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England (2nd century AD to 1707) | Historyworld

HISTORY OF ENGLAND

including headings Britannia, Britannia in decline, Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Anglo-Saxon Christianity, Scandinavian incursions, ...

England and Scotland in Europe | HISTORY OF SCOTLAND

England and Scotland in Europe

In the greatest rivalry of 16th century Europe - that of Spain and France - the two kingdoms of the British Isles are peripheral players. But there are certain contexts in which they can harm or hinder the main contestan...

Danes in England | HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS

Danes in England

Thirty years of Danish raids on the east coast of England precede the arrival, in 865, of a 'Great Army' equipped for conquest rather than quick booty. The Danish invaders now consolidate each year's gains by establishin...

Spain and England | HISTORY OF SPAIN

Spain and England

During the years when Philip II plots secretly against Elizabeth, a more public clash of interests is steadily pushing Spain into a position of open hostility. After Elizabeth's appropriation of Spanish gold on its way t...

Holland and England | HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS

Holland and England

William's campaign against James II achieves immediate success, making him by February 1689 William III of England and of Orange (the number within each dynasty is the same). During his reign, to 1702, Holland is inevita...

Wales and England | HISTORY OF WALES

Wales and England

The most prolonged threat to the independent Welsh tribes begins with the arrival of the Normans in England. By this time Wales has settled down as four reasonably stable principalities. In the north is Gwynedd; south of...

Massachusetts and New England | HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Massachusetts and New England

The success of the Plymouth settlers soon causes other Puritans to follow their example. The situation at home adds a further incentive. England is undergoing a recession; and William Laud (bishop of London from 1628, ar...

Massachusetts and New England | HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA

Massachusetts and New England

The success of the Plymouth settlers soon causes other Puritans to follow their example. The situation at home adds a further incentive. England is undergoing a recession; and William Laud (bishop of London from 1628, ar...

Massachusetts and New England | HISTORY OF BRITISH COLONIAL AMERICA

Massachusetts and New England

The success of the Plymouth settlers soon causes other Puritans to follow their example. The situation at home adds a further incentive. England is undergoing a recession; and William Laud (bishop of London from 1628, ar...

Plans to invade England | HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Plans to invade England

The terms agreed by Napoleon at Campo Formio are displeasing to the Directory in one important respect - they fail to secure conclusive French possession of the German areas west of the Rhine. This is accepted by the Aus...

Plans to invade England | THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS

Plans to invade England

The terms agreed by Napoleon at Campo Formio are displeasing to the Directory in one important respect - they fail to secure conclusive French possession of the German areas west of the Rhine. This is accepted by the Aus...

Philip and the queen of England | HISTORY OF SPAIN

Philip and the queen of England

The accession to the throne of England in 1553 of the Catholic queen Mary I offers Spain a second chance to make good the alliance of a previous generation. In 1509 Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon, daughter of the...

Metaphysical poets | HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Metaphysical poets

The term Metaphysical has been applied, with no very good reason, to a group of English poets of the early 17th century who share a love of intellectual ingenuity, literary allusion and paradox, and who use language, ima...

Metaphysical poets | HISTORY OF LITERATURE

Metaphysical poets

The term Metaphysical has been applied, with no very good reason, to a group of English poets of the early 17th century who share a love of intellectual ingenuity, literary allusion and paradox, and who use language, ima...

England is exceptionally late, among the | HISTORY OF BRITISH_ART

Skilled immigrants

England is exceptionally late, among the wealthier regions of western Europe, in developing a native school of artists of sufficient distinction for their names to survive. The exquisite Wilton Diptych, dating from the 1...

England is the first country in | INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

Lithography

England is the first country in which artists take an interest in Senefelder's technique. As early as 1803 a collection of six lithographs by various painters (including Benjamin West, the president of the Royal Academy)...

England is the first country in | HISTORY OF PRINTING

Lithography

England is the first country in which artists take an interest in Senefelder's technique. As early as 1803 a collection of six lithographs by various painters (including Benjamin West, the president of the Royal Academy)...

England in the 17th century is | HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

Protestant sectarians

England in the 17th century is the greatest seedbed of Protestant sects. The most prominent among them, in opposition to the Anglican church, are the Presbyterians - whose doctrine derives from Calvin and his 'school of...

England in the 17th century is | HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION

Protestant sectarians

England in the 17th century is the greatest seedbed of Protestant sects. The most prominent among them, in opposition to the Anglican church, are the Presbyterians - whose doctrine derives from Calvin and his 'school of...

England is often referred to as | HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY

Parliament

England is often referred to as the 'mother of parliaments' (a phrase coined by John Bright in 1865). It is a valid claim in some senses, such as the length of the unbroken parliamentary tradition in England. And Westmin...

England is often referred to as | HISTORY OF ENGLAND

Parliament

England is often referred to as the 'mother of parliaments' (a phrase coined by John Bright in 1865). It is a valid claim in some senses, such as the length of the unbroken parliamentary tradition in England. And Westmin...

In 17th-century England the new politics | HISTORY OF COMMUNISM

Socialist dreams

In 17th-century England the new politics of the Commonwealth encourage dreamers such as Gerrard Winstanley and his sect of Diggers to insist that the land belongs to the people (though when they begin digging up sections...