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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
Charles II Parliament Is Dissolved
Horrible Histories - Charles II: King of Bling
Horrible Histories - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels
King Charles II
Horrible Histories Prom 2011 | Charles II: King Of Bling
CBBC Horrible Histories - Charles II - King of Bling
Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 02
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:47
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 83914
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II Parliament Is Dissolved
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  • Duration: 3:16
  • Updated: 15 Jan 2013
charles II the power and the passion
  • published: 26 Jan 2008
  • views: 72373
  • author: barthyb
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Horrible Histories - Charles II: King of Bling
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  • Duration: 1:55
  • Updated: 20 Jan 2013
Known as the King who loved to party, Charles II tells us more in this brilliant rap. All hail the King of Bling!
  • published: 05 Jun 2010
  • views: 1779187
  • author: jamie932
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Horrible Histories - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels
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  • Duration: 3:40
  • Updated: 19 Jan 2013
King Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels, Thomas Blood. " Blood, that wears treason in his face, Villain complete in parson's gown, How much he is at court in grace For stealing Ormond and the crown! Since loyalty does no man good, Let's steal the King, and outdo Blood! " - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester.
  • published: 19 Jul 2011
  • views: 126826
  • author: nicnoc1976
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King Charles II
  • Order:
  • Duration: 6:37
  • Updated: 24 Nov 2012
Excerpt from the historical monologue "400 Years of English History" presented by artist/historian George S. Stuart as part of an exhibit of his Historical Figures at the Ventura County Museum of Art and History in Ventura California. Visit the Gallery of Historical Figures online at www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com.
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CBBC Horrible Histories - Charles II - King of Bling
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  • Duration: 2:31
  • Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Lyrics: CHARLES II: KING OF BLING My name is, my name is, my name is -- Charles the second I love people and the people love me So much that they restored the English monarchy I'm part Scottish-French-Italian, a little bit Dane But one hundred per cent party animal! Champagne? Spaniels I adored, named after me too Like me they were fun with a natty hair-do. Is today my birthday? I can't recall Let's have a party anyway, because I love a masked ball All hail, the King, of Bling, let's sing, bells ring, ding ding I'm the King! Who brought back partying! King Charles my daddy lost his throne and kings were banned They chopped off his head, then Olly Cromwell ruled the land Old Olly wasn't jolly, he was glum and he was proud Would be miserable as sin only 'sinning's not allowed' When Cromwell died the people said 'Charlie me hearty 'Get rid of his dull laws, come back, we'd rather party.' This action's what they called the Monarchy Restoration Which naturally was followed by a huge celebration The King, of Eng-, land say, no sin, to sing, or anything. All say I'm the King who brought back partying Great London Fire was a whopper In my reign London city came a cropper So this King did what was right and proper Fought the fire, proved I'm more than a bopper I'm a fire-stopper! Married Catherine Braganza, she was a love so true There would never be another, well maybe one or two Lucy Walter, Nell Gwynn, Moll Davis, Barbara Villiers You think that's bad but her name's not as ...
  • published: 23 Jan 2011
  • views: 48055
  • author: LsBaba
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:58
  • Updated: 01 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 33870
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:02
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return. (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 25 Apr 2008
  • views: 27393
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 02
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:58
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return. (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 25 Apr 2008
  • views: 25896
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 02
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:58
  • Updated: 18 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 29835
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 02
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 44994
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep4 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:48
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 25 Apr 2008
  • views: 25750
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 03
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 37787
  • author: imagopl
http://web.archive.org./web/20130120132711/http://wn.com/Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 03

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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:47
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 83641
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II Parliament Is Dissolved
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  • Duration: 3:16
  • Updated: 08 Jan 2013
charles II the power and the passion
  • published: 26 Jan 2008
  • views: 72196
  • author: barthyb
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Horrible Histories - Charles II: King of Bling
  • Order:
  • Duration: 1:55
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Known as the King who loved to party, Charles II tells us more in this brilliant rap. All hail the King of Bling!
  • published: 05 Jun 2010
  • views: 1772101
  • author: jamie932
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Horrible Histories - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels
  • Order:
  • Duration: 3:40
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
King Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels, Thomas Blood. " Blood, that wears treason in his face, Villain complete in parson's gown, How much he is at court in grace For stealing Ormond and the crown! Since loyalty does no man good, Let's steal the King, and outdo Blood! " - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester.
  • published: 19 Jul 2011
  • views: 125776
  • author: nicnoc1976
http://web.archive.org./web/20130120132711/http://wn.com/Horrible Histories - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels
Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:58
  • Updated: 01 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 33704
  • author: imagopl
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CBBC Horrible Histories - Charles II - King of Bling
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  • Duration: 2:31
  • Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Lyrics: CHARLES II: KING OF BLING My name is, my name is, my name is -- Charles the second I love people and the people love me So much that they restored the English monarchy I'm part Scottish-French-Italian, a little bit Dane But one hundred per cent party animal! Champagne? Spaniels I adored, named after me too Like me they were fun with a natty hair-do. Is today my birthday? I can't recall Let's have a party anyway, because I love a masked ball All hail, the King, of Bling, let's sing, bells ring, ding ding I'm the King! Who brought back partying! King Charles my daddy lost his throne and kings were banned They chopped off his head, then Olly Cromwell ruled the land Old Olly wasn't jolly, he was glum and he was proud Would be miserable as sin only 'sinning's not allowed' When Cromwell died the people said 'Charlie me hearty 'Get rid of his dull laws, come back, we'd rather party.' This action's what they called the Monarchy Restoration Which naturally was followed by a huge celebration The King, of Eng-, land say, no sin, to sing, or anything. All say I'm the King who brought back partying Great London Fire was a whopper In my reign London city came a cropper So this King did what was right and proper Fought the fire, proved I'm more than a bopper I'm a fire-stopper! Married Catherine Braganza, she was a love so true There would never be another, well maybe one or two Lucy Walter, Nell Gwynn, Moll Davis, Barbara Villiers You think that's bad but her name's not as ...
  • published: 23 Jan 2011
  • views: 47622
  • author: LsBaba
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King Charles II
  • Order:
  • Duration: 6:37
  • Updated: 24 Nov 2012
Excerpt from the historical monologue "400 Years of English History" presented by artist/historian George S. Stuart as part of an exhibit of his Historical Figures at the Ventura County Museum of Art and History in Ventura California. Visit the Gallery of Historical Figures online at www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com.
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:02
  • Updated: 04 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return. (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 25 Apr 2008
  • views: 27288
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 02
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:58
  • Updated: 12 Nov 2012
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 29632
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 02
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:58
  • Updated: 06 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return. (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 25 Apr 2008
  • views: 25778
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 02
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 19 Apr 2008
  • views: 44836
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep4 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:48
  • Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 25 Apr 2008
  • views: 25677
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 03
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:40
  • Updated: 14 Dec 2012
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 25 Apr 2008
  • views: 25589
  • author: imagopl
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Charles II part 1
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  • Duration: 9:22
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II returns to england
  • published: 01 Nov 2010
  • views: 3303
  • author: jonhasler
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charles II part 2
  • Order:
  • Duration: 8:02
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The restoration of charles II
  • published: 01 Nov 2010
  • views: 1702
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II part 3
  • Order:
  • Duration: 5:37
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II, englands first modern monarch.
  • published: 01 Nov 2010
  • views: 1688
  • author: jonhasler
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King Charles II
  • Order:
  • Duration: 6:37
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Excerpt from the historical monologue "400 Years of English History" presented by artist/historian George S. Stuart as part of an exhibit of his Historical Figures at the Ventura County Museum of Art and History in Ventura California. Visit the Gallery of Historical Figures online at http://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com.
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 12510
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II The King is Dead
  • Order:
  • Duration: 2:48
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
end scene of the power and the passion.
  • published: 21 May 2008
  • views: 13178
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II Parliament Is Dissolved
  • Order:
  • Duration: 3:16
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
charles II the power and the passion
  • published: 21 May 2008
  • views: 72430
  • author: jonhasler
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CHARLES I & CROMWELL STATUES LONDON
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  • Duration: 5:06
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A short video on statues of King Charles I & Oliver Cromwell in London. Video by Brian Kavanagh, author of mystery novels, CAPABLE OF MURDER, THE EMBROIDERED CORPSE, BLOODY HAM. http://beekayvic.tripod.com
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 3389
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:47
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 84013
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 02
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 45071
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 03
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 37843
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 04
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 34497
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 05
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:53
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 287750
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 06
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:25
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 49753
  • author: jonhasler
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:58
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
  • published: 10 Jun 2009
  • views: 33992
  • author: jonhasler
http://web.archive.org./web/20130120132711/http://wn.com/Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01

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In Search Of  . . . Rennes le Chateau
  • Order:
  • Duration: 10:44
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
In Search Of . . . Rennes le Chateau with host: Boyd Rice www.BoydRice.com
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:47
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 02
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 03
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 04
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:56
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 05
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:53
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 06
  • Order:
  • Duration: 9:25
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
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Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep4 Pt 07 the end
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  • Duration: 5:36
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Charles II: The Power & the Passion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his 10 year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
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King Charles I
  • Order:
  • Duration: 6:59
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Excerpt from the historical monologue "400 Years of English History" presented by artist/historian George S. Stuart as part of an exhibit of his Historical Figures at the Ventura County Museum of Art and History in Ventura California. Visit the Gallery of Historical Figures online at http://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com.
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King Charles I execution
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  • Duration: 5:00
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's a sin! The execution of King Charles I in 1649.
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Alec Guinness as King Charles I - Execution Scene
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  • Duration: 8:21
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Alec Guinness as King Charles I execution scene in "Cromwell" (1970), starring Richard Harris.
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Mary Stuart's execution
  • Order:
  • Duration: 7:38
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Esecuzione di Mary Stuart nel film "Elizabeth I", interpretata da Barbara Flynn Mary Stuart's execution in the movie "Elizabeth I", played by Barbara Flynn
http://web.archive.org./web/20130120132711/http://wn.com/Mary Stuart's execution
Mary Queen of Scots: KS3 History
  • Order:
  • Duration: 4:38
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The tragic life of Mary Queen of Scots for KS3 History.
http://web.archive.org./web/20130120132711/http://wn.com/Mary Queen of Scots: KS3 History
The Tudors Opening Credits
  • Order:
  • Duration: 1:21
  • Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Tudors Opening Credits
http://web.archive.org./web/20130120132711/http://wn.com/The Tudors Opening Credits
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
    9:47
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
  • Charles II Parliament Is Dissolved
    3:16
    Charles II Parliament Is Dissolved
  • Horrible Histories - Charles II: King of Bling
    1:55
    Horrible Histories - Charles II: King of Bling
  • Horrible Histories - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels
    3:40
    Horrible Histories - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels
  • King Charles II
    6:37
    King Charles II
  • Horrible Histories Prom 2011 | Charles II: King Of Bling
    2:49
    Horrible Histories Prom 2011 | Charles II: King Of Bling
  • CBBC Horrible Histories - Charles II - King of Bling
    2:31
    CBBC Horrible Histories - Charles II - King of Bling
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01
    9:58
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 01
    9:02
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 01
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 02
    9:58
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 02
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 02
    9:58
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 02
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 02
    9:56
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 02
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep4 Pt 01
    9:48
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep4 Pt 01
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 03
    9:56
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 03


In Search Of . . . Rennes le Chateau with host: Boyd Rice www.BoydRice.com

9:47
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
3:16
Charles II Par­lia­ment Is Dis­solved
charles II the power and the pas­sion...
pub­lished: 26 Jan 2008
au­thor: barthyb
1:55
Hor­ri­ble His­to­ries - Charles II: King of Bling
Known as the King who loved to party, Charles II tells us more in this bril­liant rap. All ...
pub­lished: 05 Jun 2010
au­thor: jamie932
3:40
Hor­ri­ble His­to­ries - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jew­els
King Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jew­els, Thomas Blood. " Blood, ...
pub­lished: 19 Jul 2011
au­thor: nic­noc1976
6:37
King Charles II
Ex­cerpt from the his­tor­i­cal mono­logue "400 Years of En­glish His­to­ry" pre­sent­ed by artist/h...
pub­lished: 25 Jan 2007
au­thor: Mary Harrsch
2:49
Hor­ri­ble His­to­ries Prom 2011 | Charles II: King Of Bling
I do not own any of the ma­te­ri­al....
pub­lished: 13 Sep 2011
2:31
CBBC Hor­ri­ble His­to­ries - Charles II - King of Bling
Lyrics: CHARLES II: KING OF BLING My name is, my name is, my name is -- Charles the sec­ond...
pub­lished: 23 Jan 2011
au­thor: Ls­Ba­ba
9:58
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep3 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:58
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep3 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:58
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:48
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep4 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 03
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
Vimeo results:
78:24
The In­au­gu­ral Henry Cole Lec­ture: Sir Christo­pher Frayling, 30 Oc­to­ber 2008
The in­au­gu­ral Henry Cole Lec­ture, held at the V&A; Mu­se­um in Lon­don on 30 Oc­to­ber 2008. Th...
pub­lished: 22 Sep 2009
59:46
Road Back to the Frozen Four (69 min­utes)
His­to­ry [edit]Par­tridge and his acade­my The uni­ver­si­ty was found­ed in 1819 at Nor­wich by ...
pub­lished: 06 May 2011
14:31
On My Way (world pre­miere) - May 8, 2011
STEIN­METZ: ON MY WAY (2010) world pre­miere Keene Cham­ber Or­ches­tra Eric Stu­mach­er, Con­duct...
pub­lished: 25 May 2011
108:19
#099 The Covenant and the Con­tra­dic­tion; Guest Broth­er "Farmer" - Our Food, Why non-GMO, & Grow­ing Food
http://​www.​witts.​ws for more in­for­ma­tion. Teach­ing: Sir Tim­o­thy Thrapp on The Covenant ...
pub­lished: 12 Jul 2012

Youtube results:
9:40
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep3 Pt 03
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 04
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:59
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep4 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:51
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep3 Pt 04
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
    9:47
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 01
  • Charles II Parliament Is Dissolved
    3:16
    Charles II Parliament Is Dissolved
  • Horrible Histories - Charles II: King of Bling
    1:55
    Horrible Histories - Charles II: King of Bling
  • Horrible Histories - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels
    3:40
    Horrible Histories - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jewels
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01
    9:58
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 01
  • CBBC Horrible Histories - Charles II - King of Bling
    2:31
    CBBC Horrible Histories - Charles II - King of Bling
  • King Charles II
    6:37
    King Charles II
  • Horrible Histories Prom 2011 | Charles II: King Of Bling
    2:49
    Horrible Histories Prom 2011 | Charles II: King Of Bling
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 01
    9:02
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 01
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 02
    9:58
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep2 Pt 02
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 02
    9:58
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 02
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 02
    9:56
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep1 Pt 02
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep4 Pt 01
    9:48
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep4 Pt 01
  • Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 03
    9:40
    Charles II: The Power & the Passion Ep3 Pt 03


