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MIT OpenCourseWare
The Royal Family
Art: Matilda of Flanders, Bayeux Tapestry 4 variant, 1070 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Harriet Ritvo
- Term
- Fall 2003
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 10 other files · 5 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 21H.342 The Royal Family, Fall 2003, Prof. Harriet Ritvo — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Syllabus
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8 files
- Peter Walton. A Celebration of Empire. Download
- Lytton Strachey. Queen Victoria. Chapters 1-6. Download
- Fanny Burney. Diary. Selections. Download
- William Makepeace Thackeray. The First Four Georges. (Parts 1 and 2.) Download
- Laqueur. “The Queen Caroline Affair: Politics as Art in the Reign of George IV.” Download
- Cannadine. “The Context, Performance and Meaning of Ritual.” Download
- A King’s Story. Download
- Official Program for King George’s Jubilee. Download
14 images
- James Gillray Open ↗
- ggiiislide11.jpg Open ↗
- Buckingham House before it became Buckingham Palace, 1809 Open ↗
- Celebrations in the City on George III's Golden Jubilee Open ↗
- Cartoon of George IV and Caroline by Lewis Marks, June 1821 Open ↗
- ggivslide7.jpg Open ↗
- ggivslide22.jpg Open ↗
- vict_in_cty_183.jpg Open ↗
- vict_in_cty_1837.jpg Open ↗
- guild_hal_int.jpg Open ↗
- vict_visit_cheap.jpg Open ↗
- vict_lord_mayor.jpg Open ↗
- vict_buckn_ham.jpg Open ↗
- vict_coron.jpg Open ↗
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Royal Pageantry and Royal Politics
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Lecture 3: Discussion
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Lecture 4: George I and George II
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Lecture 5: George III
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Lecture 6: Movie: The Madness of King George
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Lecture 7: Discussion
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Lecture 8: Prince Regent and George IV
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Lecture 9: Discussion
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Lecture 10: Video: A Royal Scandal
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Lecture 11: Transition: William IV to Victoria
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Lecture 12: The Young Queen
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Lecture 13: Victoria and Albert
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Lecture 14: Discussion
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Lecture 15: Empress of India
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Lecture 16: Discussion
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Lecture 17: Edward VII and George V
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Lecture 18: Discussion
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Lecture 19: The Abdication of Edward VIII
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Lecture 20: Discussion
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Lecture 21: George VI: Their Finest Hour
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Lecture 22: Elizabeth II
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Lecture 23: Discussion
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Lecture 24: Class Presentations
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Lecture 25: Class Presentation
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Harriet Ritvo, 21H.342 The Royal Family, Fall 2003.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Fall 2003 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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