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Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching:
September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela
Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new
specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative,
sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension
material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities
to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence,
interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
has 'Writing Historically' features that focus on the writing
skills most important to historical success. This literacy support
uses the proven Grammar for Writing approach used in many English
departments includes lots of exam guidance, with practice
questions, sources, sample answers and tips to support preparation
for GCSE assessments. * These resources have not yet been endorsed.
This information is correct as of 31st July 2015, but may be
subject to change. You do not have to purchase any resources to
deliver our qualification.
Islam is not the only religion that has sought to take political
power, or believed that it should be possible to create a
theocracy. In the 17th century, Christians in the British Isles and
North America attempted to follow the examples of 16th century
European radicals of contrasting types, while attempting to learn
from their mistakes - first in Scotland, and then Cromwell tried to
impose just such a rule in the rest of the country. At the same
time, millenarian groups planned a religious, political and social
revolution to usher in the return of Christ; while others argued
for something akin to communism. And even after the Restoration of
the monarchy in 1660, there were sects, such as the Quakers, whose
faith had a radical impact on their politics. Nor is Christian
radicalism dead today - it has influenced politicians ever since.
Women play an immensely important role in the Bible: from Eve to
the Virgin Mary, Sarah to Mary Magdalene, Naomi to the anonymous
woman suffering severe menstrual bleeding who was healed by Jesus.
They are a sisterhood of faith. As such, they challenge many of our
assumptions about the role of women in the development of the
biblical story; about the impact of faith on lives lived in the
'heat and dust' of the real world. Here we will meet the prostitute
who ended up in the genealogy of Jesus, a national resistance
fighter, a determined victim of male sexual behaviour who
challenged patriarchal power, a far from meek and mild mother of
Jesus, a woman whose life has been so misrepresented that she is
now the subject of the most bizarre conspiracy theories, and more.
Renowned historians and Biblical scholars, Martyn and Esther
Whittock, take the reader on a fascinating journey, one unafraid to
ask difficult questions, such as, 'Was Eve set up to fall?'
Who was Jesus Christ, and how did he make such an astonishing
impact that still resonates today? Exploring evidence from the New
Testament gospels, early church writings, the apocryphal gospels,
Roman literature, and archaeology, readers are given a vivid
portrait of Jesus' first-century Jewish cultural context. Examining
the accounts of his birth, his radical message and lifestyle, the
dramatic events around his death, and the revolutionary claims made
regarding his resurrection, this book offers a compelling biography
of a man that his followers called the Messiah. If you have ever
wondered about the impact of Jesus' social class on his ministry;
why he was at odds with religious authorities; the influence of
Roman occupation; the interactions with contemporary resistance
movements; or the prominent role of women in his disciple
community, then allow this book to challenge and deepen your
understanding of the Jesus found in the Bible.
Over the past 2000 years the portrayal of the cross has changed and
developed. How have these changes reflected belief and culture
around the world? Through images produced by Christians and
non-Christians, the authors will explore changing ideas about the
cross, and the way in which different cultures have responded to
the cross.
Islam is not the only religion that has sought to take political
power, or believed that it should be possible to create a
theocracy. In the 17th century, Christians in the British Isles and
North America attempted to follow the examples of 16th century
European radicals of contrasting types, while attempting to learn
from their mistakes - first in Scotland, and then Cromwell tried to
impose just such a rule in the rest of the country. At the same
time, millenarian groups planned a religious, political and social
revolution to usher in the return of Christ; while others argued
for something akin to communism. And even after the Restoration of
the monarchy in 1660, there were sects, such as the Quakers, whose
faith had a radical impact on their politics. Nor is Christian
radicalism dead today - it has influenced politicians ever since.
How has Christ been seen for the last two millennia? From the
Christ of the Gospels to the Isa of Islam, this book explores the
way Jesus Christ has been viewed, described, promoted, opposed and
written about. What did the word 'Christ' mean in the first
century, and how did it resonate with the politics and religion of
the time? And beyond that, how was Jesus seen in the New Testament,
and then onto the time of the Desert Fathers? What of the heretical
Christs - and who decided, and why? And from the 2nd century
onwards, people started to draw and to paint images of Christ - how
did this change and develop? The book then traces the history of
Christ through the militant leader of the Crusaders, via the
multi-faceted Christ of the Middle Ages, and the opposing views of
Him thrown up by the Reformation and the wars that followed.
Finally, the authors consider the Christ of the technological age
and the age of total war, before looking also at the Christ of
Liberation Theology, Marxism, the Developing world, the Dalits,
other faiths, and the Post-modern Christ of the 21st century.
