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Verwood History Group

Autumn Term 2017

“In Rome’s Afterglow”

Stories About Europe

1. Europa – the Greek mythological heroine after whom Europe is named
2. Octavius - the Roman who re-invented himself, and invented the Empire

3. St Augustine - the Roman thinker who defined Christendom, but whose legacy
divided it
4. Charlemagne – the “father of Europe” who was crowned the first Holy Roman
Emperor” in 800 AD
5. Roger of Sicily - the unlikely Norsemen who ruled an extraordinary kingdom
6. Vasari - the biographer of the “most excellent painters, sculptors and
architects” who defined the Renaissance

7. Julian of Norwich - the English anchoress and author of an enduring classic of
Christian spirituality
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8. Vespucci - the 16 century explorer and map-maker who helped reveal the
secret of modern science
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9. Charles V - the 16 century ruler who took the Holy Roman Empire to its
astonishing but short-lived height
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10. Richelieu – the 17 century prophet of the “Westphalia system” of competing
European sovereign states
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11. Bismarck - the untypical 19 century Prussian who transformed the map of
Europe but whose legacy was of failure
12. Alfred – the archetypal English hero whose travels to Rome during the Dark
Ages introduce Britain’s unexpected “European dimension”
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13. Heisenberg – the 20 century scientist who typifies how weirdness and
uncertainty have become the norm in European thinking

14. Ezra Pound The controversial poet who expressed profound disillusion with
European civilisation