Lecture II history of Great Britain plan

LECTURE II History of Great Britain

PLAN

• British History Timeline
• The Medieval Period

BC – (BEFORE CHRIST) before the birth of Jesus Christ

• BC – (BEFORE CHRIST) before the birth of Jesus Christ
• AD – (ANNO DOMINI) – IN THE YEAR OF LORD. after the birth of Jesus Christ

These charts above and below cover the most important periods of British history. They show the chief inhabitants or invaders of England till the Middle Ages, then the royal houses of England (until 1603) and of Britain (after 1603). Only monarchs or rulers mentioned in the text appear on the chart.

• These charts above and below cover the most important periods of British history. They show the chief inhabitants or invaders of England till the Middle Ages, then the royal houses of England (until 1603) and of Britain (after 1603). Only monarchs or rulers mentioned in the text appear on the chart.

The Celts	900 B.C.-55 B.C.
The Romans	55 B.C.-450 A.D.
The Anglo-Saxons	450-661	Up to (8th century)
The Viking Invaders	8th -11th centuries
The Normans	1066-1154	William the Conqueror (1066-1087)
The Plantagenet	1154-1399	Henry II (1154-1189) Edward I (1212-1307)
The Houses of York and Lancaster	1399-1485

The Tudors	1485-1603	Henry VII (1484-1509) Henry VIII (1509-1547) Mary I ('Bloody Mary') (1553-1558) Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
The Stuarts (The Civil War	1603-1649 1628-1649)	James I (1603-1625) Charles I (1625-1649)
The Republic	1649-1660	Oliver Cromwell (1649-1660)
The Stuarts	1660-1714	William and Mary (1688-1702)
The Hanoverians	1714-1901	George I, II, III, IV (1714-1830) ('Georgian period) Victoria (1837-1901) ('Victorian' period)
The House of Saxe- Coburg	1901-1910	Edward VII (1901-1910) ('Edwardian' period)
The House of Windsor	1910-	Elizabeth II (1952-)