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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