The Village
In the year 1500, nine out of ten English men, women, and children lived in the countryside ...
The lords of the manor (often called the gentry) were the leading men of each district ...
In the sixteenth century, men could become very rich by keeping sheep and selling the wool ...
Towns and Industry
Only one person in ten lived in a town in England in 1500 ...
All towns had weekly markets, and villagers would come in on foot to sell butter, cheese, and eggs ...
The making of woollen cloth was the main industry in England in 1500 ...
Henry VIII
King Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) is famous for his six wives and his ambitions ...
In 1509 England's new king was the eighteen-year-old Henry VIII ...
Henry VIII was clever, handsome, strong, and good at all sports ...
Henry VIII and his wives - PowerPoint-Präsentation
A lot of men and women thought there were things wrong in the Catholic Church ...
Queen Elizabeth I
When Henry VIII died in 1547, his only son became King Edward VI ...
The first of Elizabeth's problems was religion ...
The Spanish Armada - PowerPoint-Präsentation
Henry VIII thought that a woman would not be able to rule England ...
Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich Palace in London in 1533 ...
Elizabeth I - PowerPoint-Präsentation
The Civil War
King Charles I (1600 – 1649) believed that the monarch was appointed by God to rule and had absolute power ...
Puritans and the Church of England
The Puritans were unhappy with the Church of England ...
James I and Charles I were always short of money ...
Charles I left London and in August 1642, he raised his standard above Nottingham Castle ...
The Commonwealth
At the end of the Civil War, power was in the hands of the House of Commons ...
The Commonwealth and its enemies
The family of Charles I fled abroad after the Civil War ...
Before the Civil War, the Puritans complained about the Church of England ...
Restauration and Revolution
Charles II was restored (allowed to return to England as king) in 1660 ...
Charles II had spent twelve years abroad, while England was a republic ...
The Whigs were always against James II, because he was a Catholic ...
From Stuart to Hanover
James II was deposed (thrown out) mainly because he was a Catholic ...
In 1689, Parliament passed acts which took power from the king (or queen) ...
In the time of William and Mary, the king was still the head of the Government ...
Trade and Colonies
In 1500, England was a small country that did not count for much ...
The Spanish were the first to explore America ...
Silk, cotton, and tobacco were important for the growth of English trade, but not as important as sugar ...
Daily Life
In the time of the Tudors, most English people ate only two meals a day ...
Tudor courtiers were great show-offs, above all in their dress ...
Children were not forced by law to go to school in Tudor and Stuart times ...
Between 1650 and 1750, more people moved to the towns, and the nation's health got worse ...
The Poor
About half the people in England were poor ...
England's population increased from just over two million in 1500 to five million in 1650 ...
In the sixteenth century, there was no unemployment pay and no child benefit ...
Science and Superstition
The most important change that took place between 1600 and 1750 was the start of modern science ...
Robert Boyle was one man who took Bacon's advice to observe and record ...
Most men and women knew nothing of science ...
Architecture, Art and the Theatre
You can read the history of England in the buildings of the past ...
Country houses - PowerPoint-Präsentation
Artists in the Middle Ages worked for the Church ...
Painting and sculpture - PowerPoint-Präsentation
The Renaissance was a revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture ...
The classical influence - PowerPoint-Präsentation
People in Tudor times made their own amusements, such as music and dancing ...
The theatre - PowerPoint-Präsentation
Rich young men with nothing to do are always at the theatre ...
William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest playwright, was born in Stratford-on-Avon in England ...
In April 1564 a son was born to John and Mary Shakespeare at Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon ...
William Shakespeare - PowerPoint-Präsentation
Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous love story there has ever been ...
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (1595)
THE PROLOGUE - Enter Chorus. Two households, both alike in dignity in fair Verona, where we lay our scene ...
William Shakespeare: Romeo und Julia (1595)
William Shakespeare: Hamlet (1603)
SCENE I. - Elsinore. A Platform before the Castle ...
William Shakespeare: Macbeth (1606)
First Witch: When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? ...
The "Globe" - PowerPoint-Präsentation
Jonathan Swift: A Description of the Morning (1709)
Now hardly here and there a hackney coach appearing, showed the ruddy morn's approach ...
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe (1720)
I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull ...
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe (1720)
I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York in England. I was the youngest of three brothers ...
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe (1720) - deutsch
Ich bin im Jahre 1632 in der Stadt York geboren und stamme aus guter Familie, die jedoch ursprünglich nicht dort ansässig war, denn mein Vater kam aus dem Ausland, aus Bremen ...
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe: Summary
Robinson Crusoe is the story of a brave man who is shipwrecked on an island and has to learn how to survive on his own ...
Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731) was born in London as the son of a butcher ...
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels (1726)
The author gives some account of himself and family. His first inducements to travel. He is shipwrecked, and swims for his life ...
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels - Further Voyages (1726)
My second journey started on 20 June 1702. I sailed in a ship called the Adventure, which was travelling to Surat in India ...
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels: Introduction
Gulliver is abandoned in a land of giants. His life is not always easy ...
Henry Fielding: Tom Jones (1749)
A short description of squire Allworthy, and a fuller account of Miss Bridget Allworthy, his sister ...