about Defoe’s life and career helps us understand the political…
DetailsI saw a production of Hamlet by Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory in Exeter last week. Actually it was routine stuff, with no particular vision or agenda, but any production of this play will make the audience think. This piece – more a reflection on the play than a review of the production – picks…
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