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15th century, before the 15th century

 

England

 

 

1497

 

First Act of Parliament

kept at Westminster

 


Until the late 15th century

the records of Parliament

were kept among those of Chancery,

but in 1497 the clerk,

Master Richard Hatton,

decided that the documents

relating to the Parliament

that had just met

should be kept separately.

 

Ever since that date,

the archives of Parliament

have been kept at Westminster

and have remained distinct

from the archives of government

held by The National Archives.

 

After 1497,

Parliament developed

its own administrative structures

and record-keeping practices.

 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/
citizen_subject/docs/first_act.htm - broken link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry VII    r. 1485-1509    (1457-1509)

 

King of England

and Lord of Ireland

from his seizure of the crown

on 22 August 1485

until his death in 1509.

 

He was the first monarch

of the House of Tudor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Henry_VII_of_England

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Henry_VII_of_England

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/
800-years-english-history-20-day-trips#img-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English Reformation  / Puritanism

 

Puritan and Reformed Writings

 

 

https://victorianweb.org/religion/puritan.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The House of Lancaster

and the House of York

 

War of the Roses    1455-1487 / 1499

 

 

 

Map of the battles of the Wars of the Roses

added 22 May 2005

http://www.warsoftheroses.com/map.cfm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Wars_of_the_Roses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King Richard III    r.1483-1485    (1452-1485)

 

The last Plantagenet /

The last Yorkist king of England

 

 

 

 

King Richard III by Unknown artist

Scanned from the book

The National Portrait Gallery History

of the Kings and Queens of England

by David Williamson, ISBN 1855142287

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/King_Richard_III.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:King_Richard_III.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

King Richard III by Unknown artist

Date: late 16th century

Medium: oil on panel

Measurements:

22 1/2 in. x 17 5/8 in. (570 mm x 448 mm) uneven

NPG 4980(12)

http://keidahl.terranhost.com/Spring/EUH3501England/ImagesRichardIII.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/eastmidlands/series3/
richardthethird_battleofbosworth.shtml   

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/
richard-iii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Richard_III_of_England

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/27/world/europe/king-richard-iii-burial-leicester.html

 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/26/britain-king-richard-iii-tyrant

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/22/richard-iii-reburial-procession-bosworth-leicester

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/800-years-english-history-20-day-trips#img-7

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2014/dec/02/skeleton-car-park-richard-iii-dna-analysis-video

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/16/richard-iii-died-battle-losing-helmet-new-research

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/27/richard-iii-remains-leicester-doubt-car-park-academics

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/sep/04/richard-iii-roundworm-infection-scientists

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/05/richard-scoliosis-me-twisted-spines

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/04/richard-iii-dna-bones-king

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/05/king-richard-iii-found

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/05/king-richard-iii-face-recreated

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/interactive/2013/feb/05/richard-iii-face-reconstruction-interactive

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/04/richard-iii-video-clips

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/18/king-richard-inn-recreated-archaeologists

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/19/battle-of-bosworth-site-confirmed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Wars of the Roses

 

1485

 

Battle of Bosworth,

Leicestershire

 

 

This was the last major engagement

of the Wars of the Roses

between the houses

of Lancaster and York,

which had caused havoc and carnage

across the country

during the late 15th century.

 

Although much glamorised

in the ensuing centuries

as a clash between

the forces of good and evil,

the victory of Henry VII’s Tudor forces

over those of Richard III

were a defining moment

in English and Anglo-Welsh history;

 

this was the start of the Tudor dynasty

and a death blow to the Plantagenets.

 

The drama of Bosworth

has continued into the 21st century

with the discovery of Richard’s remains

beneath a Leicester car park.

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/800-years-english-history-20-day-trips

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Battle_of_Bosworth_Field

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/
800-years-english-history-20-day-trips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Lydgate of Bury    c. 1370 – c. 1451

 

John Lydgate:

Chaucer contemporary's coded graffiti

recalls lost literary talent

 

 

Striking discovery in a Suffolk church

reawakens interest

in the once-revered prolific writer

and 14th-century monk

 

(...)

 

Historians studying graffiti

in ancient churches have found

what they believe might be writing

by one of medieval English literature's

most extraordinary "lost" talents

– including his signature.

 

Benedictine monk John Lydgate,

a contemporary of Chaucer

who wrote for three kings

and the late 14th and early 15th-century

social elite,

was one of the most prolific

English writers.

