1. Anglophone Studies I
Week 3

2. The Medieval period (1066- 1458) 1066 - The Norman invasion of England
the last time that England was successfully invaded
The Battle of Hastings
King Harold
Duke William of Normandy – William the Conqueror

3. The start of the English class system
A strict feudal system
‘every man had a lord, and every lord had land’
Norman soldiers were given the ownership of land and of the people living on it
peasants - English-speaking Saxons
lords and barons - French –speaking Normans
Domesday Book (1086)
The Anglo-Norman kingdom
the most powerful political force in Britain and Ireland
Scotland - politically independent in the medieval period
Wales – never settled in great numbers by Saxons or Normans
the (Celtic) Welsh language and culture remained strong

4. The Anglo-Saxon concept of common law
Middle English
the dominant language in all classes of society in England
The Anglo-Saxon concept of common law
- the basis of the legal system
Parliament – /parler/ (13th century)
an assembly of nobles called together by the king
1215 – Magna Carta
an important symbol of political freedom
1295 –the model parliament
Included elected representatives from urban and rural areas

5. Robin Hood A legendary folk hero of the late-medieval period

6. 15th century The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485)
The House of Lancaster (red rose)
The House of York (white rose)
1485 – Henry Tudor (Lancastrian) defeated Richard III (Yorkist) -

7. 1534 - Henry VIII – the supreme head of the Church of England
16th century
Henry VIII – the supreme head of the Church of England
Rejection of the Roman Church
Protestantism (a form known as Anglicanism)
Elizabeth I

8. 1603 - James I of England (James IV of Scotland)
17th century
James I of England (James IV of Scotland)
The Civil War ( )
a contest between aristocratic, royalist ‘Cavaliers’ and puritanical parliamentarian ‘Rounheads’
1649
The execution of Charles I
Oliver Cromwell - Lord Protector
The Commonwealth
Britain briefly becomes a republic for the first and only time
1660
The Restoration of the monarchy and the Anglican religion

9. 1666 1688 The Great Fire of London The Glorious Revolution
Prince William of Orange, ruler of the Netherlands, and his Stuart wife Mary
The monarch’s powers limited by the Bill of Rights written by Parliament