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Periods
Celtic
Roman
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
Norman
Medieval
Tudors
Stuarts
Georgian
Victorian
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The Celts
750 BC – 43 AD
The word Celt comes
from the Greek word
“Keltoi”, which means
“barbarians”.
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The Celts were:
warriors
farmers
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Celtic priests were called:
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Stonehenge
Nobody knows what it was built for, perhaps
Druid temple or perhaps an astronomical calculator.
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The Romans
43 AD- 410 AD
55 BC- Emperor Julius
Caesar landed in Britain ,
won several battles and
left.
54 BC – Caesar came
to Britain again.
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Roman invasion:
In 43 AD Emperor
Claudius organized
the final
and
successful
Roman invasion
of Britain.
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The biggest battle was fought
on the
banks of the River
Medway, close to Rochester.
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The Romans founded the city Londinium, which is
now known as London.
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The Anglo-Saxons
410-1066
The Anglo-Saxons
were the people that
came from
Germany,
Denmark and
the Netherlands
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The Anglo Saxons
divided England
into kingdoms :
Northumbria,
Mercia,
Wessex, Kent and
Anglia
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The Vikings
9th c.-1066
Vikings were also
known as
the
Norsemen or
Danes.
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Vikings were raiders
from Norway and
Northern Denmark
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The Saxon King Alfred fought
Vikings in the
battle of Maldon
in 891, but he lost and
had
to let them have part of the
country, called Danelaw.
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The Norman Invasion
Edward the Confessor’s heir
?
Harold Godwinson
Harald
Hardrada
Edgar the Atheling
William, Duke of Normandy
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The battle of Stamford Bridge
25th September 1066
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The Battle of Hastings.
14th October 1066
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What is the legacy of William the Conqueror?
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Norman Castles
Warwick Castle
The Tower of London
Windsor
Castle
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Domesday Book –
the first national census
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Medieval England
Civil wars
International war
Occasional insurrection
Political intrigue
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King Richard "the Lion Heart“
(or
“the absent king”)
-was preoccupied with foreign wars
-took part in the Third Crusade
-defended his French territories
against
Philip II
of France.
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John
Magna Carta – a document which
stated that king was not above the law, that
he only ruled by the will of the people.
-had a conflict with nobles
-was defeated by the barons
-kept the throne by signing the Magna Carta (1215)
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The Hundred Years War
1337-1453
England vs. France
England lost its
French territories.
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The Black Death
Epidemic of bubonic plague came to
England in 1348 and killed as much as 1/3
of the population.
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The War of the Roses
1455-1485
The House of Lancaster
vs The House of York
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The Tudors
(1485- 1603)
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary I
Elizabeth
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Henry VII
The first Tudor king
Became king after the
battle of Bosworth
(War of the Roses)
Established absolute
monarchy
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Henry VIII
Had 6 wives:
Catherine
of Aragon (divorced)
Anne Boleyn (beheaded)
Jane Seymour (died)
Anne of Cleves (divorced)
Catherine Howard (beheaded)
Catherine Parr (died)
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Henry VIII
Break from Rome
Nationalization of
the
English Church
Beginning of English
Reformation
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Henry VIII
Edward
Mary
Elizabeth
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Mary I- “Bloody Mary”
She was a Catholic ->
efforts to restore Catholicism -> executions of Protestants ->
unpopularity
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Elizabeth I
Explorations
Colonisation
Victory in war
Flourishing in arts
Growing world
importance
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War with Spain (1588)
Spanish Armada
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The Stuarts
James I
Charles I
Conflicts with Parliament -> Civil War
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Civil War (1642- 1649)
Parliament Vs. Monarch
Oliver Cromwell won
the battle Naseby ->
Charles I
beheaded ->
Republic proclaimed
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Restoration (1660-1688)
Charles II could not
restore the old
state
of things
1688- the Bill of Rights
->Constitutional
monarchy
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the Georgian Age
George I
George II
George III
George IV
William
IV
They were Germans, couldn’t speak English - > let
Prime Ministers rule the country.
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Seven Years War with France
(1756-1763)
The first war
on
a global scale
War for colonies
Britain won !
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The US War for Independence
(1775-1776)
American colonies
declared
themselves
independent from
Britain
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The war with France
(1803-1815)
Battle of Trafalgar
(21
October 1805)
Battle of Waterloo
(18 June 1815)
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Victorian Age
1873-1901
Queen Victoria ruled for 64 years.
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Industrial Revolution
New machines invented- >less time to spend
work- > no need in workers- > unemployment
Rural society
- > urban society ( 20%-> 50% in towns)
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Housing conditions
Shortage of houses
No running water and toilets
in houses (outdoor water pump and outside toilet instead)
Polluted
water
Rubbish thrown out into the
streets
Dirty streets and cramped
living – perfect for diseases
(typhus, smallpox and
dysentery)
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Public Health Act of 1875
banned open sewers
houses were made further
apart
rubbish collection was
introduced
public
health inspectors
had to check that sanitation
and health of the people was
alright
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Working conditions
Long working hours
Small salary
Women and children labour
No
holidays
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Factory Acts of 1840’s
reduced working hours
for
children and women
improved working
conditions.