In Search Of . . . Rennes le Chateau with host: Boyd Rice www.BoydRice.com

9:47
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
3:16
Charles II Par­lia­ment Is Dis­solved
charles II the power and the pas­sion...
pub­lished: 26 Jan 2008
au­thor: barthyb
1:55
Hor­ri­ble His­to­ries - Charles II: King of Bling
Known as the King who loved to party, Charles II tells us more in this bril­liant rap. All ...
pub­lished: 05 Jun 2010
au­thor: jamie932
3:40
Hor­ri­ble His­to­ries - Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jew­els
King Charles II meets the man who tried to steal the Crown Jew­els, Thomas Blood. " Blood, ...
pub­lished: 19 Jul 2011
au­thor: nic­noc1976
9:58
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
2:31
CBBC Hor­ri­ble His­to­ries - Charles II - King of Bling
Lyrics: CHARLES II: KING OF BLING My name is, my name is, my name is -- Charles the sec­ond...
pub­lished: 23 Jan 2011
au­thor: Ls­Ba­ba
6:37
King Charles II
Ex­cerpt from the his­tor­i­cal mono­logue "400 Years of En­glish His­to­ry" pre­sent­ed by artist/h...
pub­lished: 25 Jan 2007
au­thor: Mary Harrsch
2:49
Hor­ri­ble His­to­ries Prom 2011 | Charles II: King Of Bling
I do not own any of the ma­te­ri­al....
pub­lished: 13 Sep 2011
9:02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep3 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:58
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:58
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep3 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:48
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep4 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:40
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep3 Pt 03
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
Vimeo results:
78:24
The In­au­gu­ral Henry Cole Lec­ture: Sir Christo­pher Frayling, 30 Oc­to­ber 2008
The in­au­gu­ral Henry Cole Lec­ture, held at the V&A; Mu­se­um in Lon­don on 30 Oc­to­ber 2008. Th...
pub­lished: 22 Sep 2009
59:46
Road Back to the Frozen Four (69 min­utes)
His­to­ry [edit]Par­tridge and his acade­my The uni­ver­si­ty was found­ed in 1819 at Nor­wich by ...
pub­lished: 06 May 2011
14:31
On My Way (world pre­miere) - May 8, 2011
STEIN­METZ: ON MY WAY (2010) world pre­miere Keene Cham­ber Or­ches­tra Eric Stu­mach­er, Con­duct...
pub­lished: 25 May 2011
108:19
#099 The Covenant and the Con­tra­dic­tion; Guest Broth­er "Farmer" - Our Food, Why non-GMO, & Grow­ing Food
http://​www.​witts.​ws for more in­for­ma­tion. Teach­ing: Sir Tim­o­thy Thrapp on The Covenant ...
pub­lished: 12 Jul 2012

Youtube results:
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 03
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 04
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 19 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:59
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep4 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl
9:51
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep3 Pt 04
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2008
au­thor: imago­pl


In Search Of . . . Rennes le Chateau with host: Boyd Rice www.BoydRice.com

9:22
Charles II part 1
Charles II re­turns to eng­land...
pub­lished: 01 Nov 2010
au­thor: jon­hasler
8:02
charles II part 2
The restora­tion of charles II...
pub­lished: 01 Nov 2010
au­thor: jon­hasler
5:37
Charles II part 3
Charles II, eng­lands first mod­ern monarch....
pub­lished: 01 Nov 2010
au­thor: jon­hasler
6:37
King Charles II
Ex­cerpt from the his­tor­i­cal mono­logue "400 Years of En­glish His­to­ry" pre­sent­ed by artist/h...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
2:48
Charles II The King is Dead
end scene of the power and the pas­sion....
pub­lished: 21 May 2008
au­thor: jon­hasler
3:16
Charles II Par­lia­ment Is Dis­solved
charles II the power and the pas­sion...
pub­lished: 21 May 2008
au­thor: jon­hasler
5:06
CHARLES I & CROMWELL STAT­UES LON­DON
A short video on stat­ues of King Charles I & Oliv­er Cromwell in Lon­don. Video by Brian Kav...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:47
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 03
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 04
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:53
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 05
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:25
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 06
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:58
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
Vimeo results:
78:24
The In­au­gu­ral Henry Cole Lec­ture: Sir Christo­pher Frayling, 30 Oc­to­ber 2008
The in­au­gu­ral Henry Cole Lec­ture, held at the V&A; Mu­se­um in Lon­don on 30 Oc­to­ber 2008. Th...
pub­lished: 22 Sep 2009
59:46
Road Back to the Frozen Four (69 min­utes)
His­to­ry [edit]Par­tridge and his acade­my The uni­ver­si­ty was found­ed in 1819 at Nor­wich by ...
pub­lished: 06 May 2011
14:31
On My Way (world pre­miere) - May 8, 2011
STEIN­METZ: ON MY WAY (2010) world pre­miere Keene Cham­ber Or­ches­tra Eric Stu­mach­er, Con­duct...
pub­lished: 25 May 2011
108:19
#099 The Covenant and the Con­tra­dic­tion; Guest Broth­er "Farmer" - Our Food, Why non-GMO, & Grow­ing Food
http://​www.​witts.​ws for more in­for­ma­tion. Teach­ing: Sir Tim­o­thy Thrapp on The Covenant ...
pub­lished: 12 Jul 2012

Youtube results:
9:58
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:54
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 03
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:36
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 05
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler
9:15
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep2 Pt 06
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 10 Jun 2009
au­thor: jon­hasler


In Search Of . . . Rennes le Chateau with host: Boyd Rice www.BoydRice.com

10:44
In Search Of . . . Rennes le Chateau
In Search Of . . . Rennes le Chateau with host: Boyd Rice www.​BoydRice.​com...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
9:47
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 01
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 02
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 03
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
9:56
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 04
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
9:53
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 05
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
9:25
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep1 Pt 06
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
5:36
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion Ep4 Pt 07 the end
Charles II: The Power & the Pas­sion (AKA Charles II / Last King, The) (2003) The chron­i­cle...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
6:59
King Charles I
Ex­cerpt from the his­tor­i­cal mono­logue "400 Years of En­glish His­to­ry" pre­sent­ed by artist/h...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
5:00
King Charles I ex­e­cu­tion
It's a sin! The ex­e­cu­tion of King Charles I in 1649....
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
8:21
Alec Guin­ness as King Charles I - Ex­e­cu­tion Scene
Alec Guin­ness as King Charles I ex­e­cu­tion scene in "Cromwell" (1970), star­ring Richard Har...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
7:38
Mary Stu­art's ex­e­cu­tion
Es­e­cuzione di Mary Stu­art nel film "Eliz­a­beth I", in­ter­pre­ta­ta da Bar­bara Flynn Mary Stua...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
4:38
Mary Queen of Scots: KS3 His­to­ry
The trag­ic life of Mary Queen of Scots for KS3 His­to­ry....
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
1:21
The Tu­dors Open­ing Cred­its
The Tu­dors Open­ing Cred­its...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
Vimeo results:
78:24
The In­au­gu­ral Henry Cole Lec­ture: Sir Christo­pher Frayling, 30 Oc­to­ber 2008
The in­au­gu­ral Henry Cole Lec­ture, held at the V&A; Mu­se­um in Lon­don on 30 Oc­to­ber 2008. Th...
pub­lished: 22 Sep 2009
59:46
Road Back to the Frozen Four (69 min­utes)
His­to­ry [edit]Par­tridge and his acade­my The uni­ver­si­ty was found­ed in 1819 at Nor­wich by ...
pub­lished: 06 May 2011
14:31
On My Way (world pre­miere) - May 8, 2011
STEIN­METZ: ON MY WAY (2010) world pre­miere Keene Cham­ber Or­ches­tra Eric Stu­mach­er, Con­duct...
pub­lished: 25 May 2011
108:19
#099 The Covenant and the Con­tra­dic­tion; Guest Broth­er "Farmer" - Our Food, Why non-GMO, & Grow­ing Food
http://​www.​witts.​ws for more in­for­ma­tion. Teach­ing: Sir Tim­o­thy Thrapp on The Covenant ...
pub­lished: 12 Jul 2012

Youtube results:
6:01
The Tu­dors: Royal Cast of Char­ac­ters
The Tu­dors starts April 1! By­pass­ing the typ­i­cal cos­tume drama for a more scan­dalous take ...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
8:17
Pro Lib­er­tas
The crown­ing of King Robert the Bruce at Scone Palace in Scot­land. This drama­ti­sa­tion show...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
1:26
Robert The Bruce Trail­er
Se­quel to Brave­heart...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
5:19
Anglo Saxon Heroes : Ed­mund Iron­side
An ac­count of Ed­mund Iron­sides strug­gles with the Vikings. Sec­ond in the Anglo Saxon Heroe...
pub­lished: 13 Mar 2011
au­thor: Fomeh Mar­tins
Charles II
Seated man of thin build with chest-length curly black hair
Charles II in the robes of the Order of the Garter,
by John Michael Wright or studio
King of Scotland
Reign 30 January 1649 – 3 September 1651[1]
Coronation 1 January 1651
Predecessor Charles I
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (more...)
Reign 29 May 1660[2] – 6 February 1685
Coronation 23 April 1661
Predecessor Charles I (de jure)
Council of State (de facto)
Successor James II & VII
Spouse Catherine of Braganza
Issue
Illegitimate:
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
House House of Stuart
Father Charles I
Mother Henrietta Maria of France
Born (1630-05-29)29 May 1630
(N.S.: 8 June 1630)
St. James's Palace, London England
Died 6 February 1685(1685-02-06) (aged 54)
(N.S.: 16 February 1685)
Whitehall Palace, London
Burial Westminster Abbey
Signature
Religion Anglican, converted to Roman Catholicism on his deathbed

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685)[3] was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. Although the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II King of Great Britain and Ireland in Edinburgh on 6 February 1649, the English Parliament instead passed a statute that made any such proclamation unlawful. England entered the period known as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth, and the country was a de facto republic, led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell defeated Charles at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, and Charles fled to mainland Europe. Cromwell became virtual dictator of England, Scotland and Ireland. Charles spent the next nine years in exile in France, the United Provinces and the Spanish Netherlands.

A political crisis that followed the death of Cromwell in 1658 resulted in the restoration of the monarchy, and Charles was invited to return to Britain. On 29 May 1660, his 30th birthday, he was received in London to public acclaim. After 1660, all legal documents were dated as if Charles had succeeded his father as king in 1649.

Charles's English parliament enacted laws known as the Clarendon Code, designed to shore up the position of the re-established Church of England. Charles acquiesced to the Clarendon Code even though he himself favoured a policy of religious tolerance. The major foreign policy issue of Charles's early reign was the Second Anglo-Dutch War. In 1670, Charles entered into the secret treaty of Dover, an alliance with his first cousin King Louis XIV of France. Louis agreed to aid Charles in the Third Anglo-Dutch War and pay Charles a pension, and Charles secretly promised to convert to Roman Catholicism at an unspecified future date. Charles attempted to introduce religious freedom for Catholics and Protestant dissenters with his 1672 Royal Declaration of Indulgence, but the English Parliament forced him to withdraw it. In 1679, Titus Oates's revelations of a supposed "Popish Plot" sparked the Exclusion Crisis when it was revealed that Charles's brother and heir (James, Duke of York) was a Roman Catholic. The crisis saw the birth of the pro-exclusion Whig and anti-exclusion Tory parties. Charles sided with the Tories, and, following the discovery of the Rye House Plot to murder Charles and James in 1683, some Whig leaders were killed or forced into exile. Charles dissolved the English Parliament in 1681, and ruled alone until his death on 6 February 1685. He was received into the Roman Catholic Church on his deathbed.

Charles was popularly known as the Merrie Monarch, in reference to both the liveliness and hedonism of his court and the general relief at the return to normality after over a decade of rule by Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans. Charles's wife, Catherine of Braganza, bore no children, but Charles acknowledged at least 12 illegitimate children by various mistresses. As illegitimate children were excluded from the succession, he was succeeded by his brother James.

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Early life[link]

Baby in white christening robe
Charles II as an infant in 1630, painting attributed to Justus van Egmont
Boy with shoulder-length black hair stands in a martial pose
Charles II when Prince of Wales.
Painted by William Dobson, circa 1642 or 1643

Charles was born in St. James's Palace on 29 May 1630. His parents were King Charles I, who ruled the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Queen Henrietta Maria, the sister of King Louis XIII of France. Charles was their second son and child. Their first son, who was born about a year before Charles, had died aged less than a day.[4] England, Scotland and Ireland were Christian countries, but worship was divided between different denominations such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, Presbyterianism, and Puritanism. Charles was baptised in the Chapel Royal on 27 June by the Anglican Bishop of London William Laud and brought up in the care of the Protestant Countess of Dorset, though his godparents included his mother's Catholic relations, Louis XIII and Marie de' Medici.[5] At birth, Charles automatically became Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, along with several other associated titles. At or around his eighth birthday, he was designated Prince of Wales, though he was never formally invested with the Honours of the Principality of Wales.[4]

During the 1640s, when Charles was still young, his father fought Parliamentary and Puritan forces in the English Civil War. Charles accompanied his father during the Battle of Edgehill and, at the age of fourteen, participated in the campaigns of 1645, when he was made titular commander of the English forces in the West Country.[6] By Spring 1646, his father was losing the war, and Charles left England due to fears for his safety, going first to the Isles of Scilly, then to Jersey, and finally to France, where his mother was already living in exile and his first cousin, eight-year-old Louis XIV, was king.[7]

In 1648, during the Second English Civil War, Charles moved to The Hague, where his sister Mary and his brother-in-law William II, Prince of Orange, seemed more likely to provide substantial aid to the royalist cause than the Queen's French relations.[8] However, the royalist fleet that came under Charles's control was not used to any advantage, and did not reach Scotland in time to join up with the royalist Engagers army of the Duke of Hamilton, before it was defeated at the Battle of Preston by the Parliamentarians.[9]

At The Hague, Charles had a brief affair with Lucy Walter, who later falsely claimed that they had secretly married.[10] Her son, James Crofts (afterwards Duke of Monmouth and Duke of Buccleuch), was one of Charles's many acknowledged illegitimate children who became prominent in British political life and society.

Charles I was captured in 1647. He escaped and was recaptured in 1648. Despite his son's diplomatic efforts to save him, Charles I was beheaded in 1649, and England became a republic. On 6 February, the Covenanter Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II as King of Great Britain in succession to his father, but refused to allow him to enter Scotland unless he accepted Presbyterianism throughout the British Isles.

The Scots Holding Their Young King's Nose To the Grindstone, from a satirical English pamphlet

When negotiations stalled, Charles authorised General Montrose to land in the Orkney Islands with a small army to threaten the Scots with invasion, in the hope of forcing an agreement more to his liking. Montrose feared that Charles would accept a compromise, and so chose to invade mainland Scotland anyway. He was captured and executed. Charles reluctantly promised that he would abide by the terms of a treaty agreed between him and the Scots Parliament at Breda, and support the Solemn League and Covenant, which authorised Presbyterian church governance across Britain. Upon his arrival in Scotland on 23 June 1650, Charles formally agreed to the Covenant; his abandonment of Episcopal church governance, although winning him support in Scotland, left him unpopular in England. Charles himself soon came to despise the "villainy" and "hypocrisy" of the Covenanters.[11]

A king in exile: Charles II painted by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1653

On 3 September 1650, the Covenanters were defeated at the Battle of Dunbar by a much smaller force led by Oliver Cromwell. The Scots forces were divided into royalist Engagers and Presbyterian Covenanters, who even fought each other. Disillusioned by the Covenanters, in October Charles attempted to escape from them and rode north to join with an Engager force, an event which became known as "the Start", but within two days the Presbyterians had caught up with and recovered him.[12] Nevertheless, the Scots remained Charles's best hope of restoration, and he was crowned King of Scotland at Scone on 1 January 1651. With Cromwell's forces threatening Charles's position in Scotland, it was decided to mount an attack on England. With many of the Scots (including Lord Argyll and other leading Covenanters) refusing to participate, and with few English royalists joining the force as it moved south into England, the invasion ended in defeat at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, after which Charles eluded capture by hiding in the Royal Oak at Boscobel House. Through six weeks of narrow escapes Charles managed to flee England in disguise, landing in Normandy on 16 October, despite a reward of £1,000 on his head, risk of death for anyone caught helping him and the difficulty in disguising Charles, who was unusually tall at over 6 feet (185 cm) high.[13][14]

Cromwell was appointed Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, effectively placing the British Isles under military rule. Impoverished, Charles could not obtain sufficient support to mount a serious challenge to Cromwell's government. Despite the Stuart family connections through Henrietta Maria and the Princess of Orange, France and the Dutch Republic allied themselves with Cromwell's government from 1654, forcing Charles to turn for aid to Spain, which at that time ruled the Southern Netherlands.[15] With Spanish money Charles raised a small army from his exiled subjects; it consisted of five infantry regiments plus a few troops of cavalry. This force formed the nucleus of the post-Restoration British Army.[16]

Restoration[link]

After the death of Cromwell in 1658, Charles's chances of regaining the Crown at first seemed slim as Cromwell was succeeded as Lord Protector by his son, Richard. However, the new Lord Protector, with no power base in either Parliament or the New Model Army, was forced to abdicate in 1659 and the Protectorate was abolished. During the civil and military unrest which followed, George Monck, the Governor of Scotland, was concerned that the nation would descend into anarchy.[17] Monck and his army marched into the City of London and forced the Rump Parliament to re-admit members of the Long Parliament excluded in December 1648 during Pride's Purge. The Long Parliament dissolved itself and for the first time in almost 20 years, there was a general election.[18] The outgoing Parliament designed the electoral qualifications so as to ensure, as they thought, the return of a Presbyterian majority.[19]

The restrictions against royalist candidates and voters were widely ignored, and the elections resulted in a House of Commons which was fairly evenly divided on political grounds between Royalists and Parliamentarians and on religious grounds between Anglicans and Presbyterians.[19] The new so-called Convention Parliament assembled on 25 April 1660, and soon afterwards received news of the Declaration of Breda, in which Charles agreed, amongst other things, to pardon many of his father's enemies. The English Parliament resolved to proclaim Charles king and invite him to return, a message that reached Charles at Breda on 8 May 1660.[20] In Ireland, a convention had been called earlier in the year, and on 14 May it declared for Charles as King.[21]

Seascape of vessels along a low-lying coastline
Charles sailed from his exile in the Netherlands to his restoration in England in May 1660. Painting by Lieve Verschuier.

