The Collection of the Important Terms (1-34)
behalf1.Commonwealth：
It is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain. It has no special powers. And the nations are united becau of economic reasons. Under the Commonwealth, the nations develop.
2 .The Chunnel：
In 1985 the British government and French government decided to build a channel tunnel, which is called “Chunnel”, under the Straits of Dover so that England and France could be joined together by road. The Chunnel was open to traffic in May 1994.
3. Cockney：
It refers to the person from the East of London. He is a Londoner who is born within the sound of Bow Bell. He has a special accent in his speech.
4.Eisteddfod：
Eisteddfod is the Welsh word for “sitting” Na tional Eidteddfod is the most famous festival of music and ver in Wales. It takes place each August and lasts for about a week. The highlight of the festival is competition for the best epic poem about Wales written and read in Welsh. The winner is crowned Board, considered the supreme honour in Wales. In this way the Welsh people keep the Welsh language and culture alive.
5.Stonehenge：
It is a group of huge monuments of grant rock Slabs on salisbury plain in Southwest England built as long ago as the New Stone Age. It is generally believed that stonehenge rved some sort of religious purpos.
6. Beaker Folk：
they were the people came to Britain from central Europe at about 2000BC. They were so called becau they were fond of drinking and buried themlves in the bell-shaped beer container. They developed their own farming society.
7.The Celts：
The Celts came to Britain in three main waves. The first wave were the Gales, the cond wave were the Brythons and the Belgae came about 150BC. The Celts were practid farmers. The Celtic tribes are ancestors of the Highland Scots, the Irish and the Welsh, And their languages are the basis of both Welsh and Gaelic. They religion was Druidism.
8. St. Augustine：
In 597,Pope Gregory I nt St. Augustine, the Prior of St. Andrew’s Monastery in Rome, to England to convert the heathen English to Christianity. That year, St. Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury. Augustine was remarkably successful in converting the king and the nobility, but the conversion of the common people was largely due to the missionary activities of the monks in the north.
9. Alfred the Great：
He was king of Wesx, one of the ven Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. It was he who led the Anglo-Saxon to flight against the invading Danes and maintained peace for a long time. Alfred was not only a brave king at wartime, but also a wi king at peacetime. He encouraged education and introduced a legal system. He is known as “the father of the British navy”.
10.Danelaw：
It refers to the piece of land of England under the control of the Danish in the 9th century. The Danish and the Vikings capture York, an important center of Christianity. They could not conquer Alfred and had to stay in the north and east.
11.The danegeld ：
It was the tax collected in 10th century. When Viking invaded England, the
King Ethelred the Unready tried paying the invaders to stay away. The Dane received the money but grew greedier. This marked the decline of Anglo-Saxon kingdom.
12.Norman Conquest：
The Norman Conquest of 1066 is perhaps the best-known event in English history. William the conqueror confiscated almost all the land and gave it to his Norman followers. He replaced the weak Saxon rule with a strong Norman government. So the feudal system was completely established in England.
13. Domesday Book：
It was the first survey of land in Britain under William to strengthen his
rule. It aimed at getting taxes. It was one of the important measures adopted by William I to establish the full feudal system in England. Today, it is kept in the Public Records Office in London.
14.Common law：礼貌原则
It was an unwritten law common to people in Britain. It is also called “Ca law ” since it was bad on former judgments and customs. It appeared under Henry Ⅱand now it has become part of British law of sources.
15.Jury system：
It was a system replaced old English and Norman way of trial in Henry II’s day. At that time a jury was compod of twelve men and the jurors’ function was to act as wit ness not to hear evidences and give verdict. Now the jury decides the issue of guilt or innocence.
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He was an important English poet in the fourteenth century. His best known is The Canterbury Tales,
which describes a group of pilg rims traveling to Canterbury to visit Thomas Becket’s tomb. Becau he was the first important English poet to write in English. He has been known as the “Father of English Poetry”.
17.Magna Carta：
It was also called the barons’ Charter or the Great Cha rter in 1215.It has many clau but the important
one was that only the Grand Council could decide to collect money or not. And it has long been regarded as the foundation of English liberties but its spirit was to limit the king’s power.吴彦祖 魔兽
18.Hundred Year s’ War：
It refers to the fight-and cea war between France and England that lasted for more than 120 years.(1337-457) The caus were partly territorial and partly economic. After three stages of the war was over, the English were driven out of France with only Calais in hand. The ending of the war is regarded as a blessing for both countries.
19.Black Death：
It was a dia or plague spread by rat fleas in 14th cen. It spread through Europe. Many people died and the population of England shrank. It caud labor shortage and other social problems.
20.War of Ros：
It was a barons’ war in 15th century in England. War of ros was so called becau the warring sides ud white & red ros as their families symbols. And the War lasted for decades/ many years. Many local nobles died and the feudal system got a heavy blow.
21.Tudor Dynasty:：
一级消防工程师考试时间It refers to the dynasty established by Henry Tudor after the War of Ros. Five Tudor monarchs ruled England and Wales for just over two hundred years. In a short time span they achieve a great deal. Henry VIII’s and Elizabeth I are significant monarchies in English history.