 

(...)

 

More than 150,000 lines of verse

are attributed to Lydgate,

a vast output ranging

from satires to histories, epigrams,

romances and plays,

many of them written

in the late Middle English style

pioneered by Chaucer.

 

Lydgate idolised Chaucer,

calling his fellow poet the "lodestar",

and he befriended Chaucer's son, Thomas,

and granddaughter, Alice.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/29/john-lydgate-graffiti-chaucer-monk-literary-talent

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/29/
john-lydgate-graffiti-chaucer-monk-literary-talent

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/mar/29/
medieval-graffiti-pictures-lydgate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Death

(...)

ravaged Britain and Europe

in the mid-14th century

 

The Black Death arrived in Britain

from central Asia

in the autumn of 1348

and by late spring the following year

it had killed six out of every 10 people

in London.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/29/
black-death-not-spread-rat-fleas-london-plague

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/23/
eye-watering-scale-of-black-deaths-impact-on-england-revealed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/29/
black-death-not-spread-rat-fleas-london-plague

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moyen Âge  /  Middle Ages

 

La guerre dite de cent ans

 

The Hundred Years' War

 

1337 - 1451/3

 

 

chronologie

 

rois / batailles / enluminures / chroniques

 

 

 

1420

 

Traité de Troyes

 

 

 

 

 

1415

 

Bataille d'Azincourt

 

 

 

 

 

1356

 

Bataille de Poitiers

 

 

 

 

 

1346

 

Bataille de Crécy

 

 

 

 

 

Edouard III / Charles V (1338-1380)

 

 

Richard II / Armagnacs et Bourguignons

 

 

Henri V / Charles VI / Henri VI / Charles VII / Jeanne d'Arc

 

 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/
middle_ages/

 

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/froissart1.asp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


1381

 

Peasants’ Revolt, London

 

 

Besieged by a “mob” from all over

the south-east of England

who held multiple grievances,

the Tower of London turned

from commanding fort

to desperate refuge

for the boy king Richard II.

 

When he then went to negotiate

with Wat Tyler’s advancing rebels

at Mile End, east London,

others of their number

managed to get into the Tower,

killing many, including

the lord high treasurer Sir Robert Hales.

 

Some, including

the Archbishop of Canterbury,

Simon of Sudbury,

sought sanctuary

in the romanesque Chapel

of St John the Evangelist

in the White Tower, but in vain.

 

Like Hales, he was beheaded.

 

The keep at the heart of the fortification

is a formidable emblem

of power and authority

but the rebels, enraged by their serfdom

and the imposition of taxes for foreign wars,

were able to force their way in

and made off with all the weapons

they could find.

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/800-years-english-history-20-day-trips

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/
800-years-english-history-20-day-trips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard II    r. 1377-1399

 

Richard II

(6 January 1367 – c. 14 February 1400),

also known as Richard of Bordeaux,

was King of England from 1377

until he was deposed in 1399.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Richard_II_of_England

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Richard_II_of_England

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/
800-years-english-history-20-day-trips#img-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward III    r. 1327-1377    (1312-1377

 

Edward III

also known as Edward of Windsor

before his accession,

was King of England from January 1327

until his death in 1377.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Edward_III_of_England

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Edward_III_of_England

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 23, 1305

 

Scottish hero Sir William Wallace

is hanged

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/23/
markoliver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King Edward I    r. 1272-1307

 

Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307),

also known as Edward Longshanks

and the Hammer of the Scots,

was King of England from 1272 to 1307.

 

Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland,

and from 1254 to 1306

he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine

in his capacity as a vassal of the French king.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Edward_I_of_England

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Edward_I_of_England

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King John (r. 1199-1216) > Magna Carta - 1215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

987-1152

 

Romanesque France

at the time of the first Capetians

 

1152

 

Louis VII répudie Aliénor d'Aquitaine,

qui épouse le roi d'Angleterre

Henri Plantagenêt

 

 

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Maison_Plantagenêt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norman French words

 

English language

 

The Norman Conquest and Middle English    1100-1500

 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Norman_Conquest

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
1066

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King John    r. 1199-1216    (1167-1216)  

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/
john.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norman England

 

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Normans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Richard_I_of_England

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/
us/chew-valley-hoard.html

 

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/1192peace.asp  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England and France

 

 

Normans

 

 

14 October 1066

 

Battle of Hastings

 

Death of King Harold

 

 

 

 

 

La tapisserie de Bayeux

 

 

 

 

 

Duke William of Normandy

crowned King of England    r. 1066-1087

 

 

 

 

Section of the late 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry

showing a (perhaps fanciful) representation of Harold,

fatally wounded by a French arrow.