He set out for England from Scheveningen, arrived in Dover on 25 May 1660 and reached London on 29 May, his 30th birthday. Although Charles and Parliament granted amnesty to Cromwell's supporters in the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, 50 people were specifically excluded.[22] In the end nine of the regicides were executed:[23] they were hanged, drawn and quartered; others were given life imprisonment or simply excluded from office for life. The bodies of Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton and John Bradshaw were subjected to the indignity of posthumous decapitations.[24]

Charles agreed to give up feudal dues that had been revived by his father; in return, the English Parliament granted him an annual income to run the government of £1.2 million, generated largely from customs and excise duties. The grant, however, proved to be insufficient for most of Charles's reign. The sum was only an indication of the maximum the King was allowed to withdraw from the Treasury each year; for the most part, the actual revenue was much lower, which led to mounting debts, and further attempts to raise money through poll taxes, land taxes and hearth taxes.

Early reign[link]

In the later half of 1660, Charles's joy at the Restoration was tempered by the deaths of his youngest brother, Henry, and sister, Mary, of smallpox. At around the same time, Anne Hyde, the daughter of the Lord Chancellor Edward Hyde, revealed that she was pregnant by Charles's brother, James, whom she had secretly married. Edward Hyde, who had not known of either the marriage or the pregnancy, was created Earl of Clarendon and his position as Charles's favourite minister was strengthened.[25]

Charles wearing a crown and ermine-lined cape
Charles in his Coronation robes.
Painted by John Michael Wright, circa 1661

The Convention Parliament was dissolved in December 1660, and Charles's coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661. Charles was the last sovereign to make the traditional procession from the Tower of London to Westminster Abbey the day before the coronation.[26] Shortly after the coronation, the second English Parliament of the reign assembled. Dubbed the Cavalier Parliament, it was overwhelmingly Royalist and Anglican. It sought to discourage non-conformity to the Church of England, and passed several acts to secure Anglican dominance. The Corporation Act 1661 required municipal officeholders to swear allegiance;[27] the Act of Uniformity 1662 made the use of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer compulsory; the Conventicle Act 1664 prohibited religious assemblies of more than five people, except under the auspices of the Church of England; and the Five Mile Act 1665 prohibited clergymen from coming within five miles (8 km) of a parish from which they had been banished. The Conventicle and Five Mile Acts remained in effect for the remainder of Charles's reign. The Acts became known as the "Clarendon Code", after Lord Clarendon, even though he was not directly responsible for them and even spoke against the Five Mile Act.[28]

The Restoration was accompanied by social change. Puritanism lost its momentum. Theatres reopened after having been closed during the protectorship of Oliver Cromwell, and bawdy "Restoration comedy" became a recognisable genre. Theatre licenses granted by Charles were the first in England to permit women to play female roles on stage (they were previously played by boys),[29] and Restoration literature celebrated or reacted to the restored court, which included libertines like John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. Of Charles II, Wilmot supposedly said:

We have a pretty witty king,
And whose word no man relies on,
He never said a foolish thing,
And never did a wise one"[30]

to which Charles supposedly said "that's true, for my words are my own, but my actions are those of my ministers".

Great Plague and Fire[link]

In 1665, Charles was faced with a great health crisis: the Great Plague of London. The death toll at one point reached a peak of 7,000 in the week of 17 September.[31] Charles, along with his family and court, fled London in July to Salisbury; Parliament met in Oxford.[32] Various attempts at containing the disease by London public health officials all fell in vain and the disease continued to spread rapidly.[33]

Adding to London's woes, but marking the end of the plague, was what later became known as the Great Fire of London, which started on 2 September 1666. The fire consumed about 13,200 houses and 87 churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral.[34] Charles and his brother James joined and directed the fire-fighting effort. The public blamed Roman Catholic conspirators for the fire,[35] although it had actually started in a bakehouse in Pudding Lane.[34]

Foreign and colonial policy[link]

Since 1640, Portugal had been fighting a war against Spain to restore its independence after a dynastic union of 60 years between the crowns of Spain and Portugal. Portugal had been helped by France, but in the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 Portugal was abandoned by its French ally. Upon Charles's restoration, Queen Luísa of Portugal, acting as regent, opened negotiations with England that resulted in an alliance. On 23 June 1661, a marriage treaty was signed, and in May 1662, Charles married Catherine of Braganza in the parish of St Thomas à Becket, Portsmouth.[4] Catherine's dowry brought the territories of Tangier and Bombay to British control. The latter had a major influence on the development of the British Empire in India. In an unpopular move the same year, Charles sold Dunkirk to his first cousin King Louis XIV of France for about £375,000.[36] The channel port, although a valuable strategic outpost, was a drain on Charles's limited finances.[37]

Obverse of medal
Charles II in profile on a medal struck in 1667 by John Roettier to commemorate the Second Dutch War

Before Charles's restoration, the Navigation Acts of 1650 had hurt Dutch trade by giving English vessels a monopoly, and had started the First Dutch War (1652–1654). To lay foundations for a new beginning, envoys of the States-General appeared in November 1660 with the Dutch Gift.[38] The Second Dutch War (1665–1667) was started by English attempts to muscle in on Dutch possessions in Africa and North America. The conflict began well for the English, with the capture of New Amsterdam (renamed New York in honour of Charles's brother James, Duke of York) and a victory at the Battle of Lowestoft, but in 1667 the Dutch launched a surprise attack on the English (the Raid on the Medway) when they sailed up the River Thames to where a major part of the English fleet was docked. Almost all of the ships were sunk except for the flagship, the Royal Charles, which was taken back to the Netherlands as a trophy.[39] The Second Dutch War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Breda (1667).

As a result of the Second Dutch War, Charles dismissed Lord Clarendon, whom he used as a scapegoat for the war.[40] Clarendon fled to France when impeached for high treason (which carried the penalty of death). Power passed to five politicians known collectively by a whimsical acronym as the CabalClifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley (afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury) and Lauderdale. In fact, the Cabal rarely acted in concert, and the court was often divided between two factions led by Arlington and Buckingham, with Arlington the more successful.[41]

In 1668, England allied itself with Sweden, and with its former enemy the Netherlands, in order to oppose Louis XIV in the War of Devolution. Louis made peace with the Triple Alliance, but he continued to maintain his aggressive intentions towards the Netherlands. In 1670, Charles, seeking to solve his financial troubles, agreed to the Treaty of Dover, under which Louis XIV would pay him £160,000 each year. In exchange, Charles agreed to supply Louis with troops and to announce his conversion to Roman Catholicism "as soon as the welfare of his kingdom will permit".[42] Louis was to provide him with 6,000 troops to suppress those who opposed the conversion. Charles endeavoured to ensure that the Treaty—especially the conversion clause—remained secret.[43] It remains unclear if Charles ever seriously intended to convert.[21]

Meanwhile, by a series of five charters, Charles granted the British East India Company the rights to autonomous territorial acquisitions, to mint money, to command fortresses and troops, to form alliances, to make war and peace, and to exercise both civil and criminal jurisdiction over the acquired areas in India.[44] Earlier in 1668 he leased the islands of Bombay for a nominal sum of £10 paid in gold.[45] The Portuguese territories that Catherine brought with her as dowry had proved too expensive to maintain; Tangier was abandoned.[46]

In 1670, Charles granted control of the entire Hudson Bay drainage basin to the Hudson's Bay Company by royal charter, and named the territory Rupert's Land, after his cousin Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the company's first Governor.[47]

Conflict with Parliament[link]

Although previously favourable to the Crown, the Cavalier Parliament was alienated by the king's wars and religious policies during the 1670s. In 1672, Charles issued the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, in which he purported to suspend all penal laws against Roman Catholics and other religious dissenters. In the same year, he openly supported Catholic France and started the Third Anglo-Dutch War.[48]

The Cavalier Parliament opposed the Declaration of Indulgence on constitutional grounds by claiming that the King had no right to arbitrarily suspend laws passed by Parliament. Charles withdrew the Declaration, and also agreed to the Test Act, which not only required public officials to receive the sacrament under the forms prescribed by the Church of England,[49] but also later forced them to denounce certain teachings of the Roman Catholic Church as "superstitious and idolatrous".[50] Clifford, who had converted to Catholicism, resigned rather than take the oath, and died shortly after. By 1674 England had gained nothing from the Anglo-Dutch War, and the Cavalier Parliament refused to provide further funds, forcing Charles to make peace. The power of the Cabal waned and that of Clifford's replacement, Lord Danby, grew.

Charles accepts a pineapple from a kneeling man in front of a grand country house
Charles was presented with the first pineapple grown in England in 1675, painting by Hendrick Danckerts.

Charles's wife Queen Catherine was unable to produce an heir; her four pregnancies had ended in miscarriages and stillbirths in 1662, February 1666, May 1668 and June 1669.[4] Charles's heir presumptive was therefore his unpopular Roman Catholic brother, James, Duke of York. Partly in order to assuage public fears that the royal family was too Catholic, Charles agreed that James's daughter, Mary, should marry the Protestant William of Orange.[51] In 1678, Titus Oates, who had been alternately an Anglican and Jesuit priest, falsely warned of a "Popish Plot" to assassinate the King, even accusing the Queen of complicity. Charles did not believe the allegations, but ordered his chief minister Lord Danby to investigate. While Lord Danby seems to have been rightly sceptical about Oates's claims, the Cavalier Parliament took them seriously.[52] The people were seized with an anti-Catholic hysteria;[53] judges and juries across the land condemned the supposed conspirators; numerous innocent individuals were executed.[54]

Later in 1678, Lord Danby was impeached by the House of Commons on the charge of high treason. Although much of the nation had sought war with Catholic France, Charles had secretly negotiated with Louis XIV, trying to reach an agreement under which England would remain neutral in return for money. Lord Danby had publicly professed that he was hostile to France, but had reservedly agreed to abide by Charles's wishes. Unfortunately for him, the House of Commons failed to view him as a reluctant participant in the scandal, instead believing that he was the author of the policy. To save Lord Danby from the impeachment trial, Charles dissolved the Cavalier Parliament in January 1679.[55]

The new English Parliament, which met in March of the same year, was quite hostile to Charles. Many members feared that he had intended to use the standing army to suppress dissent or impose Catholicism. However, with insufficient funds voted by Parliament, Charles was forced to gradually disband his troops. Having lost the support of Parliament, Lord Danby resigned his post of Lord High Treasurer, but received a pardon from the King. In defiance of the royal will, the House of Commons declared that the dissolution of Parliament did not interrupt impeachment proceedings, and that the pardon was therefore invalid. When the House of Lords attempted to impose the punishment of exile—which the Commons thought too mild—the impeachment became stalled between the two Houses. As he had been required to do so many times during his reign, Charles bowed to the wishes of his opponents, committing Lord Danby to the Tower of London. Lord Danby would be held there for another five years.[56]

Later years[link]

Charles faced a political storm over the succession to the Throne. The prospect of a Catholic monarch was vehemently opposed by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (previously Baron Ashley and a member of the Cabal, which had fallen apart in 1673). Shaftesbury's power base was strengthened when the House of Commons of 1679 introduced the Exclusion Bill, which sought to exclude the Duke of York from the line of succession. Some even sought to confer the Crown to the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, the eldest of Charles's illegitimate children. The Abhorrers—those who thought the Exclusion Bill was abhorrent—were named Tories (after a term for dispossessed Irish Catholic bandits), while the Petitioners—those who supported a petitioning campaign in favour of the Exclusion Bill—became called Whigs (after a term for rebellious Scottish Presbyterians).[57]

Silver coin
Half crown of Charles II, 1683. The inscription reads CAROLUS II DEI GRATIA (Charles II by the Grace of God).

Fearing that the Exclusion Bill would be passed, and bolstered by some acquittals in the continuing Plot trials, which seemed to him to indicate a more favourable public mood towards Catholicism, Charles dissolved the English Parliament, for a second time that year, in the summer of 1679. Charles's hopes for a more moderate Parliament were not fulfilled, within a few months he had dissolved Parliament yet again, after it sought to pass the Exclusion Bill. When a new Parliament assembled at Oxford in March 1681, Charles dissolved it for a fourth time after just a few days.[58] During the 1680s, however, popular support for the Exclusion Bill ebbed, and Charles experienced a nationwide surge of loyalty, for many of his subjects felt that Parliament had been too assertive. Lord Shaftesbury was charged with treason and fled to Holland, where he died. For the remainder of his reign, Charles ruled without Parliament.[59]

Charles's opposition to the Exclusion Bill angered some Protestants. Protestant conspirators formulated the Rye House Plot, a plan to murder the King and the Duke of York as they returned to London after horse races in Newmarket. A great fire, however, destroyed Charles's lodgings at Newmarket, which forced him to leave the races early thus, inadvertently, avoiding the planned attack. News of the failed plot was leaked.[60] Protestant politicians such as Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, Algernon Sydney, Lord William Russell and the Duke of Monmouth were implicated in the plot. Lord Essex slit his own throat while imprisoned in the Tower of London; Sydney and Russell were executed for high treason on very flimsy evidence; and the Duke of Monmouth went into exile at the court of William of Orange. Lord Danby and the surviving Catholic lords held in the Tower were released and the King's Catholic brother, James, acquired greater influence at court.[61] Titus Oates was convicted and imprisoned for defamation.[62]

Charles suffered a sudden apoplectic fit on the morning of 2 February 1685, and died aged 54 at 11:45 am four days later at Whitehall Palace.[63] The suddenness of his illness and death led to suspicion of poison in the minds of many, including one of the royal doctors; however, more modern medical analysis has held that the symptoms of his final illness are similar to those of uraemia (a clinical syndrome due to kidney dysfunction).[64] On his deathbed Charles asked his brother, James, to look after his mistresses: "be well to Portsmouth, and let not poor Nelly starve",[65] and told his courtiers: "I am sorry, gentlemen, for being such a time a-dying."[66] On the last evening of his life he was received into the Roman Catholic Church, though the extent to which he was fully conscious or committed, and with whom the idea originated, is unclear.[67] He was buried in Westminster Abbey "without any manner of pomp"[66] on 14 February[68] and was succeeded by his brother who became James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland.

