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Events
Iberians(200BC)
Celts(700BC)
The first known settlers
The first known settlers
Norman Conquest(1066) William, Duke of Normandy
The last invasion of Britain
feudalism was completely established three languages(native English, Norman-French and Latin)
The Black Death (1348 summer)
4miliion-2million
>1100 The early history of England
>1700
Periods
Roman invasion(55BC-410AD)
Brougt Christianity to England
British recorded history begins with
The Hundred Year’s War 116years (1337 - 1453 )
the relations between England and France compeletly cut off
The Old English Literature (Anglo-Saxon Literature)(449-1066)
`pagan poetry (oral form) `The oldest and longest surviving epic in British literature is Beowulf.(monster,dragon) `Christian poets《Bible》
Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Literature 1.abundant use of metaphors 2.alliteration(the repetition of the initial consonants;sounds in poetry ) 3.understatements
`The ancestors of England are Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. (Teutonic tribes北欧) `They became Christians after coming here. `England来自Angleland
History of the Middle English Period (1100-1500)
Medieval English literature (1066-1485) chivalry;romance loyalty toward church and king
Geoffrey Chaucer’s `The Canterbury Tales (29 pilgrims; all waiks of life社会各阶层) `the founder of (modern) English realism `father of British poet `rhymed couplet `earliest humanism
The Wars of Rose 30years (1455-1485)
The Rule of Tudors都铎王朝 Henry Tudor:the House of Lancaster(red win) the House of York(White lose)
`Religious reformation `divorce Catherine `pope refuse(罗马教皇) `the church in England `the power of monarch `Catholic转变protestant
Henry Ⅷ
The Elizabethan Age 45years (1558-1603)
`the daughter of Henry Ⅷ `The Virgin Queen `Gloriana `The richest and most powerful
The Civil War of England 9years (1642-1651)
` Puritan Revolution ` The War between Parliament and the King ` Overthrow feudalism ` The beginning of Modern History
Industrial Revolution (1750-1850)
The sun never sets
Queen Victoria 64years (1837-1901)
English Renaissance essence:humanism (began in 14th Italy; 15th-17th Britain)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) 38 plays: 154 sonnets 2 long poems
The first period: (1590 to 1594) the years of apprenticeship ·King Henry Ⅵ ·The Comedy of Errors ·The Taming of the Shrew
The second period(1595-1600) the years of comedy and history `Romeo and Juliet `A midsummer night's dream `The merchant of Venice `Much ado about nothing `The merry wives of Windsor `As you like it `King John `Julius Caesar
The third period(1601-1607) the years of great tragety;dark comedy `Hamlet `Othello `King Lear `The tragedy of Macbeth
The Fourth Period(1608-1612) the years of romantic drama `The winter's tale `The tempest `The life of King Henry Ⅷ