 

akg-images /Erich Lessing

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/M/
monarchy/battles/hastings.html
- broken link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/gallery/2012/oct/15/
battle-of-hastings-reenactment-east-sussex-in-pictures

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Normans

 

Henry I 'Beauclerc'    r. 1100-1135

 

 

William II was followed on the throne

by his younger brother, Henry.

 

He was crowned three days after

his brother's death, against the possibility

that his eldest brother Robert might claim

the English throne.

 

After the decisive battle

of Tinchebrai in 1106 in France,

Henry completed

his conquest of Normandy

from Robert, who then

(unusually even for that time)

spent the last 28 years of his life

as his brother's prisoner.

 

An energetic, decisive

and occasionally cruel ruler,

Henry centralised the administration

of England and Normandy

in the royal court,

using 'viceroys' in Normandy

and a group of advisers in England

to act on his behalf

when he was absent across the Channel.

 

Henry successfully sought to increase

royal revenues, as shown

by the official records of his exchequer

(the Pipe Roll of 1130,

the first exchequer account to survive).

 

He established peaceful relations with Scotland,

through his marriage to Mathilda of Scotland.

https://www.royal.gov.uk/
HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensofEngland/TheNormans/HenryIBeauclerc.aspx
-broken link

 

 

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/23/
408996585/historian-may-have-discovered-henry-is-final-resting-place

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guillaume le Conquérant

 

William I the Conqueror / William the Bastard    (c. 1028-1087)

 

 

 

Planning battle Row

over plan to build homes over unsung battle of 1066

G        p. 4        23 May 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born around 1028,

William was the illegitimate son

of Duke Robert I of Normandy,

and Herleve (also known as Arlette),

daughter of a tanner in Falaise.

 

Known as 'William the Bastard'

to his contemporaries,

his illegitimacy shaped his career

when he was young.

 

On his father's death in 1035,

William was recognised

by his family as the heir

- an exception to the general rule

that illegitimacy barred succession.

 

His great uncle looked

after the Duchy

during William's minority,

and his overlord,

King Henry I of France,

knighted him at the age of 15.

 

From 1047 onwards,

William successfully dealt with rebellion

inside Normandy involving his kinsmen

and threats from neighbouring nobles,

including attempted invasions

by his former ally King Henry I of France

in 1054

(the French forces were defeated

at the Battle of Mortemer)

and 1057.

 

William's military

successes and reputation

helped him to negotiate

his marriage to Mathilda,

daughter of Count Baldwin V

of Flanders.

 

At the time

of his invasion of England,

William was a very experienced

and ruthless military commander,

ruler and administrator

who had unified Normandy

and inspired fear and respect

outside his duchy.

 

William's claim

to the English throne

was based on his assertion that,

in 1051, Edward the Confessor

had promised him the throne

(he was a distant cousin)

and that Harold II

- having sworn in 1064

to uphold William's right

to succeed to that throne

- was therefore a usurper.

 

Furthermore,

William had the support

of Emperor Henry IV

and papal approval.

 

William took seven months

to prepare his invasion force,

using some 600 transport ships

to carry around 7,000 men

(including 2,000-3,000 cavalry)

across the Channel.

 

On 28 September 1066,

with a favourable wind,

William landed unopposed at Pevensey

and, within a few days,

raised fortifications at Hastings.

https://www.royal.gov.uk/
HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensofEngland/TheNormans/WilliamItheConqueror.aspx

- broken link

 

 

 

 

En juillet 1035,

Guillaume « le Bâtard »,

fils illégitime du duc de Normandie,

succède à son père,

décédé lors d'un pèlerinage

à Jérusalem.

 

Après une décennie de troubles,

le jeune duc parvient

à asseoir son autorité

et fait de la cour de Normandie

l'une des plus puissantes

et les plus fastueuses d'Europe.