Posterity and legacy[link]

Statue of Charles II as a Roman Caesar, erected in Parliament Square Edinburgh in 1685
Gilt statue
A 1676 statue of Charles II in ancient Roman dress by Grinling Gibbons has stood in the Figure Court of the Royal Hospital Chelsea since 1692.

Charles had no legitimate children, but acknowledged a dozen by seven mistresses,[69] including five by the notorious Barbara Villiers, Lady Castlemaine, for whom the Dukedom of Cleveland was created. His other mistresses included Moll Davis, Nell Gwyn, Elizabeth Killigrew, Catherine Pegge, Lucy Walter, and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. The public resented paying taxes that were spent on them and their children,[70] many of whom received dukedoms or earldoms. The present Dukes of Buccleuch, Richmond, Grafton and St Albans descend from Charles in direct male line.[71] Diana, Princess of Wales, was descended from two of Charles's illegitimate sons: the Dukes of Grafton and Richmond. Diana's son, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British Throne, is likely to be the first monarch descended from Charles II.

Charles's eldest son, the Duke of Monmouth, led a rebellion against James II, but was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685, captured and executed. James was eventually dethroned in 1688, in the course of the Glorious Revolution. He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to rule Britain.

Looking back on Charles's reign, Tories tended to view it as a time of benevolent monarchy whereas Whigs perceived it as a terrible despotism. Today it is possible to assess Charles without the taint of partisanship, and he is seen as more of a lovable rogue—in the words of his contemporary John Evelyn: "a prince of many virtues and many great imperfections, debonair, easy of access, not bloody or cruel".[72] John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, wrote more lewdly of Charles:

Restless he rolls from whore to whore
A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.[73]

Charles, a patron of the arts and sciences, founded the Royal Observatory and supported the Royal Society, a scientific group whose early members included Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle and Sir Isaac Newton. Charles was the personal patron of Sir Christopher Wren, the architect who helped rebuild London after the Great Fire and who constructed the Royal Hospital Chelsea, which Charles founded as a home for retired soldiers in 1682.

The anniversary of the Restoration (which was also Charles's birthday)—29 May—was recognised in England until the mid-nineteenth century as Oak Apple Day, after the Royal Oak in which Charles hid during his escape from the forces of Oliver Cromwell. Traditional celebrations involved the wearing of oak leaves but these have now died out.[74] Charles II is commemorated by statues in London's Soho Square,[75] in Edinburgh's Parliament Square and near the south portal of Lichfield Cathedral, and is depicted extensively in literature and other media.

Titles, styles, honours and arms[link]

Royal styles of
Charles II of England
Royal Arms of England (1399-1603).svg
Reference style His Majesty
Spoken style Your Majesty
Alternative style Sire
Royal styles of
Charles II of Scotland
Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland.svg
Reference style His Grace
Spoken style Your Grace
Alternative style Sire

Titles and styles[link]

  • 29 May 1630 – May 1638: The Duke of Cornwall
  • May 1638 – 30 January 1649: The Prince of Wales
  • 30 January 1649 – 6 February 1685: His Majesty The King
    • in Scotland: His Grace The King

The official style of Charles II was "Charles the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc."[76] The claim to France was only nominal, and had been asserted by every English King since Edward III, regardless of the amount of French territory actually controlled.

Honours[link]

Arms[link]

As Prince of Wales, Charles's coat of arms was the royal arms (which he later inherited), differenced by a label of three points Argent.[77] His arms as monarch were: Quarterly, I and IV Grandquarterly, Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or (for France) and Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England); II Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland).

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Coat of arms as Prince of Wales  
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Coat of arms of Charles II  
Coat of arms of Charles II in Scotland  

Issue[link]

By Marguerite or Margaret de Carteret

  1. Letters claiming that she bore Charles a son named James de la Cloche in 1646 are dismissed by historians as forgeries.[78]

By Lucy Walter (c.1630–1658)

  1. James Crofts, later Scott (1649–1685), created Duke of Monmouth (1663) in England and Duke of Buccleuch (1663) in Scotland. Ancestor of Sarah, Duchess of York. Monmouth was born nine months after Walter and Charles II first met, and was acknowledged as his son by Charles II, but James II suggested that he was the son of another of her lovers, Colonel Robert Sidney, rather than Charles. Lucy Walter had a daughter, Mary Crofts, born after James in 1651, but Charles II was not the father, since he and Walter parted in September 1649.[4]

By Elizabeth Killigrew (1622–1680), daughter of Sir Robert Killigrew, married Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon in 1660

  1. Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria FitzRoy (1650–1684), married firstly James Howard and secondly William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth

By Catherine Pegge

  1. Charles FitzCharles (1657–1680), known as "Don Carlo", created Earl of Plymouth (1675)
  2. Catherine FitzCharles (born 1658; she either died young or became a nun at Dunkirk)[79]

By Barbara née Villiers (1641–1709), wife of Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine; created Duchess of Cleveland in her own right

  1. Anne Palmer (Fitzroy) (1661–1722), married Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex. She may have been the daughter of Roger Palmer, but Charles accepted her.[80]
  2. Charles Fitzroy (1662–1730), created Duke of Southampton (1675), became 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1709)
  3. Henry Fitzroy (1663–1690), created Earl of Euston (1672), Duke of Grafton (1675), also 7-greats-grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
  4. Charlotte Fitzroy (1664–1717), married Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield
  5. George Fitzroy (1665–1716), created Earl of Northumberland (1674), Duke of Northumberland (1678)
  6. Barbara (Benedicta) Fitzroy (1672–1737) – She was probably the child of John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, who was another of Cleveland's many lovers,[81] and was never acknowledged by Charles as his own daughter.[82]

By Nell Gwyn (1650–1687)

  1. Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726), created Duke of St Albans (1684)
  2. James, Lord Beauclerk (1671–1680)

By Louise Renée de Penancoet de Kérouaille (1649–1734), created Duchess of Portsmouth in her own right (1673)

  1. Charles Lennox (1672–1723), created Duke of Richmond (1675) in England and Duke of Lennox (1675) in Scotland. Ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; and Sarah, Duchess of York.

By Mary 'Moll' Davis, courtesan and actress of repute[83]

  1. Lady Mary Tudor (1673–1726), married Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater; after Edward's death, she married Henry Graham, and upon his death she married James Rooke.

Other probable mistresses:

  1. Christabella Wyndham[84]
  2. Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin[85]
  3. Winifred Wells – one of the Queen's Maids of Honour[86]
  4. Jane Roberts – the daughter of a clergyman[86]
  5. Elizabeth Berkeley, née Bagot, Dowager Countess of Falmouth – the widow of Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth[86][87]
  6. Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare[86]

Ancestry[link]

Footnotes[link]

  1. ^ From the death of his father to his defeat at the Battle of Worcester
  2. ^ The traditional date of the Restoration marking the first assembly of King and Parliament together since the abolition of the monarchy in 1649. The English Parliament recognised Charles as King of England by unanimous vote on the 2 May 1660, and he was proclaimed King in London on 8 May, although royalists had recognised him as such since the execution of his father on 30 January 1649. During Charles's reign all legal documents were dated as if his reign began at his father's death.
  3. ^ All dates in this article unless otherwise noted are given in the Julian calendar with the start of year adjusted to 1 January (see Old Style and New Style dates).
  4. ^ a b c d e f Weir, Alison (1996), Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised edition, Random House, pp. 255–257, ISBN 0-7126-7448-9 
  5. ^ Fraser, p.13 and Hutton, pp.1–4
  6. ^ Fraser, p.32 and Hutton, pp.6–7
  7. ^ Fraser, pp.38–45 and Miller, Charles II p.6
  8. ^ Fraser, pp.55–56
  9. ^ Fraser, pp.57–60
  10. ^ Fraser, pp.65–66, 155, Hutton, p.26, and Miller, Charles II p.5
  11. ^ Fraser, p.97 and Hutton, p.53
  12. ^ Fraser, pp.96–97 and Hutton, pp.56–57
  13. ^ Fraser, pp.98–128 and Hutton, pp.53–69
  14. ^ One thousand pounds was a vast sum at the time, greater than an average workman's lifetime earnings (Fraser, p.117).
  15. ^ Hutton, pp.74–112
  16. ^ Fraser, p. 21
  17. ^ Fraser, pp.160–165
  18. ^ Diary of Samuel Pepys, 16 March 1660
  19. ^ a b Miller, Charles II pp.24–25
  20. ^ Hutton, p.131
  21. ^ a b Seaward, Paul (September 2004; online edn, January 2008) "Charles II (1630–1685)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5144, retrieved 19 April 2010 (Subscription required)
  22. ^ Fraser, p.190
  23. ^ Charles II (r. 1660–1685), Official website of the British Monarchy, http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensoftheUnitedKingdom/TheStuarts/CharlesII.aspx, retrieved 19 April 2010 
  24. ^ Fraser, p.185
  25. ^ Fraser, pp.210–202, Hutton, pp.155–156 and Miller, Charles II pp.43–44
  26. ^ Keay, A. (2002), The Crown Jewels, Historic Royal Palaces, ISBN 1-873993-20-X 
  27. ^ Hutton, p.169
  28. ^ Hutton, p.229
  29. ^ Hutton, p.185
  30. ^ Papers of Thomas Hearne (17 November 1706) quoted in Doble, C. E. (editor) (1885) Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne Volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press for the Oxford Historical Society, p. 308
  31. ^ Fraser, p.238
  32. ^ Miller, Charles II p.120
  33. ^ Defoe, Daniel (1894), History of the Plague in England, New York: American Book Company, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17221 
  34. ^ a b Porter, Stephen (January 2007), "The great fire of London", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press), http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/themes/95/95647.html, retrieved 19 April 2010  (Subscription required)
  35. ^ Fraser, pp.243–247 and Miller, Charles II pp.121–122
  36. ^ Miller, Charles II pp.93, 99
  37. ^ It cost the Treasury £321,000 per year (Hutton, p.184).
  38. ^ Israel, J.I., The Dutch Republic; Its rise, greatness, and fall 1477–1806 (Oxford 1998), p. 749-750.
  39. ^ The ship's transom is on display at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
  40. ^ Hutton, pp.250–251
  41. ^ Hutton, p.254 and Miller, Charles II p.175–176
  42. ^ Fraser, p.275
  43. ^ Fraser, p.275–276 and Miller, Charles II p.180
  44. ^ "East India Company" (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Volume 8, p.835
  45. ^ Bombay: History of a City, The British Library Board, http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/trading/bombay/history.html, retrieved 19 April 2010 
  46. ^ Hutton, p.426
  47. ^ The Royal Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company, http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/collections/archival/charter/, retrieved 14 December 2010 
  48. ^ Fraser, pp.305–308 and Hutton, pp.284–285
  49. ^ Raithby, John (ed.) (1819), "Charles II, 1672: An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants", Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628–80: 782–785, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47451, retrieved 19 April 2010 
  50. ^ Raithby, John (ed.) (1819), "Charles II, 1678: (Stat. 2.) An Act for the more effectuall preserving the Kings Person and Government by disableing Papists from sitting in either House of Parlyament", Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628–80: 894–896, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47482, retrieved 19 April 2010 
  51. ^ Fraser, pp.347–348 and Hutton, pp.345–346
  52. ^ Hutton, pp.359–362
  53. ^ Fraser, p.360
  54. ^ Fraser, p.375
  55. ^ Miller, Charles II pp.278, 301–304
  56. ^ Hutton, pp.367–374 and Miller, Charles II pp.306–309
  57. ^ Hutton, pp. 373, 377, 391 and Miller, Charles II pp.310–320
  58. ^ Hutton, pp.376–401 and Miller Charles II pp.314–345
  59. ^ Hutton, pp.430–441
  60. ^ Fraser, p.426
  61. ^ Hutton, pp.420–423 and Miller Charles II pp.366–368
  62. ^ Fraser, p.437
  63. ^ Fraser, p.450 and Hutton, p.443
  64. ^ "Nova et Vetera". British Medical Journal 2.4064 (1938): 1089.
  65. ^ Fraser, p.456
  66. ^ a b Bryant, Mark (2001). Private Lives. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-35758-8 p.73
  67. ^ Hutton, pp.443 and 456
  68. ^ Fraser, p.459
  69. ^ Fraser, p.411
  70. ^ Hutton, p.338
  71. ^ Fraser, p.413
  72. ^ Miller, Charles II pp.382–383
  73. ^ Quoted in Miller, Charles II p.95
  74. ^ Fraser, p.118
  75. ^ "Soho Square Area: Portland Estate: Soho Square Garden", Survey of London: Volumes 33 and 34, pp.51–53, 1966, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41027, retrieved 19 April 2010 
  76. ^ Guinness Book of Answers (1991), p. 708
  77. ^ Velde, François (19 April 2008), Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family, Heraldica, http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm, retrieved 19 April 2010 
  78. ^ Fraser, pp.43–44 and Hutton, p.25
  79. ^ Hutton, p.125
  80. ^ Cokayne, George E.; Revised and enlarged by Gibbs, Vicary; Edited by Doubleday, H. A., Warrand, D., and de Walden, Lord Howard (1926), "Appendix F. Bastards of Charles II", The Complete Peerage, London: St. Catherine Press, Volume VI, pp.706–708 
  81. ^ Miller, Charles II pp.97, 123
  82. ^ Fraser, pp.65 and 286
  83. ^ Fraser, p.287
  84. ^ Fraser, p.37 and Miller, Charles II p.5
  85. ^ Fraser, pp.341–342, Hutton, p.336 and Miller, Charles II p.228
  86. ^ a b c d Fraser, p.285 and Hutton, p.262
  87. ^ Melville, Lewis (2005) [1928], The Windsor Beauties: Ladies of the Court of Charles II, Loving Healing Press, ISBN 1-932690-13-1, http://books.google.com/?id=FCxRqOrMVQUC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=charles+ii+bagot, retrieved 19 April 2010 

References[link]

Further reading[link]

  • Hanrahan, David C. (2006), Charles II and the Duke of Buckingham: The Merry Monarch and the Aristocratic Rogue, Stroud: Sutton, ISBN 0-7509-3916-8 
  • Harris, Tim (2005), Restoration: Charles II and his kingdoms, 1660–1685, London: Allen Lane, ISBN 0-7139-9191-7 
  • Keay, Anna (2008), The Magnificent Monarch: Charles II and the Ceremonies of Power, London: Hambledon Continuum, ISBN 978-1-84725-225-8 
  • Kenyon, J. P. (1957), "Review Article: The Reign of Charles II", Cambridge Historical Journal XIII: 82–86 
  • Miller, John (1985), Restoration England: the reign of Charles II, London: Longman, ISBN 0-582-35396-3 

External links[link]

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Charles II of England
Born: 29 May 1630 Died: 6 February 1685
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England
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England Listeni/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.[6][7][8] It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world.[9] The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations.[10] The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.[11] England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.[12]

England's terrain mostly comprises low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there are uplands in the north (for example, the mountainous Lake District, Pennines, and Yorkshire Dales) and in the south west (for example, Dartmoor and the Cotswolds). The former capital city of England was Winchester until London took over in 1066. Today London is the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures.[nb 3] England's population is about 51 million, around 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, and is largely concentrated in London, the South East and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century. Meadowlands and pastures are found beyond the major cities.

