Учебное пособие: Deep Are the Roots A Concise History of Britain
5. Which Roman expeditions were successful in subjugating Britain and when? Was it a peaceful development?
6. What are the well-recognized contributions of Roman civilisation to British culture?
7. Did King Arthur and his Knights of the Round table exist and when if they did?
8. What Germanic tribes invaded Britain from the Continent and what states emerged as a result of that invasion?
9. What was the historical role of the Vikings on the British Isles?
10. Which of the Anglo-Saxon kings rightly deserved the title of Great? What were his great accomplishments?
11. In what way was Edward the Confessor responsible for William's claim to the English crown?
12. What: is the name of the battle which is a historic turning point for England?
BRITAIN IN MIDDLE AGES
early middle ages
A MATURING FEUDALISM. THE DOMESDAY BOOK. THE PLANTAGENET KINGS. CONFLICTS WITH THE CHURCH AND BARONS. RICHARD I, JOHN LACKLAND. MAGNA CARTA LIBERTATA.
later middle ages
B SIMON DE MONFORT. THE GROWTH OF PARLIAMENT. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR. THE BLACK DEATH. THE PEASANTS' REVOLT.
Key words, terms and concepts
1. Feudalism, feudal hierarchy
2. A language gap
3. Domesday book
4. Tenants-in-chief (barons), vassals
5. Freemen, freeholders, cottagers, villeins, serfs
6. To raise money (shield money)
7. To impose taxes, fiscal policy
8. Thomas Becket – the martyr
9. Richard (Coeur-de-Lion), the Lion-Heart
10. John Lackland. Magna Carta – the Great Charter of Liberty (1215)
11. Simon de Montfort. The Parliament
12. The Plague – the black death
13. Poll Tax
14. Wycliffe
15. John Ball, Wat Tyier (1381)
Anglo-Norman Britan
The Norman Conquest did have immediate social, political and cultural implications. The new tough foreign aristocracy captured power and lands. By 1100 (12th c.) there were 500 Norman castles in the English countryside. There was a blow against the Church as well; Saxon bishops were either deposed or replaced by Normans. During the 11th and 12th centuries an apparatus of Government of exceptional effectiveness was established.