The popular image of the Vikings is of tall red-headed men, raping
and pillaging their way around the coast of Europe, stopping only
to ransack monasteries and burn longships. But the violent Vikings
of the 8th century became the pious Christians of the 11th century,
who gave gold crosses to Christian churches and in whose areas of
rule pagan idols were destroyed and churches were built. So how did
this radical transformation happen, and why? What difference did it
make to the Vikings, and to those around them, and what is their
legacy today? This book takes a "global" look at this key period in
Viking history, exploring all the major areas of Viking settlement.
Written to be an accessible and engaging overview for the general
reader.
A fresh and revealing history of one of the most seminal events in
American history as seen through fourteen diverse and dynamic
figures. Martyn Whittock examines the lives of the "saints"
(members of the Separatist puritan congregations) and "strangers"
(economic migrants) on the original ship. Collectively, these
people would become known to history as "the Pilgrims." The story
of the Pilgrims has taken on a life of its own as one of our
founding national myths-their escape from religious persecution,
the dangerous transatlantic journey, that brutal first winter.
Throughout the narrative, we meet characters already familiar to us
through Thanksgiving folklore-Captain Jones, Myles Standish, and
Tisquantum (Squanto)-as well as new ones. There is Mary Chilton,
the first woman to set foot on shore, and asylum seeker William
Bradford. We meet fur trapper John Howland and little Mary More,
who was brought as an indentured servant. Then there is Stephen
Hopkins, who had already survived one shipwreck and was the only
Mayflowerpassenger with any prior American experience. Decidedly
un-puritanical, he kept a tavern and was frequently chastised for
allowing drinking on Sundays. Epic and intimate, Mayflower Lives is
a rich and rewarding book that promises to enthrall readers of
early American history.
The year 2020 is a hugely significant one for the United States of
America, marking as it does the 400th anniversary of the arrival of
the Mayflower Pilgrims to the New World and their establishment of
a `godly' colony in (what was for them) the `American wilderness'.
But it is also the year of the next Presidential election, one
where the current occupant is expected to stand for re-election.
Many millions of Americans will not see this as a random
juxtaposition of events, since for them the unlikely person of
Donald Trump is the one chosen by God to implement a
twenty-first-century programme of godly rule and the restoration of
American spiritual exceptionalism that is directly rooted in those
far-off times when Puritan settlers (who followed in 1630) first
established a semi-theocratic `New Jerusalem' in the `New World'.
The USA is the home of more Christians than any other nation on
earth. In 2014 research revealed that 70.6 per cent of Americans
identified as Christians of some form with 25.4% identifying as
`Evangelicals'. Eighty-one per cent of them, around 33.7 million
people, voted Trump in 2016. How can it be that self-described
Christians of the `Evangelical Religious Right' see, of all people,
Donald Trump as their political representative and thus defender of
their cause? Trump and the Puritans argues that while Donald Trump
is no Puritan, the long-term influence of these 17th century
radicals makes the USA different from any other Western democracy,
and that this influence motivates and energizes a key element of
his base to an astonishing degree and has played a major part in
delivering political power to Trump.
Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on
Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life in this
fascinating new portrait that brings together the everyday and the
extraordinary. Thus we glimpse 11th-century rural society through a
conversation between a ploughman and his master. The life of Dick
Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite. The stories of
Roger 'the Raker' who drowned in his own sewage, a 'merman'
imprisoned in Orford Castle and the sufferings of the Jews of
Bristol reveal the extraordinary diversity of medieval society.
Through these characters and events - and using the latest
discoveries and research - the dynamic and engaging panorama of
medieval England is revealed.
While the main focus of the book is on telling the stories, some
scene-setting is provided at the beginning and each chapter also
contains a section of commentary to explain what is going on and
its significance. The Norse myths have gained widespread attention
in the English-speaking world, partly through a Scandinavian
diaspora, especially in the USA) and partly through a great
interest in the myths and legends which lie behind Viking activity.
Tolkien's 'Middle Earth', too, as seen in both The Lord of the
Rings and The Hobbit films is heavily indebted to Germanic/Norse
mythology. The Whittock's book fills a gap in the market between
academic publications and the interest-generating (but confusing)
products of Hollywood and comic-culture. This is an accessible
book, which both provides a retelling of these dramatic stories and
also sets them in context so that their place within the Viking
world can be understood. The book explores Norse myths (stories,
usually religious, which explain origins, why things are as they
are, the nature of the spiritual) and legends (stories which
attempt to explain historical events and which may involve
historical characters but which are told in a non-historical way
and which often include supernatural events).
