This group started in November 2025. We hold a meeting once a month and each time we are considering events in a specific century. Members choose any topic to talk about, for ten minutes, that is linked to the century and you do not need to do a talk unless you want to. The links download the notes used in the talk.

Contact Steve Gibbs for more information about the group

Topics covered

14th August:August 16th Century

• Printing press II
• Life of Catherine of Aragon
• Venetian Courtesans
• East India companies
• (held over Mary Rose)

July 15th Century

• Arts and culture in 15th Century
• Malleus Maleficarum-The hammer of the witches
• Spanish impact on Aztecs and Incas
• Spanish conquistidors
• (Held over Mary Rose and printing press II)

12-June-2026: 14th Century

• History of Spain
• The death if Richard 2
• The little ice age https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/14th-Century-The-Little-Ice-Age.docx
• The Inca empire https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/History5_Incas.docx
• The Printing Press

May-2026:

• The Black death
• The peasants revolt
• The battle of Bannockburn
• Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel in Padua
• Katherine Swynford, Mistress and later wife of John of Gaunt

April-2026-13th Century

• The history of Spain
• The Scottish wars of Independence
• The history surrounding Palma Cathedral, Mallorca https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/13th-century-PALMA-CATHEDRAL-with-photos.docx

March-2026

• Magna Carta
• Simon de Montford
• Mali empire https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/History4.docx

Jan/Feb 2026 12th century

• Saladin https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/History3.docx
• Hildefard of Bingen
• Knights Templar
• Marco Polo and the Silk Road https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/13th-century-Marco-Polo-and-the-Silk-Road.docx
• Christopher Colombus

Dec 2025-12th century

• Bayeux Tapestry
• Domesday and tax fairness
• History of Bristol docks https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/12th-century-Bristol.docx
• India 12^th Century 12^th Century – Delhi Qutab Minar https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/History-2.docx

Nov 2025 11th century

• Tiwanaku: Pre Incas and  Aztec https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/History-1.docx
• History of Spain and Portugal
• Siege of Exeter 1068 and Rougemont castle https://exmouth.u3asite.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/11th-century-The-Siege-of-Exeter-1068.docx
• Ghengis Khan
• Norman castles
• How the Norman conquest changed England