22.The English Reformation：
It is a religious reform started in England during Henry VIII’’s rule. It was a gradual reform which lasted for years. As Henry became the Supreme Head of the Church of England, the Church of England was thought as a national church, especially after Bloody Mary, Protestantism and nationali
sm meant the same.
上海建平中学23.Blood Mary：
It is the nickname given to Mary I, the English Queen who succeeded to the throne after Henry VIII. She was a devout Catholic and had so many Protestants burnt to death that she is remembered less by her official title Mary I by her nickname Blood Mary.
24.The Armada：
It was the name for the Spanish fleet in the 16th century. As Mary Stuart of Scots was killed, the Spanish king nt his Armada to invade England. But it was defeated by the English at English Channel. Ever since then, England began to control the a for many years and its Reformation survived.
25.Renaissance：
It was the revival of classical literature and artistic styles in European history. It was the transitional period between the Middle-Ages and modern times,. It was period of significant achievement and changes.
26.The English Renaissance：
It was the rebirth of classical literature and artistic styles in English history in 15th -17th century. It had its own characteristics. And many great minds were produced.
27.Elizabeth Drama：
It refers to the literature form appeared under Elizabeth I. It began to excel only in the last decade of the 16th century and reached its height in the first 15 years of the 17th century. Its finest exponents were Marlowe, Johnson and Shakespeare.
28.Shakespeare：
William Shakespeare was a dramatist and poet during the English Renaissance. He wrote many (37) plays, such as Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet , and Sonnets. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language
29.Gunpowder Plot：
It was a cret plan of the Roman Catholics to overthrow James 1. The Catholics planted barrels of
gunpowder in the cellars of the Hou to kill James 1 but the plan failed. Now it is celebrated as a national holiday.
30.Pilgrim Fathers：
They were a small group of the first puritans who came to America in 1620 in a ship called Mayflower. They escaped religious percution and wanted to practice their religion in other places. At last, they founded Britain’s first ttlement in the New World.
31.The Civil Wars：
It refers to the wars between Charles I and parliament in the 17th century in England. The wars had two stages. After the wars were over, Charles I was beheaded and a Commonwealth was established. It is also called the Puritan Revolution and generally regarded as the beginning of modern world history.
32.The Glorious Revolution：
It was a takeover or palace coup d’etate with no blood shed in 1688. When James II hoped to rule as a Catholic, the English politicians rejected James II, and appealed to a Protestant king, William of Or
ange, to invade and take the English throne. James II was forced to leave Britain. William and Mary who were the relatives of James II took power as joint monarchy.
33.The Bill of Rights of 1689：
It refers to the law accepted by William and Mary after the Glorious Revolution. It includes: no Roman Catholic can be a monarchy, parliament hav more powers than the Monarchy and free speech in parliament. It marked the beginning of constitutional monarchy in England.
34.Utilitarianism：
A theory in the early 19th century which wanted governments to help majority of people happy. And the governments must reform to be efficient & not to interfere people’s lives.
35.Laisz faire：
It was an economic theory. Later, it became a radical idea of free trade of the economic policies of Britain in the 18th cen. Becau they believe that the import and export duties interfered with the natural flow of trade.
36.The Enclosure Acts：
It was the policy in 18th century. Wealthier landowners were allowed to ize any land to which tenants prove no legal title and to divide it into enclod fields. It became more frequent after the mid-40s and climaxed during the turn of the century .It had good as well as bad results.
37.The Industrial Revolution：
It refers to the u of machines in industry and the social and economic changes in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th century. The real ‘ revolution’ happened in textiles. Britain was by 19th century the ‘ workshop of the world:”
38.The Chartist Movement；
A proletarian movement or campaign in the 19th century in Eng. It was to call for political changes. The People’s Charter was put forward during the movement. But it ended in a failure.
39.The Suffragettes：
It was the militant feminist movement led by Mrs. Pankhurst before the First World War. Women’s position in the society was gradually improved. Votes were granted to women over 30 as soon as the war was over and to all women in the same terms as men ten years later.
40.The Beatles：
It is the name of a band formed by four Liverpool boys in the sixties. They wrote their own music and words, using “ beat”, a new pop culture. They won the affection of people of all ages and social backgrounds.committing
41.British Dia：
It is the economic decline in Britain becau of decades of balance of payment deficits. A lot of measures were taken to cure it but all failed.
浙江考试院录取结果查询42.Keynesianism：
A theory of British economist Keynes. The main idea is to have full employment and low inflation. Though it was welcome in the 50s and 60s, later it was rejected by the western countries.男士美白
43.Thatcherism：
A theory by British Prime minister, Thatcher in the 80s. The main idea is to privatize and to control inflation. It also turned out to be a failure in “curing” British dias;
44.Constitutional Monarchy：
A political system in Britain. The head of the State is a king or a queen. In practice, the Sovereign reign, but does not rule. It was established after the Glorious Revolution.
45.Civil List：
The money given to the monarchy. An annual grant to cover the expenditure/cost of the monarchy.3/4 of it goes to the Royal Houhold. And the rest to meet the need for public duties.
