The Making of the English Landscape (Nature Classics Library)

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You will learn how to present your ideas both through speaking and writing. You will also have access to online support through our virtual learning environment, which will accelerate your learning and enhance your experience of the course. The first “little ice age” hit around 6700BC. About 500 years later, a huge North American lake broke through its dam and dumped such a huge amount of fresh water into the Atlantic that the Gulf Stream shut down. Temperatures plummeted, trees died, sea water pushed into rivers and Britain’s landscape changed again. Only 200 years later – a geological blink – a tsunami crashed over Doggerland. Britain became an island and isolated. Two thousand years later it was nearly inhabited, and then the climate changed again. The next wave of immigrants arrived – the “house people”, who crossed the channel in their boats and built the first rectangular houses. Main article: The Making of the English Landscape In The Making of the English Landscape, Hoskins explains features like the distinctive ridge and furrow pattern in open field system farming, seen here at Wood Stanway, Gloucestershire.

There are no formal academic entry requirements for this course but as it is taught at university level (FHEQ 4) applicants should be able to read, write and speak English fluently. All students are expected to take an active part in the course and submit work showing evidence of learning. In particular, you will be expected in each unit to: in four equal instalments (credit/debit card only): the first on enrolment, and the second, third and final instalment being taken 1 month, 3 months and 5 months after the course start date. The exact dates will be confirmed in the student’s individual booking details Hoskins was one of the founders of the Exeter Group in 1960 (later to become the Exeter Civic Society). He was president of the Dartmoor Preservation Association from 1962 until 1976. [1] Progression for students who have completed this course is offered in a range of our Undergraduate Certificates, such as our Undergraduate Certificate in the Study of Early Medieval England (FHEQ Level 4.) Students can also progress onto one of our Undergraduate Diplomas in Archaeology (FHEQ Level 5)

The introduction sets out Hoskins' stall with "No book exists to describe the manner in which the various landscapes of this country came to assume the shape and appearance they now have", [4] mentioning geology ("only one aspect of the subject"), [4] the clearing of woodlands, the reclaiming of moor and marsh, the creation of fields, roads, towns, country houses, mines, canals and railways: "in short, with everything that has altered the natural landscape." [4] Editions and translations [ edit ] "A sunken lane in East Devon". A 7th century Saxon estate boundary between the royal estate of Silverton (left) and the Exeter Abbey estate (right) was marked by a "double ditch", creating high earth hedgebanks on both sides.

For the 2022-2023 Academic Year this course is being taught remotely. This means there will be no face-to-face teaching and you will not need to be present in person in Cambridge, although there is an expectation that you will attend synchronous teaching sessions. The course content will be delivered, and the learning outcomes met, through the use of video-based teaching platforms and a dedicated course Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Teaching takes place on Saturdays and Sundays at the Institute of Continuing Education on the following dates: 5-6 October 2019 and 30 November - 1 December 2019 The Face of Britain. Midland England: A Survey of the Country Between the Midlands and the Trent (London & New York: B.T. Batsford, 1949)

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Thirsk, Joan (2008) [2004]. "Hoskins, William George (1908–1992)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/38631. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Lively, Penelope (25 November 2011). "My Hero: WG Hoskins by Penelope Lively". The Guardian . Retrieved 26 May 2014. Hoskins, W. G. (1973). English Landscapes. How to read the man-made scenery of England. BBC. ISBN 0-563-12407-5.