Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo
This course explored the context, interpretations, aftermath and commemoration of the Battle of Waterloo with a particular focus on the Duke of Wellington.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Chris Woolgar
Professor of History and Archival Studies
University of Southampton
Karen Robson
Head of Archives
University of Southampton
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore the background to the Battle of Waterloo, accounts of the battle, its immediate aftermath and its longer-term impact on British culture.
- Discuss different accounts of the battle and how they have arisen.
- Evaluate original documents to see how they were written and what they tell us about the politics of the time.
- Debate the ways in which wars are commemorated.
Syllabus
- Placing Waterloo in context: the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the conclusion of a world war and the settlement of 1814.
- The road to war: Napoleon’s dramatic return from exile, the Congress of Vienna and urgent preparations for further European war.
- The forces that fought at Waterloo, how they were deployed and commanded.
- Interpreting accounts of the battle, from official despatches to soldiers’ memoirs.
- After the battle; the occupation of France by the Allied Powers and the exile of Napoleon.
- How the battle was commemorated in the years immediately after 1815, from monuments and banquets to museums and battlefield tourism.
- How the battle was depicted in popular paintings and literature, and how Wellington was depicted through sculpture and publication of his correspondence.
- Wellington’s later life, his grand state funeral and his enduring place in British culture.
Issued on 17th January 2022
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