The Young Oxford History of Britain & Ireland

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Oxford University Press, 1998 - Всего страниц: 416
This is a history of Britain and Ireland for young people, illustrated in colour and black and white, including contemporary documents, paintings and photographs, artefacts and archaeological sites. It is designed to bring to life the people, places and events of Britain and Ireland's history in one comprehensive and authoritative volume.

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AN ANCIENT PEOPLE IN AN ANCIENT LAND
9
Ice sea and land
11
The first farmers
19
A ritual landscape
25
Celtic Britain
33
The Roman province
43
The coming of the English
53
The Vikings invade
65
Changing times
163
Rival kings
176
Divided Christians
184
Queen and people
195
The path to war
207
Cavaliers and Roundheads
218
A king again
229
The wider world
239

MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS
73
The kingdoms in Britain and Ireland
75
Norman Conquest to Magna Carta
85
A new Church and society
101
Working in country and town
112
Conquest and resistance
124
Growing up in medieval times
138
Gunpowder treason and war
146
CROWN PARLIAMENT AND PEOPLE
161
UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH EMPIRE
249
Trade and the first empire
250
A Hanoverian kingdom
263
Victory over Napoleon
277
Industrial change and political revolution
286
After Waterloo fighting for power
298
The age of the railway
308
Victorian triumph and decline
321
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