The Kingdom of England—which after 1284 included Wales—was a sovereign state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain.[13][14] In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland through another Act of Union to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the Irish Free State was established as a separate dominion, but the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 reincorporated into the kingdom six Irish counties to officially create the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

[edit] Toponymy

The name "England" is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means "land of the Angles".[15] The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages. The Angles came from the Angeln peninsula in the Bay of Kiel area of the Baltic Sea.[16] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of "England" to refer to the southern part of the island of Great Britain occurs in 897, and its modern spelling was first used in 1538.[17]

The earliest attested mention of the name occurs in the 1st century work by Tacitus, Germania, in which the Latin word Anglii is used.[18] The etymology of the tribal name itself is disputed by scholars; it has been suggested that it derives from the shape of the Angeln peninsula, an angular shape.[19] How and why a term derived from the name of a tribe that was less significant than others, such as the Saxons, came to be used for the entire country and its people is not known, but it seems this is related to the custom of calling the Germanic people in Britain Angli Saxones or English Saxons.[20] It may be worth noting that in Scottish Gaelic, another language which developed on the island of Great Britain, it was the dominant Saxon tribe who gave their name to the word for 'England' ("Sasunn").[21]

An alternative name for England is Albion. The name Albion originally referred to the entire island of Great Britain. The earliest record of the name appears in the Aristotelian Corpus, specifically the 4th century BC De Mundo:[22] "Beyond the Pillars of Hercules is the ocean that flows round the earth. In it are two very large islands called Britannia; these are Albion and Ierne".[22] The word Albion (Ἀλβίων) or insula Albionum has two possible origins. It either derives from a cognate of the Latin albus meaning white, a reference to the white cliffs of Dover, the only part of Britain visible from the European Continent,[23] or from the phrase in Massaliote Periplus, the "island of the Albiones".[24] Albion is now applied to England in a more poetic capacity.[25] Another romantic name for England is Loegria, related to the Welsh word for England, Lloegr, and made popular by its use in Arthurian legend.

History[link]

Prehistory and antiquity[link]

The earliest known evidence of human presence in the area now known as England was that of Homo antecessor, dating to approximately 780,000 years ago. The oldest proto-human bones discovered in England date from 500,000 years ago.[26] Modern humans are known to have first inhabited the area during the Upper Paleolithic period, though permanent settlements were only established within the last 6,000 years.[27][28] After the last ice age only large mammals such as mammoths, bison and woolly rhinoceros remained. Roughly 11,000 years ago, when the ice sheets began to recede, humans repopulated the area; genetic research suggests they came from the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula.[29] The sea level was lower than now, and Britain was connected by land to both Ireland and Eurasia.[30] As the seas rose, it was separated from Ireland 10,000 years ago and from Eurasia two millennia later.

The Beaker culture arrived around 2500 BC, introducing drinking and food vessels constructed from clay, as well as vessels used as reduction pots to smelt copper ores.[31] It was during this time that major Neolithic monuments such as Stonehenge and Avebury were constructed. By heating together tin and copper, both of which were in abundance in the area, the Beaker culture people made bronze, and later iron from iron ores. The development of iron smelting allowed the construction of better ploughs, advancing agriculture (for instance, with Celtic fields), as well as the production of more effective weapons.[32]

According to John T. Koch and others, England in the Late Bronze Age was part of a maritime trading-networked culture called the Atlantic Bronze Age that included the whole of the British Isles and much of what we now regard as France together with the Iberian Peninsula. Celtic languages developed in those areas; Tartessian may have been the earliest written Celtic language.[33][34][35]

Painting of woman, with outstretched arm, in white dress with red cloak and helmet, with other human figures to her right and below her to the left.
Boudica led an uprising against the Roman Empire.

During the Iron Age, Celtic culture, deriving from the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures, arrived from Central Europe. Brythonic was the spoken language during this time. Society was tribal; according to Ptolemy's Geographia there were around 20 different tribes in the area. However, earlier divisions are unknown because the Britons were not literate. Like other regions on the edge of the Empire, Britain had long enjoyed trading links with the Romans. Julius Caesar of the Roman Republic attempted to invade twice in 55 BC; although largely unsuccessful, he managed to set up a client king from the Trinovantes.

The Romans invaded Britain in AD 43 during the reign of Emperor Claudius, subsequently conquering much of Britain, and the area was incorporated into the Roman Empire as Britannia province.[36] The best-known of the native tribes who attempted to resist were the Catuvellauni led by Caratacus. Later, an uprising led by Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, ended with Boudica's suicide following her defeat at the Battle of Watling Street.[37] This era saw a Greco-Roman culture prevail with the introduction of Roman law, Roman architecture, sewage systems, many agricultural items, and silk.[38][39][40] In the 3rd century, Emperor Septimius Severus died at Eboracum (modern-day York), where Constantine was subsequently proclaimed emperor.[41]

There is debate about when Christianity was first introduced; it was no later than the 4th century, with probability lying much earlier. According to Bede, missionaries were sent from Rome by Eleutherius at the request of the chieftain Lucius of Britain in AD 180 to settle controverted points of differences as to Eastern and Western ceremonials which were disturbing the church. There are, however, traditions linked to Glastonbury claiming an introduction through Joseph of Arimathea, while others claim through Lucius of Britain.[42] By 410, as the Empire declined, Britain was left exposed by the withdrawal of Roman army units, to defend the frontiers in continental Europe and partake in civil wars.[43]

Middle Ages[link]

Studded and decorated metallic mask of human face.
Replica of a 7th century ceremonial helmet from the Kingdom of East Anglia, found at Sutton Hoo.

Roman military withdrawals left Britain open to invasion by pagan, seafaring warriors from north-western continental Europe, chiefly the Angles, Saxons and Jutes who had long raided the coasts of the Roman province and now began to settle, initially in the eastern part of the country.[43] Their advance was contained for some decades after the Britons' victory at the Battle of Mount Badon, but subsequently resumed, over-running the fertile lowlands of Britain and reducing the area under Brythonic control to a series of separate enclaves in the more rugged country to the west by the end of the 6th century. Contemporary texts describing this period are extremely scarce, giving rise to its description as a Dark Age. The nature and progression of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain is consequently subject to considerable disagreement. Christianity had in general disappeared from the conquered territories, but was reintroduced by missionaries from Rome led by Augustine from 597 onwards and by Irish missionaries led by Aidan around the same time.[44] Disputes between the varying influences represented by these missions ended in victory for the Roman tradition.

During the settlement period the lands ruled by the incomers seem to have been fragmented into numerous tribal territories, but by the 7th century, when substantial evidence of the situation again becomes available, these had coalesced into roughly a dozen kingdoms including Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, East Anglia, Essex, Kent and Sussex. Over the following centuries this process of political consolidation continued.[45] The 7th century saw a struggle for hegemony between Northumbria and Mercia, which in the 8th century gave way to Mercian preeminence.[46] In the early 9th century Mercia was displaced as the foremost kingdom by Wessex. Later in that century escalating attacks by the Danes culminated in the conquest of the north and east of England, overthrowing the kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia. Wessex under Alfred the Great was left as the only surviving English kingdom, and under his successors it steadily expanded at the expense of the kingdoms of the Danelaw. This brought about the political unification of England, first accomplished under Æthelstan in 927 and definitively established after further conflicts by Eadred in 953. A fresh wave of Scandinavian attacks from the late 10th century ended with the conquest of this united kingdom by Sweyn Forkbeard in 1013 and again by his son Cnut in 1016, turning it into the centre of a short-lived North Sea empire that also included Denmark and Norway. However the native royal dynasty was restored with the accession of Edward the Confessor in 1042.

King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.
King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, fought on Saint Crispin's Day and concluded with an English victory against a larger French army in the Hundred Years' War.

A dispute over the succession to Edward led to the Norman conquest of England in 1066, accomplished by an army led by Duke William of Normandy.[47] The Normans themselves originated from Scandinavia and had settled in Normandy in the late 9th and early 10th centuries.[48] This conquest led to the almost total dispossession of the English elite and its replacement by a new French-speaking aristocracy, whose speech had a profound and permanent effect on the English language.[49]

The House of Plantagenet from Anjou inherited the English throne under Henry II, adding England to the budding Angevin Empire of fiefs the family had inherited in France including Aquitaine.[50] They reigned for three centuries, proving noted monarchs such as Richard I, Edward I, Edward III and Henry V.[50] The period saw changes in trade and legislation, including the signing of the Magna Carta, an English legal charter used to limit the sovereign's powers by law and protect the privileges of freemen. Catholic monasticism flourished, providing philosophers and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge were founded with royal patronage. The Principality of Wales became a Plantagenet fief during the 13th century[51] and the Lordship of Ireland was gifted to the English monarchy by the Pope.

During the 14th century, the Plantagenets and House of Valois both claimed to be legitimate claimants to House of Capet and with it France—the two powers clashed in the Hundred Years' War.[52] The Black Death epidemic hit England, starting in 1348, it eventually killed up to half of England's inhabitants.[53][54] From 1453 to 1487 civil war between two branches of the royal family occurred—the Yorkists and Lancastrians—known as the Wars of the Roses.[55] Eventually it led to the Yorkists losing the throne entirely to a Welsh noble family the Tudors, a branch of the Lancastrians headed by Henry Tudor who invaded with Welsh and Breton mercenaries, gaining victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field where the Yorkist king Richard III was killed.[56]

Early Modern[link]

During the Tudor period, the Renaissance reached England through Italian courtiers, who reintroduced artistic, educational and scholarly debate from classical antiquity.[57] During this time England began to develop naval skills, and exploration to the West intensified.[58][59]

Henry VIII broke from communion with the Catholic Church, over issues relating to divorce, under the Acts of Supremacy in 1534 which proclaimed the monarch head of the Church of England. In contrast with much of European Protestantism, the roots of the split were more political than theological.[nb 4] He also legally incorporated his ancestral land Wales into the Kingdom of England with the 1535–1542 acts. There were internal religious conflicts during the reigns of Henry's daughters, Mary I and Elizabeth I. The former brought the country back to Catholicism, while the later broke from it again, more forcefully asserting the supremacy of Anglicanism.

An English fleet under Francis Drake defeated an invading Spanish Armada during the Elizabethan period. Competing with Spain, the first English colony in the Americas was founded in 1585 by explorer Walter Raleigh in Virginia and named Roanoke. The Roanoke colony failed and is known as the lost colony, after it was found abandoned on the return of the late arriving supply ship.[61] With the East India Company, England also competed with the Dutch and French in the East. The political structure of the island was changed in 1603, when the Stuart James VI of Scotland, a kingdom which was a longtime rival, inherited the throne of England as James I—creating a personal union .[62][63] He styled himself King of Great Britain, although this had no basis in English law.[64] Under the auspices of King James VI and I the so called Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible was published in 1611. It has not only been ranked with Shakespeare's works as the greatest masterpiece of literature in the English language, but also has been the standard version of the Bible most Christians have read for four hundred years.

Painting of seated male figure, with long black hair wearing a white cape and breeches.
The English Restoration restored the monarchy under King Charles II and peace after the English Civil War.

Based on conflicting political, religious and social positions, the English Civil War was fought between the supporters of Parliament and those of King Charles I, known as Roundheads and Cavaliers respectively. This was an interwoven part of the wider multifaceted Wars of the Three Kingdoms, involving Scotland and Ireland. The Parliamentarians were victorious, Charles I was executed and the kingdom replaced with the Commonwealth. Leader of the Parliament forces, Oliver Cromwell declared himself Lord Protector in 1653, a period of personal rule followed.[65] After Cromwell's death, and his son Richard's resignation as Lord Protector, Charles II was invited to return as monarch in 1660 with the Restoration. It was now constitutionally established that King and Parliament should rule together, though Parliament would have the real power. This was established with the Bill of Rights in 1689. Among the statutes set down were that the law could only be made by Parliament and could not be suspended by the King, and the King could not impose taxes or raise an army without prior approval by Parliament.[66] With the founding of the Royal Society in 1660, science was greatly encouraged.

The Great Fire of London in 1666 gutted the City of London but it was rebuilt shortly afterwards.[67] In Parliament two factions had emerged—the Tories and Whigs. The former were royalists while the latter were classical liberals. Though the Tories initially supported Catholic king James II, some of them, along with the Whigs, deposed him in the Revolution of 1688 and invited Dutch prince William III to become monarch. Some English people, especially in the north, were Jacobites and continued to support James and his sons. After the parliaments of England and Scotland agreed,[68] the two countries joined in political union, to create the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.[62] To accommodate the union, institutions such as the law and national church of each remained separate.[69]

Late Modern and contemporary[link]

A stone factory stands against a vivid blue sky, its reflection mirrored in the waters below.
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, is a model mill town from the Industrial Revolution, and a World Heritage Site.

Under the newly formed Kingdom of Great Britain, output from the Royal Society and other English initiatives combined with the Scottish Enlightenment to create innovations in science and engineering. This paved the way for the establishment of the British Empire. Domestically it drove the Industrial Revolution, a period of profound change in the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of England, resulting in industrialised agriculture, manufacture, engineering and mining, as well as new and pioneering road, rail and water networks to facilitate their expansion and development.[70] The opening of Northwest England's Bridgewater Canal in 1761 ushered in the canal age in Britain.[71][72] In 1825 the world's first permanent steam locomotive-hauled passenger railway—the Stockton and Darlington Railway—opened to the public.[71]

During the Industrial Revolution, many workers moved from England's countryside to new and expanding urban industrial areas to work in factories, for instance at Manchester and Birmingham, dubbed "Warehouse City" and "Workshop of the World" respectively.[73][74] England maintained relative stability throughout the French Revolution; William Pitt the Younger was British Prime Minister for the reign of George III. During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon planned to invade from the south-east. However this failed to manifest and the Napoleonic forces were defeated by the British at sea by Lord Nelson and on land by the Duke of Wellington. The Napoleonic Wars fostered a concept of Britishness and a united national British people, shared with the Scots and Welsh.[75]

A cuboid granite cenotaph.
The Cenotaph, Whitehall is a memorial to members of the British Armed Forces who died during the two World Wars.

London became the largest and most populous metropolitan area in the world during the Victorian era, and trade within the British Empire—as well as the standing of the British military and navy—was prestigious.[76] Political agitation at home from radicals such as the Chartists and the suffragettes enabled legislative reform and universal suffrage.[77] Power shifts in east-central Europe led to World War I; hundreds of thousands of English soldiers died fighting for the United Kingdom as part of the Allies.[nb 5] Two decades later, in World War II, the United Kingdom was again one of the Allies. At the end of the Phoney War, Winston Churchill became the wartime Prime Minister. Developments in warfare technology saw many cities damaged by air-raids during the Blitz. Following the war, the British Empire experienced rapid decolonisation, and there was a speeding up of technological innovations; automobiles became the primary means of transport and Frank Whittle's development of the jet engine led to wider air travel.[79] Residential patterns were altered in England by private motoring, and by the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948. England's NHS provided publicly funded health care to all UK permanent residents free at the point of need, being paid for from general taxation. Combined, these changes prompted the reform of local government in England in the mid-20th century.[80][81]

Since the 20th century there has been significant population movement to England, mostly from other parts of the British Isles, but also from the Commonwealth, particularly the Indian subcontinent.[82] Since the 1970s there has been a large move away from manufacturing and an increasing emphasis on the service industry.[83] As part of the United Kingdom, the area joined a common market initiative called the European Economic Community which became the European Union. Since the late 20th century the administration of the United Kingdom has moved towards devolved governance in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.[84] England and Wales continues to exist as a jurisdiction within the United Kingdom.[85] Devolution has stimulated a greater emphasis on a more English-specific identity and patriotism.[86][87] There is no devolved English government, but an attempt to create a similar system on a sub-regional basis was rejected by referendum.[88]

Governance[link]

Politics[link]

As part of the United Kingdom, the basic political system in England is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system.[89] There has not been a Government of England since 1707, when the Acts of Union 1707, putting into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union, joined England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.[68] Before the union England was ruled by its monarch and the Parliament of England. Today England is governed directly by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, although other countries of the United Kingdom have devolved governments.[90] In the House of Commons which is the lower house of the British Parliament based at the Palace of Westminster, there are 532 Members of Parliament (MPs) for constituencies in England, out of the 650 total.[91]

In the United Kingdom general election, 2010 the Conservative Party had won an absolute majority in England's 532 contested seats with 61 seats more than all other parties combined (the Speaker of the House not being counted as a Conservative). However, taking Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales into account this was not enough to secure an overall majority, resulting in a hung parliament.[92] In order to achieve a majority the Conservative party, headed by David Cameron, entered into a coalition agreement with the third largest party, the Liberal Democrats, led by Nick Clegg. Subsequently the Labour Party leader, Gordon Brown was forced to step down as prime minister[93] and leader of the Labour party, now led by Ed Miliband.