 

Guillaume accueille

de nombreux rois en exil,

parmi lesquels

Édouard « le Confesseur »,

prétendant sans descendance

au trône d'Angleterre.

 

Lorsque ce dernier revient au pouvoir,

il fait de Guillaume son héritier,

avant de le désavouer

sur son lit de mort au profit

de son beau-frère Harold,

qui avait pourtant juré fidélité

à Guillaume.

 

Pour récupérer le royaume

qui lui était promis,

le duc arme une flotte

de plusieurs milliers de navires

et débarque avec quinze mille hommes

sur le sol anglais.

[ chiffres à vérifier ]

 

Le 14 octobre 1066,

les deux armées se font face à Hastings.

 

La bataille qui s'ensuivra

fera basculer à jamais

le sort du royaume d'Angleterre.

 

 

 

 

Face sombre

 

Mêlant récits

d'hagiographes de l'époque,

scènes de reconstitution spectaculaires

- tournées pour certaines

sur les lieux des événements

qu'elles relatent -

et témoignages de spécialistes

de l'histoire médiévale

de part et d'autre de la Manche,

ce documentaire retrace le règne

de celui qui déclencha

l’une des plus célèbres batailles

de l'histoire d'Angleterre.

 

On y dévoile la face sombre

de ce guerrier intrépide,

fin stratège et politicien,

grand bâtisseur

qui ordonna l'édification

des abbayes aux Hommes

et aux Dames de Caen

- chefs-d'œuvre de l'art roman -

ou de la Tour de Londres,

et mari fidèle follement épris

de son épouse Mathilde…

 

Il fut aussi

un seigneur de guerre impitoyable

qui se livra dès la prise de Londres

à de nombreux massacres et pillages

pour consolider le joug normand

sur l'Angleterre.

 

Des exactions

qu'il prendra soin d'effacer

de la tapisserie de Bayeux,

véritable outil de propagande

à sa gloire, qui relate en détail

sa conquête de l’Angleterre.

 

Fondateur

d'une nouvelle dynastie,

Guillaume s'éteint à 60 ans

après avoir fait de l'Angleterre

l'un des royaumes

les plus puissants d'Europe,

alors qu'il ne parlait pas

un mot d'anglais,

et sème ainsi les germes

de la future Guerre de Cent ans,

qui éclatera

plus de deux siècles après.

http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/046601-000/guillaume-le-conquerant - broken link

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/02/
domesday-book-lent-to-british-library-for-anglo-saxon-exhibition 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/feb/14/
800-years-english-history-20-day-trips#img-7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King Harold II    r. Jan-Oct 1066    (c.1020-1066)    

 

The last Anglo-Saxon king of England,

Harold held the crown

for nine months in 1066

 

 

 

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/M/
monarchy/biogs/harold_godwinson.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/
harold_ii_godwineson.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king

 

King Edward III of England / "The Confessor"

r. 1042-1066

(c. 1003-1066)

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/
edward_confessor.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross and bed

found in Anglo-Saxon grave

shed new light on 'dark ages'

 

Archaeologists

in Cambridge thrilled

to discover grave with body

of young woman on a bed

with an ornate gold cross

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/mar/16/cross-bed-anglo-saxon-grave

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/mar/16/
cross-bed-anglo-saxon-grave 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bretons, Angles et Saxons

 

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Histoire_de_la_Manche_(mer)

 

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Royaume_de_Strathclyde

 

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Histoire_de_l'Angleterre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold

found in Staffordshire

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/
staffordshire-hoard
 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/mar/12/
staffordshire-hoard-anglo-saxon-gold-treasure-conservation

 

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/mar/06/nicholas-brooks

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2010/feb/10/
staffordshire-hoard-potteries-museum 

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/26/staffordshire-anglo-saxon-hoard-millions

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/03/staffordshire-treasure-hoard-british-museum

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/27/anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-staffordshire

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/interactive/2009/sep/24/staffordshire-anglo-saxon-hoard

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/03/iron-age-gold-treasure-found-scotland

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/24/
anglo-saxon-treasure-hoard-gold-staffordshire-metal-detector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viking Age

from the late 8th century

to the early 11th century.

 

The extraordinary Viking expansion

from the Scandinavian homelands

during this era

created a cultural network

with contacts from the Caspian Sea

to the North Atlantic,

and from the Arctic Circle

to the Mediterranean.

 

(...)

