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Great Britain during the medieval times - Despite English rule, northern and central Wales was never settled in great numbers by Saxons or Normans. As a result the (Celtic) Welsh language and culture remained strong. Eisteddfods, national festival of welsh song and poetry, continued throughout the ...

History of England - Important dates from the 18th century -1707 The Act of Union joins the Parliament of Scotland with that of England and Wales. -1746 At the Battle of Culloden, a government army of English and lowland Scots defeats the highland army of Charles Edward, who, as a grandson of the la...

Medieval period - important dates 1066 The Battle of Hastings - King Harold of England defeated and killed by William the Conqueror's army. 1086 King William's officials complete the Doomsday Book a very detailed village-by-village record of the...

Stonehenge For people in Britain today the chief significance of the prehistoric period is its sense of mystery. This mystery is most easily found in the astonishing monumental architecture of this period, the remains of which exist throughout the country. - The county of Wiltshire in the south-west...

The Christianization of England - Anglo- Saxons were pagan when they came to Britain. In Britain during the sixth and seventh centuries Christianity spread from two different directions. - It came directly from Rome when a monk Saint Augustine arriv...

The eighteenth century England - Politically, this century was stable. Monarch and Parliament got on quite well together. One reason for this was that the monarch's favorite politicians, through the royal power of patronage (the ability to give people jobs), were able to control the election and vot...

The Germanic invasions (410-1066) - One reason why Roman Britannia disappeared so quickly probably that its influence was largely confined to the towns. In the countryside where most people lived, farming methods had remained unchanged and Celtic speech continued to be

The Glorious Revolution in England - The Glorious Revolution (`glorious' because it was bloodless) followed, in which Prince William of Orange, ruler of the Netherlands, and his Stuart wife Mary, accepted Parliament's invitation to become king and queen. In this way it was established that the mona...

The industrial revolution - It was cultural change that was most marked in this century. Britain gradually expanded its empire in the Americas, along the west African coast and in India. The increased trade which resulted from the links with these ...

The Medieval period in Great Britain (1066-1485) - 1066 - it's the most famous date in English history. On the 14th of October 1066 an invading army form Normandy (a part of northern France on English Channel) defeated the English at the battle of...