Nick Lipscombe ~ Courses & Tutoring
Nick continues to run courses at the University of Oxford’s Department of Continuing Education and for the 2024-2025 Michaelmas Term, he will be presenting a course on the Decisive Battle of Waterloo.
Overview
Few events in human history have had the impact of Waterloo. The battle brought to an end nearly a quarter of a century of warfare, it shattered the dreams of a man who sought to dominate Europe, and it ushered in nearly half a century of peace.
This course will examine Europe at the start of the nineteenth century and Europe’s transition from the French Revolutionary Wars to the Napoleonic Wars. We will consider those wars in the context of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte and both Britain’s response and her role in that struggle. In greater detail the course will study the brief period of peace in 1814-15; Napoleon’s first abdication, the fractious Congress of Vienna and his escape from Elba triggering the start of the Campaign of One Hundred Days. Then we will look at the battles of the Waterloo Campaign from several different perspectives, concluding with an in-depth study of the broader consequences (and national interpretations) of Waterloo for Europe and the wider world, in the immediate aftermath and longer term.
Course begins: 2 October 2024
The Modules are as follows:
Week 1: The French Revolutionary Wars 1789- 1803.
Week 2: The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1814.
Week 3: The Emperor and the Public Servant – Napoleon & Wellington
Week 4: Napoleonic armies, weapons, and tactics.
No class on Wednesday 30th October
Week 5: The Interlude: April 1814 – March 1815.
Week 6: The Opening Battles – Ligny and Quatre Bras.
Week 7: The Battle of Waterloo ~ An epic victory or a series of blunders?
Week 8: The Race for Paris – Abdication and the Treaty of Paris.
Week 9: The Legacy of Waterloo.
Week 10: Eyewitness to Waterloo, different national perspectives.
This course is open for registration
Overview
Few events in human history have had the impact of Waterloo. The battle brought to an end nearly a quarter of a century of warfare, it shattered the dreams of a man who sought to dominate Europe, and it ushered in nearly half a century of peace.
This course will examine Europe at the start of the nineteenth century and Europe’s transition from the French Revolutionary Wars to the Napoleonic Wars. We will consider those wars in the context of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte and both Britain’s response and her role in that struggle. In greater detail the course will study the brief period of peace in 1814-15; Napoleon’s first abdication, the fractious Congress of Vienna and his escape from Elba triggering the start of the Campaign of One Hundred Days. Then we will look at the battles of the Waterloo Campaign from several different perspectives, concluding with an in-depth study of the broader consequences (and national interpretations) of Waterloo for Europe and the wider world, in the immediate aftermath and longer term.
Course begins: 2 October 2024
The Modules are as follows:
Week 1: The French Revolutionary Wars 1789- 1803.
Week 2: The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1814.
Week 3: The Emperor and the Public Servant – Napoleon & Wellington
Week 4: Napoleonic armies, weapons, and tactics.
No class on Wednesday 30th October
Week 5: The Interlude: April 1814 – March 1815.
Week 6: The Opening Battles – Ligny and Quatre Bras.
Week 7: The Battle of Waterloo ~ An epic victory or a series of blunders?
Week 8: The Race for Paris – Abdication and the Treaty of Paris.
Week 9: The Legacy of Waterloo.
Week 10: Eyewitness to Waterloo, different national perspectives.
This course is open for registration
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Course Reading:
Chapter 1
Napoleonic Wars
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Week 9 Reading Chapter 10 and if you have time Post Waterloo JMH
Notes to Chapters
Race to Paris - Week 8 Reading
Chapter 1
Napoleonic Wars
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Week 9 Reading Chapter 10 and if you have time Post Waterloo JMH
Notes to Chapters
Race to Paris - Week 8 Reading