As the United Kingdom is a member of the European Union, there are elections held regionally in England to decide who is sent as Members of the European Parliament. The 2009 European Parliament election saw the regions of England elect the following MEPs: 23 Conservatives, ten Labour, nine UK Independence Party (UKIP), nine Liberal Democrats, two Greens and two British National Party (BNP).[94]

Since devolution, in which other countries of the United Kingdom—Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—each have their own devolved parliament or assemblies for local issues, there has been debate about how to counterbalance this in England. Originally it was planned that various regions of England would be devolved, but following the proposal's rejection by the North East in a referendum, this has not been carried out.[88]

One major issue is the West Lothian question, in which MPs from Scotland and Wales are able to vote on legislation affecting only England, while English MPs have no equivalent right to legislate on devolved matters.[95] This when placed in the context of England being the only country of the United Kingdom not to have free cancer treatment, prescriptions, residential care for the elderly and free top-up university fees,[96] has led to a steady rise in English nationalism.[97] Some have suggested the creation of a devolved English parliament,[98] while others have proposed simply limiting voting on legislation which only affects England to English MPs.[99]

Law[link]

The English law legal system, developed over the centuries, is the basis of common law[100] legal systems used in most Commonwealth countries[101] and the United States (except Louisiana). Despite now being part of the United Kingdom, the legal system of the Courts of England and Wales continued, under the Treaty of Union, as a separate legal system from the one used in Scotland. The general essence of English law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts, applying their common sense and knowledge of legal precedentstare decisis—to the facts before them.[102]

The court system is headed by the Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Justice for civil cases, and the Crown Court for criminal cases.[103] The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the highest court for criminal and civil cases in England and Wales. It was created in 2009 after constitutional changes, taking over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.[104] A decision of the Supreme Court is binding on every other court in the hierarchy, which must follow its directions.[105]

Crime increased between 1981 and 1995, but fell by 42% in the period 1995–2006.[106] The prison population doubled over the same period, giving it the highest incarceration rate in Western Europe at 147 per 100,000.[107] Her Majesty's Prison Service, reporting to the Ministry of Justice, manages most prisons, housing over 80,000 convicts.[107]

Regions, counties, and districts[link]

The subdivisions of England consist of up to four levels of subnational division controlled through a variety of types of administrative entities created for the purposes of local government. The highest tier of local government were the nine regions of England: North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East, South East, South West, and London. These were created in 1994 as Government Offices, used by the British Government to deliver a wide range of policies and programmes regionally, but there are no elected bodies at this level, except in London, and in 2011 the regional Government offices were abolished.[108] The same boundaries remain in use for electing Members of the European Parliament on a regional basis.

After devolution began to take place in other parts of the United Kingdom it was planned that referendums for the regions of England would take place for their own elected regional assemblies as a counterweight. London accepted in 1998: the London Assembly was created two years later. However, when the proposal was rejected by the northern England devolution referendums, 2004 in the North East, further referendums were cancelled.[88] The regional assemblies outside London were abolished in 2010, and their functions transferred to respective Regional Development Agencies and a new system of local authority leaders' boards.[109]

Below the regional level, all of England is divided into 48 ceremonial counties.[110] These are used primarily as a geographical frame of reference and have developed gradually since the Middle Ages, with some established as recently as 1974.[111] Each has a Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff; these posts are used to represent the British monarch locally.[110] Outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly, England is also divided into 83 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties; these correspond to areas used for the purposes of local government[112] and may consist of a single district or be divided into several.

There are six metropolitan counties based on the most heavily urbanised areas, which do not have county councils.[112] In these areas the principal authorities are the councils of the subdivisions, the metropolitan boroughs. Elsewhere, 27 non-metropolitan "shire" counties have a county council and are divided into districts, each with a district council. They are typically, though not always, found in more rural areas. The remaining non-metropolitan counties are of a single district and usually correspond to large towns or sparsely populated counties; they are known as unitary authorities. Greater London has a different system for local government, with 32 London boroughs, plus the City of London covering a small area at the core, governed by the City of London Corporation.[113] At the most localised level, much of England is divided into civil parishes with councils; they do not exist in Greater London.[114]

Geography[link]

Landscape and rivers[link]

Geographically England includes the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus such offshore islands as the Isle of Wight and the Isles of Scilly. It is bordered by two other countries of the United Kingdom—to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales. England is closer to the European continent than any other part of mainland Britain. It is separated from France by a 34-kilometre (21 mi)[115] sea gap, though the two countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel near Folkestone.[116] England also has shores on the Irish Sea, North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

The ports of London, Liverpool, and Newcastle lie on the tidal rivers Thames, Mersey and Tyne respectively. At 354 kilometres (220 mi), the Severn is the longest river flowing through England.[117] It empties into the Bristol Channel and is notable for its Severn Bore tidal waves, which can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height.[118] However, the longest river entirely in England is the Thames, which is 346 kilometres (215 mi) in length.[119] There are many lakes in England; the largest is Windermere, within the aptly named Lake District.[120]

Green hills with trees in the foreground.
Terrain of Dartmoor, Devon

In geological terms, the Pennines, known as the "backbone of England", are the oldest range of mountains in the country, originating from the end of the Paleozoic Era around 300 million years ago.[121] Their geological composition includes, among others, sandstone and limestone, and also coal. There are karst landscapes in calcite areas such as parts of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The Pennine landscape is high moorland in upland areas, indented by fertile valleys of the region's rivers. They contain three national parks, the Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland, and the Peak District. The highest point in England, at 978 metres (3,209 ft), is Scafell Pike in Cumbria.[120] Straddling the border between England and Scotland are the Cheviot Hills.

The English Lowlands are to the south of the Pennines, consisting of green rolling hills, including the Cotswold Hills, Chiltern Hills, North and South Downs—where they meet the sea they form white rock exposures such as the cliffs of Dover. The granite Southwest Peninsula in the West Country includes upland moorland, such as Dartmoor and Exmoor, and enjoys a mild climate; both are national parks.[122]

Climate[link]

England has a temperate maritime climate: it is mild with temperatures not much lower than 0 °C (32 °F) in winter and not much higher than 32 °C (90 °F) in summer.[123] The weather is damp relatively frequently and is changeable. The coldest months are January and February, the latter particularly on the English coast, while July is normally the warmest month. Months with mild to warm weather are May, June, September and October.[123] Rainfall is spread fairly evenly throughout the year.

Important influences on the climate of England are its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, its northern latitude and the warming of the sea by the Gulf Stream.[123] Rainfall is higher in the west, and parts of the Lake District receive more rain than anywhere else in the country.[123] Since weather records began, the highest temperature recorded was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 10 August 2003 at Brogdale in Kent,[124] while the lowest was −26.1 °C (−15.0 °F) on 10 January 1982 in Edgmond, Shropshire.[125]

Climate data for England
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 7
(45)
7
(45)
9
(48)
12
(54)
15
(59)
18
(64)
21
(70)
21
(70)
18
(64)
14
(57)
10
(50)
7
(45)
13
(55)
Average low °C (°F) 1
(34)
1
(34)
2
(36)
4
(39)
6
(43)
9
(48)
11
(52)
11
(52)
9
(48)
7
(45)
4
(39)
2
(36)
6
(43)
Precipitation mm (inches) 84
(3.31)
60
(2.36)
67
(2.64)
57
(2.24)
56
(2.2)
63
(2.48)
54
(2.13)
67
(2.64)
73
(2.87)
84
(3.31)
84
(3.31)
90
(3.54)
838
(32.99)
Source: Met Office[126]

Major conurbations[link]

The Greater London Urban Area is by far the largest urban area in England[127] and one of the busiest cities in the world. It is considered a global city and has a population larger than other countries in the United Kingdom besides England itself.[127] Other urban areas of considerable size and influence tend to be in northern England or the English Midlands.[127] There are fifty settlements which have been designated city status in England, while the wider United Kingdom has sixty-six.

While many cities in England are quite large in size, such as Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Bradford, Nottingham and others, a large population is not necessarily a prerequisite for a settlement to be afforded city status.[128] Traditionally the status was afforded to towns with diocesan cathedrals and so there are smaller cities like Wells, Ely, Ripon, Truro and Chichester.[128] According to the Office for National Statistics the ten largest, continuous built-up urban areas are:[127]

Rank Urban area Population Localities Major localities
1 Greater London Urban Area 8,278,251 67 Greater London, divided into the City of London and 32 London boroughs including Croydon, Barnet, Ealing, Bromley[129]
2 West Midlands Urban Area 2,284,093 22 Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall, Aldridge
3 Greater Manchester Urban Area 2,240,230 57 Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Stockport, Oldham
4 West Yorkshire Urban Area 1,499,465 26 Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield
5 Tyneside 879,996 25 Newcastle, North Shields, South Shields, Gateshead, Jarrow
6 Liverpool Urban Area 816,216 8 Liverpool, St Helens, Bootle, Huyton-with-Roby
7 Nottingham Urban Area 666,358 15 Nottingham, Beeston and Stapleford, Carlton, Long Eaton
8 Sheffield Urban Area 640,720 7 Sheffield, Rotherham, Chapeltown, Mosborough
9 Bristol Urban Area 551,066 7 Bristol, Kingswood, Mangotsfield, Stoke Gifford
10 Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton 461,181 10 Brighton, Worthing, Hove, Littlehampton, Shoreham, Lancing

Economy[link]

An aerial photograph of the City of London and its surrounding London boroughs.
The City of London is the world's largest financial centre.[130][131]

England's economy is one of the largest in the world, with an average GDP per capita of £22,907.[132] Usually regarded as a mixed market economy, it has adopted many free market principles, yet maintains an advanced social welfare infrastructure.[133] The official currency in England is the pound sterling, whose ISO 4217 code is GBP. Taxation in England is quite competitive when compared to much of the rest of Europe—as of 2009 the basic rate of personal tax is 20% on taxable income up to £37,400, and 40% on any additional earnings above that amount.[134]

The economy of England is the largest part of the UK's economy,[132] which has the 18th highest GDP PPP per capita in the world. England is a leader in the chemical[135] and pharmaceutical sectors and in key technical industries, particularly aerospace, the arms industry, and the manufacturing side of the software industry. London, home to the London Stock Exchange, the United Kingdom's main stock exchange and the largest in Europe, is England's financial centre—100 of Europe's 500 largest corporations are based in London.[136] London is the largest financial centre in Europe, and as of 2009 is also the largest in the world.[137]

A blue coloured car.
The Bentley Mulsanne. Bentley is a well-known English car company.

The Bank of England, founded in 1694 by Scottish banker William Paterson, is the United Kingdom's central bank. Originally established as private banker to the Government of England, since 1946 it has been a state-owned institution.[138] The Bank has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales, although not in other parts of the United Kingdom. The government has devolved responsibility to the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee for managing the monetary policy of the country and setting interest rates.[139]

England is highly industrialised, but since the 1970s there has been a decline in traditional heavy and manufacturing industries, and an increasing emphasis on a more service industry oriented economy.[83] Tourism has become a significant industry, attracting millions of visitors to England each year. The export part of the economy is dominated by pharmaceuticals, cars—although many English marques are now foreign-owned, such as Rolls-Royce, Lotus, Jaguar and Bentleycrude oil and petroleum from the English parts of North Sea oil along with Wytch Farm, aircraft engines and alcoholic beverages.[140] Agriculture is intensive and highly mechanised, producing 60% of food needs with only 2% of the labour force.[141] Two thirds of production is devoted to livestock, the other to arable crops.[142]

Science and technology[link]

Torso of man with long white hair and dark coloured jacket
Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most influential figures in the history of science.

Prominent English figures from the field of science and mathematics include Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle, Joseph Priestley, J. J. Thomson, Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Wren, Alan Turing, Francis Crick, Joseph Lister, Tim Berners-Lee, Paul Dirac, Andrew Wiles and Richard Dawkins. Some experts claim that the earliest concept of a metric system was invented by John Wilkins, the first secretary of the Royal Society, in 1668.[143] As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, England was home to many significant inventors during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Famous English engineers include Isambard Kingdom Brunel, best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges, hence revolutionising public transport and modern-day engineering.[144] Thomas Newcomen's steam engine helped spawn the Industrial Revolution.[145] The physician Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine is said to have "saved more lives [...] than were lost in all the wars of mankind since the beginning of recorded history."[146][147][148]

Inventions and discoveries of the English include: the jet engine, the first industrial spinning machine, the first computer and the first modern computer, the World Wide Web along with HTML, the first successful human blood transfusion, the motorised vacuum cleaner,[149] the lawn mower, the seat belt, the hovercraft, the electric motor, steam engines, and theories such as the Darwinian theory of evolution and atomic theory. Newton developed the ideas of universal gravitation, Newtonian mechanics, and infinitesimal calculus, and Robert Hooke his eponymously named law of elasticity. Other inventions include the iron plate railway, the thermosiphon, tarmac, the rubber band, the mousetrap, "cat's eye" road marker, joint development of the light bulb, steam locomotives, the modern seed drill and many modern techniques and technologies used in precision engineering.[150]

Transport[link]

Planes congregate by a building.
London Heathrow Airport has more international passenger traffic than any other airport in the world.[151]

The Department for Transport is the government body responsible for overseeing transport in England. There are many motorways in England, and many other trunk roads, such as the A1 Great North Road, which runs through eastern England from London to Newcastle[152] (much of this section is motorway) and onward to the Scottish border. The longest motorway in England is the M6, from Rugby through the North West up to the Anglo-Scottish border.[152] Other major routes include: the M1 from London to Leeds, the M25 which encircles London, the M60 which encircles Manchester, the M4 from London to South Wales, the M62 from Liverpool via Manchester to East Yorkshire, and the M5 from Birmingham to Bristol and the South West.[152]

Bus transport across the country is widespread; major companies include National Express, Arriva and Go-Ahead Group. The red double-decker buses in London have become a symbol of England. There is a rapid rail network in two English cities: the London Underground; and the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland.[153] There are several tram networks, such as the Blackpool tramway, Manchester Metrolink, Sheffield Supertram and Midland Metro, and the Tramlink system centred on Croydon in South London.[153]

Rail transport in England is the oldest in the world: passenger railways originated in England in 1825.[154] Much of Britain's 16,116 kilometres (10,014 mi) of rail network lies in England, covering the country fairly extensively, although a high proportion of railway lines were closed in the second half of the 20th century. There are plans to reopen lines such as the Varsity Line between Oxford and Cambridge. These lines are mostly standard gauge (single, double or quadruple track) though there are also a few narrow gauge lines. There is rail transport access to France and Belgium through an undersea rail link, the Channel Tunnel, which was completed in 1994.

England has extensive domestic and international aviation links. The largest airport is London Heathrow, which is the world's busiest airport measured by number of international passengers.[155] Other large airports include Manchester Airport, London Stansted Airport, Luton Airport and Birmingham Airport.[151] By sea there is ferry transport, both local and international, including to Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.[156] There are around 7,100 km (4,400 mi) of navigable waterways in England, half of which is owned by British Waterways (Waterscape),[156] however water transport is very limited. The Thames is the major waterway in England, with imports and exports focused at the Port of Tilbury in the Thames Estuary, one of the United Kingdom's three major ports.[156]

Healthcare[link]

The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system in England responsible for providing the majority of healthcare in the country. The NHS began on 5 July 1948, putting into effect the provisions of the National Health Service Act 1946. It was based on the findings of the Beveridge Report, prepared by economist and social reformer William Beveridge.[157] The NHS is largely funded from general taxation including National Insurance payments,[158] and it provides most of its services free at the point of use, although there are charges for some people for eye tests, dental care, prescriptions and aspects of personal care.[159]

The government department responsible for the NHS is the Department of Health, headed by the Secretary of State for Health, who sits in the British Cabinet. Most of the expenditure of the Department of Health is spent on the NHS—£98.6 billion was spent in 2008–2009.[160] In recent years the private sector has been increasingly used to provide more NHS services despite opposition by doctors and trade unions.[161] The average life expectancy of people in England is 77.5 years for males and 81.7 years for females, the highest of the four countries of the United Kingdom.[162]

Demography[link]

Population[link]

Map of England with regions shaded in different shades of blue.
The non-metropolitan counties and unitary authorities of England, colour-coded to show population.

