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TEXT The Irish Problem

The Irish Problem ~the Irish can not be trusted~ In 1641, just prior to the Civil War, the Irish of Ulster had begun an uprising and attacked the planters who had been settled 30 years before. Between 10,000 and 15,000 Protestant planters were murdered by the Irish at places such as Portadown. Due to the war, the English did

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built there after the discovery of natural hot springs. Today the city is a popular among tourists. In the Middle Ages the town was a center of the wool industry. It was under King George III in the 18th century that Bath developed into an elegant town. Its neoclassical Palladian buildings co-exist in harmony with its Roman structures. 27. Lindisfarne. Lindisfarne is an island off the coast of Northumbria where the Irish monk St Aidan founded a monastery in 635. The island was one of the most important centers for Christianity, influencing the development of other monastic communities. Around the year 700 the monks on the island compiled the “Lindisfarne Gospels”, a book of illustrated Gospel stories that greatly influenced later history-writing. The gospels were kept safe from the Vikings and are now in display in the Library of the British Museum. 28. Downing Street.

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Britain history.

She later set up a school for nurses, turning nursing into true profession. The Boer War, also called the South African War (1899-1902) saw the British army fight successfully against two Boer republics and make them part of the British Empire. The Potato Famine, which hit Ireland between 1845 and 1850, was one of the greatest natural disasters the Western world has seen. Ireland lost about half o its population: one million died and another million emigrated. Irish corn crops remained unaffected, but they were exported. Profit counted more than human lives. The Victorian age is also known for its literary achievements. Charles Dickens is considered one of the greatest English novelists of all time. His books included "Oliver Twist", "Old Curiosity Shop", "Nicholas Nickleby" and others. He became very rich and used his wealth for the antislavery movement, social housing projects and international copyright laws.

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Kent-JUtes, Essex, Sussex, Vessex- Saxons East Anglia, Mercia, Nothumbria- Angles Series of over-kings from various kingdoms  St Patrick Conversion of Irish- 432-461 Patron saint of Ireland, originally pagan, slave He escaped, became a Christian priest and later bishop. Ireland was largely christian by 6th C Monasteries multiplied, monastic lines, provinces were ruled by abbots  St Columba 6th, 7th C Irish sent missionaries to Gaul, Germany, Scotland and England St Columba went to Scotland, converted Picts, 563 founded a monastery of island Iona Credited with major role in converting Scotland to Christianity  St Aidan Irish missionary, King Oswalds of Northumbria bishop Had qualities to convet Northumbria. After monastery of Lindisfarne 635 had built he set up a church in royal village He always travelled on foot,

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raped. She swept trough Southern Britain with her tribe and tortured every Roman she met. A women having power seemed unnatural to the Romans. She fought back for 2 years, but finally took poison and died. *Hadrian's Wall ­ It was built by the emperor Hadrian and it marked the Northen border of the Roman empire. Hadrian's Wall was built, beginning in 122, to keep Roman Britain safe from hostile attacks from the Picts. The wall stretched from the North Sea to the Irish Sea. In addition to the wall, the Romans built a system of small forts called milecastles. Sixteen larger forts holding from 500 to 1000 troops were built into the wall, with large gates on the north face. To the south of the wall the Romans dug a wide ditch with high earth banks. *The Picts, Caledonia ­ The Romans called Scotland 'Caledonia' because the dominant tribe of Picts they encountered was the Calidonii. Romans thought they were barbarian savages, but

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English literature

ENGLISH LITERATURE Ancient Britain Lived on the British Isles in the 1st millenium. They most probably came from Eastern Europe and belonged to the Celtic race and also spoke Celtic. They were primitive hunters- gatherers, farmers. Some Celtic words are still used in modern English, however they are used mostly in place names. For example: · avon ­ river · cumb ­ valley · ford ­ shallow place in the river Ancient Britons had their own religion and priests or druids and temples. In the year 55 BC Britain became a Roman province. Romans were highly developed and had their own language ­ latin, which has also greatly influenced English. The military occupation of the Isles ended in 410 AD. The Romans eventually brought Christianity to Britain. Hadrian's wall on the border of Scotland and England. It began construction in 122 AD. An Anglo-Saxon att

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BRITISH HISTORY 17TH-19TH CENTURY

1666 The Great Fire of London destroys most of the city's old wooden buildings. It also destroys bubonic plague, which never reappears. Most of the city's finest churches, including St Paul's Cathedral, date from the period of rebuilding which follows. 1688 The Glorious Revolution 1690 The Presbyterian Church becomes the official Church of Scotland" The Battle of the Boyne, in which William III and the Ulster Protestants defeat James II and the Irish Catholics. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ✿ Politically, this century was stable. Monarch and Parliament got on quite well together. ✿ The Whigs, were the political 'descendants' of the parliamentarians - supported the Protestant values of hard work and thrift, were sympathetic to Dissenters, and believed in government by monarch and aristocracy together. ✿ The Tories, had a greater respect for the idea of the monarchy and the importance of the Anglican Church

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Suurbritannia ühiskond ja kultuur konspekt

individual Flags of three of the Kingdom's countries all united under one Sovereign - the countries of 'England, of 'Scotland' and of 'Northern Ireland'. So the Flag is a combination of the cross of St George ( England ) , the cross of St Andrew ( Scotland ) and St Patrick ( Ireland ). Welsh dragon does not appear, because Wales was not a Kingdom, but a Principality, it could not be included on the flag 25. The bodies of water around Britain, rivers and lakes in Britain.- Atlantic ocean, Irish sea, North sea, English channel. Rivers: the Severn-longest, 354 km, flows through both Wales and England. The longest rivers in the UK by country are: England-river Thames, Scotland- river Tay, Northern Ireland-river Bann, Wales- river Tywi. Lakes: the deepest lake in the UK is Loch Morar-309 m deep. Largest lakes in the UK by country are: Northern Ireland- Lough Neagh, Scotland-Loch Lomond, England- Windermere, Wales- Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake). 26. Albion

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