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the throne was offered to Mary (daughter of Charles’s II. brother) and her Protestant husband William of Orange – they ruled jointly, had to sign the Bill of Rights-giving Parliament all the rights of...

James I. and his son Charles I. regarded themselves as “Kings of Divine Right” and wanted to rule absolutely.Charles’s conflict with parliament developed into a civil war. The parliamentary troops (supported by the Puritans)...

The hundred years’ war (1337-1453)– Edward III. whose mother was a French princess, pretended that he had a right to the French throne. He began a war that was to last for more than...

Henry VIII. (1509-1547)– a true prince of the Renaissance– within Henry’s period an important event took place, known as the Reformation– when the Pope refused to annul his marriage to his Spanish wife (Catharine...

Henry II. Plantagenet (Duke of Anjou)– ascended the throne through marriage– established law and order again, he instituted royal courts, travelling judges ( today’s circuit judges) and the jury system– from then on sentences...

– influenced the language a lot– brought there their own language– established many camps that are famous cities nowadays (e.g. London)– started building roads – they used stoneschester – old word for a road,...

Alfred the Great – he didn’t want to risk problems with Danes – he married to a Danish queen (he was tricky)– Manchester was the capitol of England – he wanted to increase the...

The Iberians – were the people inhabiting British Isles in the pre-celtic period (first inhabitans)4000 BC– Long man, White horse, Stonehenge– Long man helped women to get pregnant (těhotná – rituals (people passes these...

The most favourite one is MTV. This channel is well known all around the world. You can listen there to all kinds of pop music from dance music to rock. I like this channel...

The most popular group of the 20th century is undoubtedly The Beatles. This music quartet started performing in Liverpool in 1958. They have novel singing style, long hair and unconventional dress and this made...