Charlotte Bronte - spisovatelka
Publikováno 08.01.2012 v 19:30 v kategorii Foto známých osobností, přečteno: 53x
John Donne - spisovatel
Publikováno 08.01.2012 v 19:27 v kategorii Foto známých osobností, přečteno: 45x
Henry Fielding - spisovatel
Publikováno 08.01.2012 v 19:19 v kategorii Foto známých osobností, přečteno: 49x
Civil war
Publikováno 08.01.2012 v 18:58 v kategorii Anglické dějiny, přečteno: 121x
- Caused by events in Ireland - In 1641 – ireland in rebellion against the Protestant English and Scottish settlers, over 3000 people were killed most of them in Ulster, Irish rebels rebeled against parlament not against the king. - He tried to arrest 5 MPs in parlament - unsucessfully - London locked its gates and against the king and Charles moved to Nottingham – gathered an army to defeat those MPs who opposed him. The civil war started(1642) - The Royalist– controlled N and W, most of… Celý článek ›
Charles I
Publikováno 08.01.2012 v 18:58 v kategorii Anglické osobnosti, přečteno: 59x
- quarrels with house of commons – over money – he desolved parliament -> need of money forced him to recall parliament, but he had still problems with them - PETITION OF RIGHTS - 1628 – parlament controled state money and law (Charles couldnt imprison anyone without lawful reason) - It was problém, so he desolved parliament again - Kirk can mean "church" in general or the Church of Scotland in particular - In 1637he made a serious mistake – kirk had no bishops - Puritans –they… Celý článek ›
English Reformation
Publikováno 08.01.2012 v 18:57 v kategorii Anglické dějiny, přečteno: 53x
- The struggle between C and P continued, both Spain, France were catholic, both kings wanted to marry Elizabeth - Catholic nobles wanted to replace Elizabeth with catholic Mary – Queen of Scotland, he grew up in France and she wanted E. throne - E. recognised Spain as her main trade rival and enemy, Spain ruled the Netherlands, there were many people protestants and they were fighting for their independence. Spain adn France – rivals, so spanish soldiers could reach the Netherlands just… Celý článek ›
Henry VIII
Publikováno 08.01.2012 v 18:56 v kategorii Anglické osobnosti, přečteno: 340x
- Unlike his father, he was cruel and wasteful with money - France and Spain were now more powerful than England – because of it he wanted England to became a strong in Europe - He United once with France, then with Spain – but this didnt brought him anything - He disliked the power of a Church in E. because he couldnt control it – the power of the Catholic church could work against him, and the taxes which he paid to the Church reduced his own income - 1510 – he married Cathrine of… Celý článek ›
Old English poetry
Publikováno 08.01.2012 v 18:54 v kategorii Anglická literatura, přečteno: 132x
falls broadly into two styles or fields of reference, the heroic Germanic and the Christian; these two are as often combined as separate in the poetry, which has survived for the most part in four major manuscripts. The Anglo-Saxons left behind no poetic rules or explicit system; everything we know about the poetry of the period is based on modern analysis. The first widely accepted theory was constructed by Eduard Sievers (1885). He distinguished five distinct alliterative patterns. The theory… Celý článek ›