a period in england's history

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From the very beginning you should

understand that what is Known now

a England was an inhabitant placebefore humans began to think that

this area of land can actually be

suitable for living


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The first people to settle in that island were theCelts

Those Celts were divided into two main groups

Britons Gaels

Later were referred Later were referredas Celts as Scots


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Celts had Druids whom are a class of priests

Druids at that time memorized heroic poems

Unfortunately their was no written language

so hardly some of the literature of that timesurvived to nowadays


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From the history of Romans, trying to

invade island of Britain ,we can figure outa lesson in life

Never give & keep trying over & over


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In the beginning Romans under the

command of Julius Caesar tried to invadeisland of Britain but he failed to take over

the country as Celts were strong

(Although he hastily claimed victory)

Later Romans formed a stronger army led

by emperor Claudius and succeeded in

converting England into Roman Province


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Romans left island of Britain to defend their

country & with a simple equation

No central

government No armyAn easy

target for

invaders


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Soon Angles , Saxons & jutes invaded the island

Celts were driven to the west , the north & across

the English Channel to an area in France becameknown as Brittany

The island became Known as Angle-land or England

New language became the home language ofpeople that is Known now as Old English


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The Christianity began to spread through

England during that era

Monasteries were built and became centers of

literary , Artistic & social activity

For education Monastic scholars imported books

which were copied by hand


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The early literature was in the form of epic poemspraising the deeds of heroes

Those poems reflected the reality of their life thatwas brutal

In great mead galls , they would gather to listen toscops whom are professional poets singing epic

&lyric poems that are much shorter

Those poems were a history lessons telling peoplehow a true hero should behave


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Unfortunately those poems were :

so only a fraction of Anglo-Saxon poetry has

survived


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Soon a group named Vikings who were from Norway &

Denmark invaded England

They killed people , destroyed entire villages& threatened to

erase all traces of cultural refinement

They finally were defeated by Alfred the Great

Alfred made English(common language) the main language

rather than the Latin(language of books)

During his era Anglo-Saxon`s chronicle the first historical

record in English Language was made


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My father once promised me to attendthe parents day in my school for the first

time but when that day came he didn`tshow up , I kept waiting until it ended but

he didn`t come , I was greatly

disappointed that I decided to avoidtalking to him and to ignore him , and

when I get home I was so angry that I had

a fight with any person who dared to talkto me and that was what happened toWilliam.


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Edward the confessor promised William the

duke of Normandy to make him the king after

him but when Edward died a council of nobleschose an English king Harold

William got angry , he led an army to island ofBritain

Harold was killed and William was crowned asthe king of England


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William ,who was powerful & well-organized,

determined to exert his authority down to smallest

detail

He made an extra ordinary tax record of every bit of

property owned

He brought law & order to the land

He introduced the Feudal system to England that say

that every premise in the land is owned by the king

but the church was the only exception that there was

always conflicts between it & the king


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After William`s death , England was in a stateof near-anarchy where there was no ruleruntil his grandson Henry II took over the

throne

he reformed the judicial system.

His wife Eleanor brought to England theconcept of chivalry that is a code that tells

how a Knight behave & presented courtly lovewhere lords and ladies gather to be

entertained


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Richard the lion-Hearted Henry`s son succeeded

him but his brother John during his absence

took over the throne .

But King John was so cruel that he was thevillain of many stories of that time

Later he was forced to sign a Magna Cartathat limited kings authority by granting more

powers to the barons


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