Summary: book "Britain for Learners of English", James O'Driscoll
A few important dates in British history until the Dark Ages stopped
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- The medieval period (1066-1458)
| A few important dates in British history until the Dark Ages stopped - 55 BC the Roman general Julius Caesar lands in Britain with an expeditionary force, wins a battle and leaves (I came, I saw, I conquered. The first date in popular British history. - AD 43; the Romans come to stay - 61; queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe leads a bloody revolt against the Roman occupation. It is suppressed. There is a statue of Boudicca made in the nineteenth century outside the houses of Parliament, which has helped to keep her memory alive. Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by Ngan Tien (nganctddongnai@yahoo.com.vn) lOMoARcPSD|2347954 - 410; the Romans leave Britain. - 432; St. Patrick converts Ireland to Christianity. - 597; St. Augustine arrives in Britain and establishes his headquarters in Canterbury. - 793; the great monastery of Lindisfarne on the east coast of Britain is destroyed by Vikings and its monks killed. - 878; the Peace of Edington partitions the Germanic territories between king Alfred’s Saxons and the Danes. - 973; Edgar, a grandson of Alfred becomes king of nearly all of present-day England and for the first time the name England is used. The medieval period (1066-1458) The successful Norman invasion of England in 1066 brought Britain into the mainstream of western European culture. Previously most links had been with Scandinavia. Only in Scotland did this link survive and the western isles (until thirteenth century) and the northern islands (until fifteenth century) remained in control of the Scandinavian kings. On 14 th of October inmost famous date) the army of Normandy invaded Britain and defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings. The battle was close and extremely bloody, at the end of it, most of the best warriors in England were dead including their king Harold. On Christmas day that year, the Norman leader, Duke William of Normandy was crowned king of England. he is known in popular history as William the Conqueror and the date is remembered as the last time that England was successfully invaded. The system of strong government which the Normans introduced made the Anglo-Norman kingdom the most powerful political force in Britain and Ireland. The authority of the English monarch gradually extended to other parts of these islands in the next 250 years. By the end of the thirteenth century, a large part of eastern Ireland was controlled by Anglo-Norman lords in the name of their king and the hole of Wales was under his direct rule at which time, the custom of naming the monarch’s eldest son the Prince of Wales began. Scotland managed to remain politically independent in the medieval period, but was obliged to fight wars to do so. In this period the Parliament began its gradual evolution into the democratic body which it is today. The word parliament which comes from the French word parler (to speak, was first used in England in the thirteenth century to describe an assembly of nobles called together by the king. Robin Hood Robin Hood was a legendary folk hero. King Richard I (1189-99) spent most of his reign fighting in the crusades (the wars between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East. Meanwhile, England was governed by his brother John who was very unpopular because of all the taxes he imposed. According to legend, Robin Hood lived with his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest outside Nottingham, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. He was constantly hunted by the local sheriff but was never captured. Download 0.78 Mb. Share with your friends:
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