South Lakes U3A European History group

Meeting details

Frequency	Monthly, on Wednesday
Time	10.00 am
Duration	2 hours
Location	Castle Street Centre
Coordinator	Fieke Harteveld

What we do

The first meeting of this new group was on 11 June and we decided to start by studying France.
The idea is that one or two members prepare a talk, not necessary with a PowerPoint presentation. Members can also just read aloud what they have found in books, on the internet and other sources.
It will be much appreciated if there is a summary with the facts available for the members after the talk to take home. This will keep members (also new ones) up to date with what we have done so far.

Reports

July 2010

We renamed the General History group to European History because we concentrate on history of European countries.

We started last October with the Romans in France, worked in the following months through the nearly two millennia after the Romans and finished last July with the 19th century in France. Thanks to members who volunteered to do some research in books and on the internet and told us about it, we had interesting and enjoyable meetings. Perhaps there are members who have heard something that they did not know before.

We will start in October with another country in Europe and the majority of our group is interested in the modern history of Germany. We will have a little talk and some discussion about what happened in Germany during and after the French Revolution in our first meeting in October.

We will continue our journey through German history in the two following meetings.

New members are very welcome to join us.

Fieke Harteveld

March 2010
We continue with the history of France. Although it is not easy to find books on the subject, it is surprising how much information one can find with some digging. Thanks to members of our group who are willing to do some research, and do a talk about their findings: we have had some interesting meetings. Peter found so much material that he had enough information to cover even two meetings! During the next three months we will look at Louis XIV (The Sun King), the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era.
If you are interested you are very welcome to come along. We keep a short record of the previous talks which are available, should you wish to be updated

Fieke Harteveld

November 2009:
After our official start we have had three meetings in which members of our group did a talk about European tribes before Roman Times and the history of France from Roman times till 13th century. After the talks there was enthusiastic and lively discussion and we all received hand-outs to remind us what we just heard. This is very much appreciated. In our next 3 meetings we will explore what happened in France during the 100 Years War and during the next centuries till the French Revolution.

Fieke Harteveld