INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH HISTORY Instructor: Nguyen Duy Mong Ha‚ M.A. & M.Sc. USSH-VNU-HCMC Email: ndmongha@yahoo.de‚ ndmongha@gmail.com Mobile phone: 0919694811 Office hours: Monday afternoon‚ Block C‚ DTH Campus Content • Review of physical setting of British Civilization • The historical setting of British Civilization - Earliest times - The early middle ages - The middle middle ages - The late middle ages - The modern times 5 things you know & want to know about British history KNOW • • •
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relationship between Ireland and Tudor England was a complex one and in many ways it was a colonial one but it also differed wildly from other colonies set up by England. Before we can test the nature of the relationship between both England and Ireland‚ it would be a good idea to establish what exactly a colony is and what one means by colonialism. We will tend look at America and how it was colony and then highlight some Irish examples but also show how Irish Tudor relation were a different proposition
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She restored the Church of England and helped soothe tensions between France and England. Overall she brought stability and economic growth to England (Lewis). Elizabeth died on March 24‚ 1603 at Richmond Palace in Surrey. The Tudor house had ruled England since the late 1400s. When Elizabeth died the Tudor line ended. James I‚ son of Mary Stuart‚ Queen of Scots‚ took the crown. Elizabeth’s reign as queen is sometimes referred to as the Golden Age (Biography.com Editors). The tasks Queen Elizabeth
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William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright and actor‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He wrote Macbeth in 1606. Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest and bloodiest tragedy. The key to the main theme of the play‚ which is that excessive ambition will have terrible consequences. There are three main reasons that cause Shakespeare write Macbeth. First‚ as a professional writer who has a gift for writing‚ he achieved his writing
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Henry viii was Ruler of Britain from 21 April 1509 until his demise. He was Master‚ and later expected the Majesty‚ of Ireland‚ and proceeded with the ostensible case by English rulers to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second ruler of the Tudor administration‚ he isolated of the Congregation of Britain from the Roman Catholic Church because he believed in absolute monarchy he got married six times‚ one of his marriages he married to a woman called Anne Boleyn and she gave birth to Elizabeth
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Lancaster Party and the York Party. They were fighting over the English throne. The Lancaster party had a red rose‚ York had a white rose‚ and the Tudor rose was both red and white. This is why the series of wars that were named the War of the Roses. They did not name the wars until several years later. Some might say that the marriage of Margaret and Henry Tudor had been why the War of the Roses ended‚ but is that the case? The wars of the Roses resulted from social and financial troubles that followed
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five rebellions took place‚ all of which could be interpreted as a dangerous challenge to the monarch and the state‚ at the same time all of which can be interpreted as not a dangerous challenge instead could even have strengthen the monarch and the state. Source X agrees with the statement as ‘each monarch faced at least one serious revolt.’ Source V suggest that a lack of leadership‚ organisation and ‘geographic limits’ hindered the success of many rebellions such as the northern rebellion or the
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throughout those years. The reign of the Tudors set the violent manner of Irish politics and paved the way for the rebellions and wars which would plague seventeenth century Ireland. In all the years between 1460-1800‚ the years between 1640-1660 were especially full of violence and warfare. This was due to the Rebellion of 1941‚ and‚ the Cromwellian war. The violent nature of the 1600’s set the mood for later Irish history‚ where bloodshed and rebellions were common. While there was much violence
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largest seafaring superpower in the whole world. Queen Elizabeth I was born under King Henry VII and his second wife Ann Boleyn‚ 7 September‚ 1533 during England’s golden age and lived a healthy 69 years before becoming the last monarch of the Tudor Dynasty. Upon her birth‚ she was given the title of a princess‚ becoming first in line for the throne after her half-sister Mary was declared illegitimate as a result of Henry nulling his first marriage. Elizabeth later also became illegitimate at
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In the last five years of Elizabeth’s reign‚ Cecil took on a vast amount of work by himself‚ ranging from the war in Ireland‚ financial matters and the succession question. On Elizabeth’s death in 1603‚ Cecil became the Chief Minister for James I. That there was a seamless handover between Tudors and Stuarts is down to the work done by Cecil. In 1608 Cecil became Lord Treasurer but although he was an efficient administrator he was unable to deal with mounting royal debts. Robert Cecil died
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