Courses December 2022
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smallhobbitBringing my short courses up to date for the end of the year.
Change of Era: The Origins of Christian Culture through the Lens of Archaeology (University of Padova) I found this a very interesting course as it looked at various artefacts, first from the Christians when they were a minority, and sometimes persecuted, faith, and then when Christianity became the state faith, promoted throughout the Roman Empire.
This was my final FutureLearn course of the year, and brings my all time total to 119, of which I've followed 31 this year. I've found out all sorts of fascinating things over the year and enjoyed learning about areas I don't normally encounter. I've also recently followed three Open University OpenLearn courses:
The Origins of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms I took this one because it was about to be removed and I'm interested in the civil war at the time of Charles I. It was good to be reminded about the different reasons why England, Scotland and Ireland were involved in the civil war, and to remember it wasn't just an English war.
Napoleonic Paintings I've always had an interest in Napoleon and his expansion in Europe. This was an interesting course, looking at paintings from the state of his career and onto the official paintings later, and how certain things were emphasised in the paintings, and how some things were ignored, so by the end these were definitely propoganda.
The Byzantine Icon This is a new course, recommended by someone on the FutureLearn course as having certain connections. It was again interesting to learn more about the history of icon painting and what was and wasn't included.
Change of Era: The Origins of Christian Culture through the Lens of Archaeology (University of Padova) I found this a very interesting course as it looked at various artefacts, first from the Christians when they were a minority, and sometimes persecuted, faith, and then when Christianity became the state faith, promoted throughout the Roman Empire.
This was my final FutureLearn course of the year, and brings my all time total to 119, of which I've followed 31 this year. I've found out all sorts of fascinating things over the year and enjoyed learning about areas I don't normally encounter. I've also recently followed three Open University OpenLearn courses:
The Origins of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms I took this one because it was about to be removed and I'm interested in the civil war at the time of Charles I. It was good to be reminded about the different reasons why England, Scotland and Ireland were involved in the civil war, and to remember it wasn't just an English war.
Napoleonic Paintings I've always had an interest in Napoleon and his expansion in Europe. This was an interesting course, looking at paintings from the state of his career and onto the official paintings later, and how certain things were emphasised in the paintings, and how some things were ignored, so by the end these were definitely propoganda.
The Byzantine Icon This is a new course, recommended by someone on the FutureLearn course as having certain connections. It was again interesting to learn more about the history of icon painting and what was and wasn't included.
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