With over 51 million inhabitants, England is by far the most populous country of the United Kingdom, accounting for 84% of the combined total.[163] England taken as a unit and measured against international states has the fourth largest population in the European Union and would be the 25th largest country by population in the world.[164] With a density of 395 people per square kilometre, it would be the second most densely populated country in the European Union after Malta.[165][166]

The English people are a British people.[3] Some genetic evidence suggests that 75–95% descend in the paternal line from prehistoric settlers who originally came from the Iberian Peninsula, as well as a 5% contribution from Angles and Saxons, and a significant Norse element.[167][168][169] However, other geneticists place the Norse-Germanic estimate up to half.[170][171][172] Over time, various cultures have been influential: Prehistoric, Brythonic,[173] Roman, Anglo-Saxon,[174] Norse Viking,[175] Gaelic cultures, as well as a large influence from Normans. There is an English diaspora in former parts of the British Empire; especially the United States, Canada, Australia, Chile, South Africa and New Zealand.[nb 6] Since the late 1990s, many English people have migrated to Spain.[180][181]

At the time of the Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, more than 90% of the English population of about two million lived in the countryside.[183] By 1801 the population had grown to 8.3 million, and by 1901 had grown to 30.5 million.[184] Due in particular to the economic prosperity of South East England, it has received many economic migrants from the other parts of the United Kingdom.[3] There has been significant Irish migration.[185] The proportion of ethnically European residents totals at 87.50%, including Germans[186] and Poles.[3]

Other people from much further afield in the former British colonies have arrived since the 1950s: in particular, 6% of people living in England have family origins in the Indian subcontinent, mostly India and Pakistan.[3][186] 2.90% of the population are black, from both the Caribbean and countries in Africa itself, especially former British colonies.[3][186] There is a significant number of Chinese and British Chinese.[3][186] As of 2007, 22% of primary school children in England were from ethnic minority families.[187] About half of the population increase between 1991 and 2001 was due to immigration.[188] Debate over immigration is politically prominent;[189] according to a Home Office poll, 80% of people want to cap it.[190] The ONS has projected that the population will grow by six million between 2004 and 2029.[191]

Language[link]

The English-speaking world. Countries in dark blue have a majority of native speakers. Countries in light blue have English as an official language, de jure or de facto. English is also one of the official languages of the European Union.[192]

As its name suggests, the English language, today spoken by hundreds of millions of people around the world, originated as the language of England, where it remains the principal tongue today. It is an Indo-European language in the Anglo-Frisian branch of the Germanic family.[193] After the Norman conquest, the Old English language was displaced and confined to the lower social classes as Norman French and Latin were used by the aristocracy.

By the 15th century, English came back into fashion among all classes, though much changed; the Middle English form showed many signs of French influence, both in vocabulary and spelling. During the English Renaissance, many words were coined from Latin and Greek origins.[194] Modern English has extended this custom of flexibility, when it comes to incorporating words from different languages. Thanks in large part to the British Empire, the English language is the world's unofficial lingua franca.[195]

English language learning and teaching is an important economic activity, and includes language schooling, tourism spending, and publishing. There is no legislation mandating an official language for England,[196] but English is the only language used for official business. Despite the country's relatively small size, there are many distinct regional accents, and individuals with particularly strong accents may not be easily understood everywhere in the country.

Cornish, which died out as a community language in the 18th century, is being revived,[197][198][199][200] and is now protected under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.[201] It is spoken by 0.1% of people in Cornwall,[202] and is taught to some degree in several primary and secondary schools.[203][204] State schools teach students a second language, usually French, German or Spanish.[205] Due to immigration, it was reported in 2007 that around 800,000 school students spoke a foreign language at home,[187] the most common being Punjabi and Urdu.[206]

Religion[link]

Christianity is the most widely practised religion in England, as it has been since the Early Middle Ages, although it was first introduced much earlier, in Gaelic and Roman times. It continued through Early Insular Christianity, and today about 72% of English people identify as Christians.[207] The largest form practised in the present day is Anglicanism,[208] dating from the 16th century Reformation period, with the 1536 split from Rome over Henry VIII wanting to divorce Catherine of Aragon, and the need for the Bible in the English tongue. The religion regards itself as both Catholic and Reformed.

There are High Church and Low Church traditions, and some Anglicans regard themselves as Anglo-Catholics, after the Tractarian movement. The monarch of the United Kingdom is a titular leader of the Church, acting as its Supreme Governor. It has the status of established church in England. There are around 26 million adherents to the Church of England and they form part of the Anglican Communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury acting as the symbolic worldwide head.[209] Many cathedrals and parish churches are historic buildings of significant architectural importance, such as Westminster Abbey, York Minster, Durham Cathedral and Salisbury Cathedral.

Icon of man in armour on white horse fighting black dragon to his left.
Saint George, the patron saint of England

The second largest Christian practice is the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, which traces its formal, corporate history in England to the 6th century with Augustine's mission and was the main religion on the entire island for around a thousand years. Since its reintroduction after the Catholic Emancipation, the Church has organised ecclesiastically on an England and Wales basis where there are 4.5 million members (most of whom are English).[210] There has been one Pope from England to date, Adrian IV; while saints Bede and Anselm are regarded as Doctors of the Church.

A form of Protestantism known as Methodism is the third largest Christian practice and grew out of Anglicanism through John Wesley.[211] It gained popularity in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and amongst tin miners in Cornwall.[212] There are other non-conformist minorities, such as Baptists, Quakers, Congregationalists, Unitarians and The Salvation Army.[213]

The patron saint of England is Saint George; he is represented in the national flag, as well as the Union Flag as part of a combination.[214][214] There are many other English and associated saints; some of the best known include: Cuthbert, Alban, Wilfrid, Aidan, Edward the Confessor, John Fisher, Thomas More, Petroc, Piran, Margaret Clitherow and Thomas Becket. There are non-Christian religions practised. Jews have a history of a small minority on the island since 1070.[215] They were expelled from England in 1290 following the Edict of Expulsion, only to be allowed back in 1656.[215]

Especially since the 1950s, Eastern religions from the former British colonies have begun to appear, due to foreign immigration; Islam is the most common of these, accounting for around 3.1% of the population in England.[207] Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism are next in number, adding up to 2% combined,[207] introduced from India and South East Asia.[207] Around 14.6% have no religion.[207]

Education[link]

Senate House of the University of London.
Senate House, the administrative centre of the University of London

The Department for Education is the government department responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including education.[216] State-run and -funded schools are attended by approximately 93% of English schoolchildren.[217] Of these, a minority are faith schools, primarily Church of England or Catholic. Between three and four is nursery school, 4 and 11 is primary school, and 11 to 16 is secondary school. After finishing compulsory education, pupils take a GCSE examination, following which they may decide to continue in further education for two years. Further education colleges, such as sixth form colleges are either separate or attached to the secondary school institution and prepare students to sit A-Level examinations, for higher education at universities.

Although most English secondary schools are comprehensive, in some areas there are selective intake grammar schools, to which entrance is subject to passing the eleven plus exam. Around 7.2% of English schoolchildren attend private schools, which are funded by private sources.[218] Standards in state schools are monitored by the Office for Standards in Education, and in private schools by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.[219]

Large yellow stone building with an arched window and two towers at the end nearest the photographer. In the foreground is grass and water with people in a punt.
King's College, University of Cambridge

Students normally enter universities in the United Kingdom from 18 onwards, where they study for an academic degree. There are over 90 universities England, all but one of which are public. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is the government department responsible for higher education in England.[220] Students are generally entitled to student loans for maintenance.[nb 7] The first degree offered to undergraduates is the Bachelor's degree, which usually takes three years to complete. Students are then eligible for a postgraduate degree, a Master's degree, taking one year, or a Doctorate degree, which takes three.

England's universities include some of the highest-ranked universities in the world; the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, the University of Oxford and University College London are all ranked in the global top 10 in the 2010 QS World University Rankings.[221] The London School of Economics has been described as the world's leading social science institution for both teaching and research.[222] The London Business School is considered one of the world's leading business schools and in 2010 its MBA programme was ranked best in the world by the Financial Times.[223] Academic degrees in England are usually split into classes: first class (I), upper second class (II:1), lower second class (II:2) and third (III), and unclassified (below third class).

The King's School, Canterbury and King's School, Rochester are the oldest schools in the English-speaking world.[224] Many of England's better-known schools, such as Winchester College, Eton College, St Paul's School, Rugby School, and Harrow School are fee-paying institutions.[225]

Culture[link]

Architecture[link]

Many ancient standing stone monuments were erected during the prehistoric period, amongst the best known are Stonehenge, Devil's Arrows, Rudston Monolith and Castlerigg.[226] With the introduction of Ancient Roman architecture there was a development of basilicas, baths, amphitheaters, triumphal arches, villas, Roman temples, Roman roads, Roman forts, stockades and aqueducts.[227] It was the Romans who founded the first cities and towns such as London, Bath, York, Chester and St Albans. Perhaps the best known example is Hadrian's Wall stretching right across northern England.[227] Another well preserved example is the Roman Baths at Bath, Somerset.[227]

Early Medieval architecture's secular buildings were simple constructions mainly using timber with thatch for roofing. Ecclesiastical architecture ranged from a synthesis of HibernoSaxon monasticism,[228][229] to Early Christian basilica and architecture characterised by pilaster-strips, blank arcading, baluster shafts and triangular headed openings. After the Norman conquest in 1066 various Castles in England were created so law lords could uphold their authority and in the north to protect from invasion. Some of the best known medieval castles include the Tower of London, Warwick Castle, Durham Castle and Windsor Castle amongst others.[230]

Yellow stone tower with two circular turrets which run the height of the building.
The Broadway Tower is a folly, or mock tower, in Worcestershire.

Throughout the Plantagenet era an English Gothic architecture flourished—the medieval cathedrals such as Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and York Minster are prime examples.[230] Expanding on the Norman base there was also castles, palaces, great houses, universities and parish churches. Medieval architecture was completed with the 16th century Tudor style; the four-centred arch, now known as the Tudor arch, was a defining feature as were wattle and daub houses domestically. In the aftermath of the Renaissance a form of architecture echoing classical antiquity, synthesised with Christianity appeared—the English Baroque style, architect Christopher Wren was particularly championed.[231]

Georgian architecture followed in a more refined style, evoking a simple Palladian form; the Royal Crescent at Bath is one of the best examples of this. With the emergence of romanticism during Victorian period, a Gothic Revival was launched—in addition to this around the same time the Industrial Revolution paved the way for buildings such as The Crystal Palace. Since the 1930s various modernist forms have appeared whose reception is often controversial, though traditionalist resistance movements continue with support in influential places.[nb 8]

Folklore[link]

Drawing depicting Robin Hood, wearing Lincoln green clothing, and Sir Guy of Gisbourne, wearing brown furs, in a forest preparing to shoot with bows and arrows.
Robin Hood illustrated in 1912 wearing Lincoln green

English folklore developed over many centuries. Some of the characters and stories are present across England, but most belong to specific regions. Common folkloric beings include pixies, giants, elfs, bogeymen, trolls, goblins and dwarves. While many legends and folk-customs are thought to be ancient, for instance the tales featuring Offa of Angel and Wayland the Smith,[233] others date from after the Norman invasion; Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood and their battles with the Sheriff of Nottingham being, perhaps, the best known.[234]

During the High Middle Ages tales originating from Brythonic traditions entered English folklore—the Arthurian myth.[235][236][237] These were derived from Anglo-Norman, French and Welsh sources,[236] featuring King Arthur, Camelot, Excalibur, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table such as Lancelot. These stories are most centrally brought together within Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.[nb 9] Another early figure from British tradition, King Cole, may have been based on a real figure from Sub-Roman Britain. Many of the tales and pseudo-histories make up part of the wider Matter of Britain, a collection of shared British folklore.

Men in bright red clothing holding sticks in the air.

Some folk figures are based on semi or actual historical people whose story has been passed down centuries; Lady Godiva for instance was said to have ridden naked on horseback through Coventry, Hereward the Wake was a heroic English figure resisting the Norman invasion, Herne the Hunter is an equestrian ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park and Mother Shipton is the archetypal witch.[239] On 5 November people make bonfires, set off fireworks and eat toffee apples in commemoration of the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot centred around Guy Fawkes. The chivalrous bandit, such as Dick Turpin, is a recurring character, while Blackbeard is the archetypal pirate. There are various national and regional folk activities, participated in to this day, such as Morris dancing, Maypole dancing, Rapper sword in the North East, Long Sword dance in Yorkshire, Mummers Plays, bottle-kicking in Leicestershire, and cheese-rolling at Cooper's Hill.[240] There is no official national costume, but a few are well established such as the Pearly Kings and Queens associated with cockneys, the Royal Guard, the Morris costume and Beefeaters.[241]

Cuisine[link]

Fish and chips.
Fish and chips is a widely consumed part of English cuisine.

Since the Early Modern Period the food of England has historically been characterised by its simplicity of approach and a reliance on the high quality of natural produce.[242] During the Middle Ages and through the Renaissance period, English cuisine enjoyed an excellent reputation, though a decline began during the Industrial Revolution with the move away from the land and increasing urbanisation of the populace. The cuisine of England has, however, recently undergone a revival, which has been recognised by the food critics with some good ratings in Restaurant's best restaurant in the world charts.[243] An early book of English recipes is the Forme of Cury from the royal court of Richard II.[244]

An apple pie on a red table cloth, with green apples next to it.
Apple pie has been consumed in England since the Middle Ages.

Traditional examples of English food include the Sunday roast, featuring a roasted joint, usually beef, lamb or chicken, served with assorted boiled vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and gravy.[245] Other prominent meals include fish and chips and the full English breakfast—consisting of bacon, grilled tomatoes, fried bread, black pudding, baked beans, fried mushrooms, sausages and eggs. Various meat pies are consumed such as steak and kidney pie, cottage pie, Cornish pasty and pork pie, the last of which is eaten cold.[245]

Sausages are commonly eaten, either as bangers and mash or toad in the hole. Lancashire hotpot is a well known stew. Some of the most popular cheeses are Cheddar and Wensleydale. Many Anglo-Indian hybrid dishes, curries, have been created such as chicken tikka masala and balti. Sweet English dishes include apple pie, mince pies, spotted dick, scones, Eccles cakes, custard and sticky toffee pudding. Common drinks include tea, whose popularity was increased by Catherine of Braganza,[246] while alcoholic drinks include wines, ciders and English beers such as bitter, mild, stout, and brown ale.[247]

Visual arts[link]

The earliest known examples are the prehistoric rock and cave art pieces, most prominent in North Yorkshire, Northumberland and Cumbria, but also feature further south, for example at Creswell Crags.[248] With the arrival of Roman culture in the 1st century, various forms of art utilising statues, busts, glasswork and mosaics were the norm. There are numerous surviving artefacts, such as those at Lullingstone and Aldborough.[249] During the Early Middle Ages the style was sculpted crosses and ivories, manuscript painting, gold and enamel jewellery, demonstrating a love of intricate, interwoven designs such as in the Staffordshire Hoard discovered in 2009. Some of these blended Gaelic and Anglian styles, such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and Vespasian Psalter.[250] Later Gothic art was popular at Winchester and Canterbury, examples survive such as Benedictional of St. Æthelwold and Luttrell Psalter.[251]

The Tudor era saw prominent artists as part of their court, portrait painting which would remain an enduring part of English art, was boosted by German Hans Holbein, natives such as Nicholas Hilliard built on this.[251] Under the Stuarts, Continental artists were influential especially the Flemish, examples from the period include—Anthony van Dyck, Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller and William Dobson.[251] The 18th century was a time of significance with the founding of the Royal Academy, a classicism based on the High Renaissance prevailed—Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds became two of England's most treasured artists.[251]

The Norwich School continued the landscape tradition, while the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with their vivid and detailed style revived the Early Renaissance style—Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais were leaders.[251] Prominent amongst 20th century artists was Henry Moore, regarded as the voice of British sculpture, and of British modernism in general.[252] Contemporary painters include Lucian Freud, whose work Benefits Supervisor Sleeping in 2008 set a world record for sale value of a painting by a living artist.[253]

Literature, poetry and philosophy[link]

A man dressed in grey with a beard, holding a rosary, depicted next to a coat of arms.
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet and philosopher, best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales.