 

Above all, it was

the maritime character of Viking society

and their extraordinary shipbuilding skills

that were key to their achievements.


(...)

 

around AD 1025,

the high point of the Viking Age

when England,  Denmark, Norway

and possibly parts of Sweden

were united under the rule

of Cnut the Great.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/
about_us/news_and_press/press_releases/2013/vikings_life_and_legend.aspx

- broken link

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/mar/03/
viking-world-british-museum-neil-macgregor-exhibition

 

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/feb/27/
british-museum-vikings-show-nordic-noir-longboat

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jul/04/teeth-viking-warriors-dorset-grave

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jun/11/skulls-dorset-road-burial-pit

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/16/in-praise-of-vikings

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/feb/17/arts.artsandhumanities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

410

 

Early medieval Britain and Ireland

 

 

Invaders > abandonment by Honorius

 

 

End of Roman rule

 

 

Saxon invasion / Anglo-Saxons

(Germanic tribes

that inhabited England

from the 5th century

and dominated until 1066)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/09/
britains-equivalent-to-tutankhamun-found-in-southend-on-sea

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/14/
education.museums1 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/14/2

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/14/
education.museums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roman empire, Roman Britain

 

The Roman occupation of Britain,

from 43 A.D. to around 410,

transformed the culture,

as settlers from Europe,

the Middle East and Africa arrived.

 

Around the third century,

market towns and villages

were established,

and Roman objects became

more common even in poor,

rural areas,

according to English Heritage,

which manages prehistoric sites,

medieval castles and Roman forts

in Britain.

 

After the Romans retreated

from Britain,

society became much more

insular and parochial,

Mr. Hunter said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/
world/europe/uk-roman-burial-leeds.html

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/23/
very-rare-clay-figurine-mercury-roman-site-kent-small-hythe

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/
1226575715/archaeologists-roman-empire-dodecahedron-england

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/
world/europe/uk-roman-burial-leeds.html

 

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/26/
1059341809/leicester-england-archaeologists-ancient-roman-mosaic

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/29/
astounding-roman-statues-unearthed-at-norman-church-ruins-on-route-of-hs2

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/13/
amateur-archaeologists-redraw-map-of-roman-britain-from-home

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/16/
remains-of-ancient-butchers-beef-up-case-for-redrawing-map-of-roman-empire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roman Empire

 

Roman occupation of Britain

 

Roman Britain

 

Emperor  Antoninus Pius

 

Antoninus' wall    b. 140

 

 

Once the Roman Empire’s

most northern frontier in Britain,

it was built during the years

following 142 AD

on the orders of the Emperor

Antoninus Pius (reigned 138-161)

and survived as the north-west frontier

of the Roman empire for a generation

before being abandoned in the 160s

in favour of a return to Hadrian’s Wall.

 

It stretched for nearly 60 km

(40 Roman miles)

across the narrow waist of Scotland

from Bo’ness on the River Forth

to Old Kilpatrick on the River Clyde

and consisted of a turf rampart

perhaps 3-4 m high

fronted by a great ditch.

http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/antoninewall - broken link

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/22/
roman-coins-devon-map-empire-ipplepen

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/27/
archaeologist-roman-bone-fragments-york

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2011/sep/21/
museums-roman-britain 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/sep/19/antonine-wall-gaps-roman-occupation

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jan/23/art.news

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2789239.stm

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/
darkages/trails_darkages_romans.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huge hoard of Roman coins

found on Somerset farm

 

A total of 52,500

bronze and silver coins

dating from the 3rd century AD

found by hobby metal detectorist

Dave Crisp

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jul/08/hoard-roman-coins-somerset

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jul/08/
hoard-roman-coins-somerset 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roman Empire, Roman Britain

 

Emperor Hadrian (76-138)

 

Hadrian's wall    c. 122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Hadrian's_Wall

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/jun/26/
walking-hadrians-wall-secret-uk-history-graham-robb-cols-and-passes

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/sep/13/roman-helmet-metal-detector-cumbria

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/oct/13/hadrians-wall

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jul/19/history

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/jul/23/art

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jul/19/history 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2931730.stm

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/hadrian_gallery.shtml

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3150960.stm

 

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/
hadrians-wall  

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4572741.stm

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3185871.stm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roman Britain

 

First century AD

 

Romano-British art > Sculpture > Eagle

 

 

The London eagle was carved

in the first century AD,

at a time when the Roman city

was exploding

in population and wealth.

