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Jul 31, 2021 · British History Online is a collection of nearly 1300 volumes of primary and secondary content relating to British and Irish history, and histories of empire and the British world. BHO also provides access to 40,000 images and 10,000 tiles of historic maps of the British Isles.
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- prologue: kent, 1450
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he early modern period in Britain and Ireland does not have an immediately recognis-able identity. here were substantial diferences of language, society and culture between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Whereas the medieval period can be described as ‘feudal’ and the nineteenth century as ‘industrial’, there is no obvious label for the peri...
I should like to thank those who have helped in the production of this book, notably Rosemary Crawley and Sarah Turner, for their eiciency and patience. I should also like to thank colleagues who provided information and answered questions, and in particu-lar Professor Jim Bolton and Dr Laura Stewart for their detailed advice on late medieval Engla...
and Sele and his son-in-law, William Crowmer, an exceptionally unpopular sherif. Crowmer’s conduct was resented by the poor and those involved in the middling levels of county government, yeomen farmers and substantial cratsmen, used to shouldering the burdens of public oice and likely to have some understanding of the law. Such men would know of t...
men and he himself looted on a large scale: he eventually needed a barge to transport all that he had accumulated. On 3 July Cade and his followers crossed London Bridge into the City: Cade cut the ropes on the drawbridge at the City end to ensure that it could not be raised against them. His men, according to one chronicler, ‘entered into the City...
Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline.
2 days ago · England, predominant constituent unit of the United Kingdom, occupying more than half of the island of Great Britain. Outside the British Isles, England is often erroneously considered synonymous with the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and even with the entire United Kingdom. Despite the political, economic, and cultural ...
- Prehistory (Before AD 43) Prehistory is the time before written records. It’s the period of human history we know the least about, but it’s also the longest by far.
- Romans (AD 43–c.410) In 55–54 BC, Julius Caesar arrived on the shores of Britain, but thanks to guerrilla resistance and bad weather, his conquest was not successful.
- Early Medieval (c.410–1066) The six and a half centuries between the end of Roman rule and the Norman Conquest are among the most important in English history.
- Medieval (1066–1485) Duke William of Normandy’s resounding triumph over King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 marked the dawn of a new era. The overthrow of the Saxon kingdom of England was to transform the country the Normans conquered, from how it was organised and governed to its language and customs – and perhaps most visibly today, its architecture.
In the history of British imperial expansion the eighteenth century was the formative phase in setting the pattern for the future empire. There was a huge growth in British trade with North America and a large volume of migration there. Both were to accelerate throughout the nineteenth century, but an empire of rule in North
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This textbook offers a new global history of Britain, demonstrating how the world shaped the course of Britain's modern history. Richly illustrated with figures and maps, the book features textboxes, further reading guides, highlighted key terms and a glossary.
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