Early authors such as Bede and Alcuin wrote in Latin.[254] The period of Old English literature provided the epic poem Beowulf and the secular prose of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,[255] along with Christian writings such as Judith, Cædmon's Hymn and hagiographies.[254] Following the Norman conquest Latin continued amongst the educated classes, as well as an Anglo-Norman literature.

Middle English literature emerged with Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales, along with Gower, the Pearl Poet and Langland. William of Ockham and Roger Bacon, who were Franciscans, were major philosophers of the Middle Ages. Julian of Norwich, who wrote Revelations of Divine Love, was a prominent Christian mystic. With the English Renaissance literature in the Early Modern English style appeared. William Shakespeare, whose works include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, remains one of the most championed authors in English literature.[256]

Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, Philip Sydney, Thomas Kyd, John Donne, and Ben Jonson are other established authors of the Elizabethan age.[257] Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes wrote on empiricism and materialism, including scientific method and social contract.[257] Filmer wrote on the Divine Right of Kings. Marvell was the best known poet of the Commonwealth,[258] while John Milton authored Paradise Lost during the Restoration.

This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, this earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, this other Eden, demi-paradise; this fortress, built by nature for herself. This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

Some of the most prominent philosophers of the Enlightenment were John Locke, Thomas Paine, Samuel Johnson and Jeremy Bentham. More radical elements were later countered by Edmund Burke who is regarded as the founder of conservatism.[260] The poet Alexander Pope with his satirical verse became well regarded. The English played a significant role in romanticism: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, John Keats, Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake and William Wordsworth were major figures.[261]

In response to the Industrial Revolution, agrarian writers sought a way between liberty and tradition; William Cobbett, G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc were main exponents, while the founder of guild socialism, Arthur Penty, and cooperative movement advocate G. D. H. Cole are somewhat related.[262] Empiricism continued through John Stuart Mill and Bertrand Russell, while Bernard Williams was involved in analytics. Authors from around the Victorian era include Charles Dickens, the Brontë sisters, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, H. G. Wells, Lewis Carroll and Evelyn Underhill.[263] Since then England has continued to produce novelists such as C. S. Lewis, George Orwell, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Enid Blyton, Aldous Huxley, Agatha Christie, Terry Pratchett, J. R. R. Tolkien, and J. K. Rowling.[264]

Performing arts[link]

The traditional folk music of England is centuries old and has contributed to several genres prominently; mostly sea shanties, jigs, hornpipes and dance music. It has its own distinct variations and regional peculiarities. Wynkyn de Worde printed ballads of Robin Hood from the 16th century are an important artefact, as are John Playford's The Dancing Master and Robert Harley's Roxburghe Ballads collections.[265] Some of the best known songs are The Good Old Way, Pastime with Good Company, Maggie May and Spanish Ladies amongst others. Many nursery rhymes are of English origin such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Roses are red, Jack and Jill, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and Humpty Dumpty.[266]

Early English composers in classical music include Renaissance artists Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, followed up by Henry Purcell from the Baroque period. German-born George Frideric Handel became a British subject[267] and spent most of his composing life in London, creating some of the most well-known works of classical music, The Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. There was a revival in the profile of composers from England in the 20th century led by Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and others.[268] Present-day composers from England include Michael Nyman, best known for The Piano.

In the field of popular music many English bands and solo artists have been cited as the most influential and best-selling musicians of all time. Acts such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Queen, Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones are among the highest selling recording artists in the world.[269] Many musical genres have origins or strong associations with England, such as British invasion, hard rock, glam rock, heavy metal, mod, britpop, drum and bass, progressive rock, punk rock, indie rock, gothic rock, shoegazing, acid house, UK garage, trip hop and dubstep.[270]

Large outdoor music festivals in the summer and autumn are popular, such as Glastonbury, V Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals. The most prominent opera house in England is the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden.[271] The Proms, a season of orchestral classical music concerts held at the Royal Albert Hall, is a major cultural event held annually.[271] The Royal Ballet is one of the world's foremost classical ballet companies, its reputation built on two prominent figures of 20th century dance, prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn and choreographer Frederick Ashton.

Museums, libraries, and galleries[link]

A museum building entrance.
The Natural History Museum in London

English Heritage is a governmental body with a broad remit of managing the historic sites, artefacts and environments of England. It is currently sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The charity National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty holds a contrasting role. 17 of the 25 United Kingdom UNESCO World Heritage Sites fall within England.[272] Some of the best known of these include; Hadrian's Wall, Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites, Tower of London, Jurassic Coast, Saltaire, Ironbridge Gorge, Studley Royal Park and various others.[273]

There are many museums in England, but the most notable is London's British Museum. Its collection of more than seven million objects[274] is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world,[275] sourced from every continent, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. The British Library in London is the national library and is one of the world's largest research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats; including around 25 million books.[276] The most senior art gallery is the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, which houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.[277] The Tate galleries house the national collections of British and international modern art; they also host the famously controversial Turner Prize.[278]

Sports[link]

The interior of an empty stadium as viewed from its upper tier of seating. The seats are a vivid red and the pitch is a vivid green. The pale grey sky is visible through an opening in the ceiling above the pitch.
Inside Wembley Stadium, one of the most expensive stadiums ever built[279]

England has a strong sporting heritage, and during the 19th century codified many sports that are now played around the world. Sports originating in England include association football,[280] cricket, rugby union, rugby league, tennis, badminton, squash,[281] rounders,[282] hockey, boxing, snooker, billiards, darts, table tennis, bowls, netball, thoroughbred horseracing and fox hunting. It has helped the development of sailing and Formula One. Football is the most popular of these sports. The England national football team, whose home venue is Wembley Stadium, won the 1966 FIFA World Cup against the Germany national football team where they won it 4–2 in extra time helped by the fact that Geoff Hurst scored a hatrick.[283] That was the year the country hosted the competition.

At club level England is recognised by FIFA as the birth-place of club football, due to Sheffield FC founded in 1857 being the oldest club.[280] The Football Association is the oldest of its kind, FA Cup and The Football League were the first cup and league competitions respectively. In the modern day the Premier League is the world's most lucrative football league[284] and amongst the elite.[285] The European Cup (now the UEFA Champions League) has been won by Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Chelsea, while Arsenal, and Leeds United have reached the final.[286]

Men in cricket whites play upon a green grass cricket field amidst a stadium.
England on the way to victory against Australia in the 2009 Ashes series at Lord's Cricket Ground

Cricket is generally thought to have been developed in the early medieval period among the farming and metalworking communities of the Weald.[287] The England cricket team is a composite England and Wales team. One of the game's top rivalries is The Ashes series between England and Australia, contested since 1882. The finale of the 2009 Ashes was watched by nearly 2 million people, although the climax of the 2005 Ashes was viewed by 7.4 million as it was available on terrestrial television.[288] England are the current holders of the trophy and are ranked 1st in Test and 4th in One Day International cricket.[289]

England has hosted four Cricket World Cups (1975, 1979, 1983, 1999) and the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009. There are several domestic level competitions, including the County Championship in which Yorkshire are by far the most successful club having won the competition 31 times.[290] Lord's Cricket Ground situated in London is sometimes referred to as the "Mecca of Cricket".[291] William Penny Brookes was prominent in organising the format for the modern Olympic Games. London hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948, and will host them again in 2012. England competes in the Commonwealth Games, held every four years. Sport England is the governing body responsible for distributing funds and providing strategic guidance for sporting activity in England. A Grand Prix is held at Silverstone.[292]

White men in grey suits, pale blue shirts and red ties celebrate upon the top floor of an open-top bus. On man holds a golden trophy in the air with one hand.
The England rugby union team during their victory parade after winning the 2003 Rugby World Cup

The England rugby union team won the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the country was one of the host nations of the competition in the 1991 Rugby World Cup and is set to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[293] The top level of club participation is the English Premiership. Leicester Tigers, London Wasps, Bath Rugby and Northampton Saints have had success in the Europe-wide Heineken Cup. In another form of the sport—rugby league which was born in Huddersfield in 1895, the England national rugby league team are ranked third in the world and first in Europe.

Since 2008 England has been a full test nation in lieu of the Great Britain national rugby league team, which won three World Cups but is now retired. Club sides play in Super League, the present-day embodiment of the Rugby Football League Championship. Some of the most successful clubs include Wigan Warriors, St Helens, Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Giants; the former three have all won the World Club Challenge previously. The United Kingdom is to host the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[294] In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships are the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious.[295][296]

National symbols[link]

The St George's Cross has been the national flag of England since the 13th century. Originally the flag was used by the maritime Republic of Genoa. The English monarch paid a tribute to the Doge of Genoa from 1190 onwards, so that English ships could fly the flag as a means of protection when entering the Mediterranean. A red cross was a symbol for many Crusaders in the 12th and 13th centuries. It became associated with Saint George, along with countries and cities, which claimed him as their patron saint and used his cross as a banner.[297] Since 1606 the St George's Cross has formed part of the design of the Union Flag, a Pan-British flag designed by King James I.[214]

There are numerous other symbols and symbolic artefacts, both official and unofficial, including the Tudor rose, the nation's floral emblem, the White Dragon, and the Three Lions featured on the Royal Arms of England. The Tudor rose was adopted as a national emblem of England around the time of the Wars of the Roses as a symbol of peace.[298] It is a syncretic symbol in that it merged the white rose of the Yorkists and the red rose of the Lancastrians—cadet branches of the Plantagenets who went to war over control of the nation. It is also known as the Rose of England.[299] The oak tree is a symbol of England, representing strength and endurance. The term Royal Oak alludes to the escape of King Charles II from the grasp of the parliamentarians after his father's execution: he hid in an oak tree to avoid detection before safely reaching exile.

The Royal Arms of England, a national coat of arms featuring three lions, originated with its adoption by Richard the Lionheart in 1198. It is blazoned as gules, three lions passant guardant or and it provides one of the most prominent symbols of England; it is similar to the traditional arms of Normandy. England does not have an official designated national anthem, as the United Kingdom as a whole has God Save the Queen. However, the following are often considered unofficial English national anthems: Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory (used for England during the 2002 Commonwealth Games),[300] and I Vow to Thee, My Country. England's National Day is 23 April which is St George's Day: St George is the patron saint of England.[301]

See also[link]

Notes[link]

  1. ^ English is established by de facto usage.
  2. ^ Assigned on a United Kingdom basis, not constituent country
  3. ^ According to the European Statistical Agency, London is the largest Larger Urban Zone which uses conurbations and areas of high population as its definition. A ranking of population within municipal boundaries places London first. However, the University of Avignon in France claims that Paris is first and London second when including the whole urban area and hinterland, that is the outlying cities as well.
  4. ^ As Roger Scruton explains, "The Reformation must not be confused with the changes introduced into the Church of England during the 'Reformation Parliament' of 1529–36, which were of a political rather than a religious nature, designed to unite the secular and religious sources of authority within a single sovereign power: the Anglican Church did not until later make substantial change in doctrine".[60]
  5. ^ Figure of 550,000 military deaths is for England and Wales[78]
  6. ^ For instance, in 1980 around 50 million Americans claimed English ancestry.[176] In Canada there are around 6.5 million Canadians who claim English ancestry.[177] Around 70% of Australians in 1999 denoted their origins as Anglo-Celtic, a category which includes all peoples from Great Britain and Ireland.[178] Chileans of English descent are somewhat of an anomaly in that Chile itself was never part of the British Empire, but today there are around 420,000 people of English origins living there.[179]
  7. ^ Students attending English universities now have to pay tuition fees towards the cost of their education, as do English students who choose to attend university in Scotland. Scottish students attending Scottish universities have their fees paid by the devolved Scottish Parliament.[96]
  8. ^ While people such as Norman Foster and Richard Rogers represent the modernist movement, Prince Charles since the 1980s has voiced strong views against it in favour of traditional architecture and put his ideas into practice at his Poundbury development in Dorset.[232] Architects like Raymond Erith, Francis Johnson and Quinlan Terry continued to practice in the classical style.
  9. ^ These tales may have come to prominence, at least in part, as an attempt by the Norman ruling elite to legitimise their rule of the British Isles, finding Anglo-Saxon history ill-suited to the task during an era when members of the deposed House of Wessex, especially Edgar the Ætheling and his nephews of the Scottish House of Dunkeld, were still active in the isles.[236][238] Also Michael Wood explains; "Over the centuries the figure of Arthur became a symbol of British history—a way of explaining the matter of Britain, the relationship between the Saxons and the Celts, and a way of exorcising ghosts and healing the wounds of the past."[235]

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"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.

The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.[1]

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The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [2][dubious ] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.

It was also used as a term for a drug dealer in the 1950s and 1960s and can be seen in such media as Curtis Mayfield's "No Thing On Me", William Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch, and in the Velvet Underground song "I'm Waiting for the Man", in which Lou Reed sings about going to Uptown Manhattan, specifically Lexington Avenue and 125th Street, to buy heroin.

The use of this term was expanded to counterculture groups and their battles against authority, such as the Yippies, which, according to a May 19, 1969 article in U.S. News and World Report, had the "avowed aim ... to destroy 'The Man', their term for the present system of government". The term eventually found its way into humorous usage, such as in a December 1979 motorcycle ad from the magazine Easyriders which featured the tagline, "California residents: Add 6% sales tax for The Man."

In present day, the phrase has been popularized in commercials and cinema, featuring particularly prominently as a recurring motif in the 2003 film School of Rock.[3][4][5][6]

Use as praise[link]

The term has also been used as an approbation or form of praise. This may refer to the recipient's status as the leader or authority within a particular context, or it might be assumed to be a shortened form of a phrase like "He is the man (who is in charge)." One example of this usage dates to 1879 when Otto von Bismarck commented, referring to Benjamin Disraeli's pre-eminent position at the Congress of Berlin, "The old Jew, he is the man."[7][dubious ]

In more modern usage, it can be a superlative compliment ("you da man!") indicating that the subject is currently standing out amongst his peers even though they have no special designation or rank, such as a basketball player who is performing better than the other players on the court. It can also be used as a genuine compliment with an implied, slightly exaggerated or sarcastic tone, usually indicating that the person has indeed impressed the speaker but by doing something relatively trivial.

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  1. ^ "stick it to the man". AllWords.com (English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search). http://www.allwords.com/word-stick+it+to+the+man.html. 
  2. ^ Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Volume 1, Page 38, Columbia University Press, 1961
  3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332379/quotes
  4. ^ http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/School_of_Rock
  5. ^ http://www.moviefanatic.com/quotes/movies/school-of-rock/
  6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37oJqWp4rJM
  7. ^ Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy, Simon & Schuster, 1994, p155.

References[link]

  • Lighter, J.E. (Ed.). (1997). Random House Dictionary of American Slang. New York: Random House.

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