 

It is believed to have stood

on an imposing mausoleum,

on the roadside edge

of the eastern cemetery

just outside the city walls.

 

The road was once lined

with the monuments

of the wealthiest citizens,

like the Via Appia outside Rome.

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/29/
roman-eagle-found-archaeologists-london-sculpture-art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queen Boudicca    d. 62

 

Queen of the Iceni people

of Eastern England

 

 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/
boudicca.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/5016126.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/3642233.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/your/a-z_norfolk/a-z_iceni.shtml

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/
opinion/sunday/when-the-barbarous-brits-first-quit-europe.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roman Britain

 

Roman invasion AD 43 - 60

 

Julius Caesar's

attempted invasion 55 - 54 BC

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/19/roman-temple-mithras

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/10/unique-roman-helmet-pieced-together

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/23/archaeologists-discover-roman-port-wales

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/aug/17/lost-yorkshire-amphitheatre-aldborough

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jul/16/egyptian-god-relic-identified-silchester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

700 BC - AD 43

 

early part of the Iron Age

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/10/
jamessturcke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bronze age

 

Bronze Age Britain

is an era of British history

that spanned from c. 2500

until c. 800 BC.

 

Lasting

for approximately 1,700 years,

it was preceded

by the era of Neolithic Britain

and was in turn followed

by the period of Iron Age Britain.

 

Being categorised as the Bronze Age,

it was marked by the use of copper

and then bronze

by the prehistoric Britons,

who used such metals to fashion tools.

 

Great Britain in the Bronze Age also saw

the widespread adoption of agriculture.

 

During the British Bronze Age,

large megalithic monuments

similar to those from the Late Neolithic

continued to be constructed or modified,

including such sites

as Avebury, Stonehenge,

Silbury Hill and Must Farm.

- Wikipedia, August 19, 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_Britain

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Bronze_Age_Britain

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/20/
bronze-age-objects-from-pompeii-of-the-fens-must-farm-cambridgeshire

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/aug/10/
detectorist-in-scottish-borders-uncovers-bronze-age-haul

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/09/
dartmoor-burial-site-bronze-age-history

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bronze age > ireland

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/
bronze-age-tomb-discovered-county-kerry-ireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stone Age    c8,000 - 2,300BC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Stone Age is itself divided into

the Old Stone Age (Palaeolithic),

Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic)

and New Stone Age (Neolithic).

http://www.northpennines.org.uk/Pages/StoneAge.aspx - broken link

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Stone_Age

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/30/
stone-age-dartmoor-viewpoint-uncovered-by-archaeologists

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/
science/stonehenge-archaeology-wales-parker-pearson.html

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/02/27/
388822209/stone-age-britons-were-eating-wheat-2-000-years-before-they-farmed-it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stone Age > Stonehenge

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/
stonehenge

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/
science/stonehenge-archaeology-wales-parker-pearson.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/12/
dramatic-discovery-links-stonehenge-to-its-original-site-in-wales

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/04/
archaeologist-unearth-bronze-age-graves-stonehenge-a303-tunnel-site

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/
science/stonehenge-archaeology-sarsens.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2020/jun/25/
the-durrington-shafts-a-remarkable-discovery-for-stonehenges-neighbour-
podcast

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/
world/europe/stonehenge-trenches-durrington-walls.html

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/nov/30/
through-your-eyes-150-years-of-stonehenge-
in-pictures

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2015/11/09/
science/the-stonehenge-landscape.html

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/16/
from-the-archive-stonehenge-its-place-in-british-prehistory-1924

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

neolithic Britain

 

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/feb/23/
readers-favourite-ancient-uk-sites-neolithic-stone-age

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/
science/stonehenge-archaeology-wales-parker-pearson.html

 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/10/
stonehenge-teeming-chapels-shrines-archaeology-research

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/13/
scientists-stone-age-boom-festivals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ice age

 

Nottinghamshire paleolithic artist

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/14/
artsandhumanities.arts1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ancient Britain

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/jan/23/
research.science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clues of Britain’s first humans

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/
science/08flint.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related > Anglonautes > History

 

15th century,

before the 15th century

 

 

Ancient Britain - Early 21st century

England, United Kingdom, British Empire

 

 

 

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