STUDENT SCRIPT - Englisches Seminar II - Universität zu Köln

1314
1314
1346
1346
1455 1455–1485 1455 1485
1534
1534
1564
1564
1588 1588
1588
1603
1603
1605
1605
1642 1642–1651 1642 1651
1653 1653–1658 1653 1658 1658
1660
1660
1689 1689
1689
Nieragden: ILCS 33
The Scots defeated an invading English army at the Battle of Bannockburn,
allowing Scotland to remain an independent country.
The English defeated the French at the Battle of Crécy. It was the first
major English victory of the Hundred Years War.
The Wars of the Roses. Intermittent civil wars fought between members of
the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
King Henry VIII became the Head of the Church in England.
The birth of Shakespeare, English poet and playwright, the foremost figure
in English literature and a primary influence on the development of
especially the literary language.
The Spanish Armada, a fleet of ships sent to invade England, was defeated.
King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England, Scotland,
and Wales. His mother was Mary, Queen of Scots. Inheriting the throne
after the death of Elizabeth I, he united Scotland and England under one
government.
James I was hated by many Catholics and a group of them attempted to
kill him when he was in Parliament.
The English Civil War. King Charles I’s forces (the Royalists or Cavaliers)
were decisively defeated by the parliamentary forces (or Roundheads) in
1645. Charles I was executed in 1649.
Cromwell dismissed Parliament and ruled as Lord Protector of England,
Scotland, and Ireland.
The Restoration of the monarchy took place with the return of Charles II.
The Catholic James II was removed from the throne and the Protestant
William of Orange and his wife Mary, James’s daughter, were crowned
instead.