A very readable guide which fills the gap between academic analysis
and less critical retellings of the myths and legends. Marytn
Whittock provides an accessible overview while also assessing the
current state of research regarding the origins and significance of
the myths. Since all records of the myths first occur in the early
medieval period, the focus is on the survival of pre-Christian
mythology and the interactions of the early Christian writers with
these myths. A wide-ranging and enthralling introduction to Celtic
mythology, from the Irish gods before gods, the Fomorians, to the
children of Llyr, the sea deity; from the hunter-warrior Fionn mac
Cumhaill, whose exploits are chronicled in the Fenian Cycle, to Cu
Chulainn, the Hound of Ulster; and from the Welsh heroes of the
Mabinogion to Arthur, King of Britain, though the mythical, Welsh
version who predates the medieval legends.
Beginning in the broken aftermath of the First World War and the
Treaty of Versailles that made German recovery almost impossible,
Whittock tells not just the account of the men who rose to the fore
in the dangerous days of the Weimar republic, circling around the
cult of personality generated by Adolf Hitler, but also a
convincing and personality-driven overview of how ordinary Germans
became seduced by the dreams of a new world order, the Third Reich.
The book also gives a fascinating insight into the everyday life in
Germany during the Second World War and explores key questions such
as how much did the Germans know about the Holocaust and why did
the regime eventually fail so disastrously?
'[R]eadable and thoughtful . . . does an excellent job of exploring
how the murderous political police in all its incarnations defined
the Soviet Union, and left a poisonous legacy still with us today'
Professor Mark Galeotti, author of The Vory and A Short History of
Russia Repression, control, manipulation and elimination of enemies
assisted in the establishment of the Soviet state, and helped
maintain it in power, but could not, in the end, prevent its
collapse. Citizens of the West have, for the most part, been told a
very simplified story of the repressive 'totalitarian' state that
was the USSR. In fact, it was sustained by more than just policing
and force. No amount of revisionist history can erase the reality
of millions controlled, imprisoned and killed, but there was much
more to the USSR's one-party state than this. Whittock tells a more
complex story of the combination of cruelty, co-operation and
compromise required to build and run a one-party state. Much of
this is the story of the role played by the secret police in
creating and sustaining such a form of government, but it is much
more than simply a 'history of the secret police'. This is because
the 'police state' which emerged (in which dissent, both real and
imaginary, was undoubtedly policed, threatened and ruthlessly
eliminated) was more than just the product of the arrests,
interrogations, executions and imprisonments carried out by the
secret police. The USSR was also made possible by a battle for
hearts and minds which led millions of people to feel that they
really had benefited from the system and had a stake in the new
society.
The popular image of the Vikings is of tall red-headed men, raping
and pillaging their way around the coast of Europe, stopping only
to ransack monasteries and burn longships. But the violent Vikings
of the 8th century became the pious Christians of the 11th century,
who gave gold crosses to Christian churches and in whose areas of
rule pagan idols were destroyed and churches were built. So how did
this radical transformation happen, and why? What difference did it
make to the Vikings, and to those around them, and what is their
legacy today? This book takes a "global" look at this key period in
Viking history, exploring all the major areas of Viking settlement.
Written to be an accessible and engaging overview for the general
reader.
The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Viking Conquest by Cnut in 1016
both had huge impcts on the history of England and yet '1066' has
eclipsed '1016' in popular culture. This book challenges that
side-lining of Cnut's conquest by presenting compelling evidence
that the Viking Conquest of 1016 was the single most influential
cause of 1066. This neglected Viking Conquest of 1016 led to the
exiling to Normandy and Hungary of the rightful Anglo-Saxon heirs
to the English throne, entangled English politics with those of
Normandy and Scandinavia, purged and destabilized the Anglo-Saxon
ruling class, caused an English king to look abroad for allies in
his conflict with over-mighty subjects and, finally, in 1066
ensured that Harold Godwinson was in the north of England when the
Normans landed on the south coast. As if that was not enough, it
was the continuation of the Scandinavian connection after 1066
which largely ensured that a Norman victory became a traumatic
Norman Conquest.
If the Viking Wars had not taken place, would there have been a
united England in the tenth century? Martyn Whittock believes not,
arguing that without them there would have been no rise of the
Godwin family and their conflict with Edward the Confessor, no
Norman connection, no Norman Conquest and no Domesday Book. All of
these features of English history were the products, or
by-products, of these conflicts and the threat of Scandinavian
attack. The wars and responses to them accelerated economic growth;
stimulated state formation and an assertive sense of an English
national identity; created a hybrid Anglo-Scandinavian culture that
spread beyond the so-called Danelaw; and caused an upheaval in the
ruling elite. By looking at the entire period of the wars and by
taking a holistic view of their political, economic, social and
cultural effects, their many-layered impact can at last be properly
assessed.
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