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1、PenguinReadersFactsheetsLevel3–Pre-IntermediateAHistoryofBritainTeacher’sNotesAHistoryofBritainByFionaBeddallFinally,Chapter6,looksatthegrowthanddeclineofSummaryBritain’sgreatempire.ItexplainshowBritain’searlierhistorymeantitwasabletoacquirenewlandsacrosstheglobeMorethan2,000yearsoftimes
2、pastarebroughttolifeinandhighlightstheimportanceofBritain’sgreathero,AdmiralthislivelyandinterestingaccountofBritain’shistory.ItNelson.Britain’srolesinWorldWarIandWorldWarIIarerevealsthemainevents,charactersandmovementsthatdescribedtoo.ThebookendswithanevaluationofBritain’shavemadeBritai
3、nthecountryitistoday.Althoughasmallplaceintheworldtoday.country,Britain’shistoryisimportantontheworldstage,andthisbookplacesBritainwithinitsworldcontext.BeginningwiththeRomans’invasionofBritainin55bc,thebookfollowsBackgroundandthemesBritain’shistoryinabroadlychronologicalorder,thoughthec
4、haptersareorganisedthematically.FeatureboxeswithinthemainbodyofthetextalsodescribesomeofthemostAlthoughBritainisasmallcountry,itstillplaysarelativelyfamouscharactersfromBritishhistoryinmoredepth.Someimportantroleontheworldstage.Muchofitshistory,too,issocialhistory,aswellaspoliticalhistor
5、y,isalsocovered.importantonaworldscale;andthethemesofitshistoryarethoseofthehistoryofmankind.Chapter1iscalled‘Invaders’,anditcoverstheperiodofBritishhistoryfrom55bcuntilthelastsuccessfulinvasionofReligion–particularlytheconflictbetweentheCatholicBritainbyaforeignarmyin1066.AftertheRomans
6、cameandProtestantdivisionsofChristianity–hasplayedavitaltheAnglesandSaxons,theVikingsandthentheNormans.partinmakingBritainthecountryitistoday.HenryVIIIEachofthesedifferentinvadersduringtheseearlyyearsbegantheprocessofchangingBritainfromaCatholichadanimportantinfluenceonBritain,itslanguag
7、e,culturenationtoaProtestantone,mainlybecausehewastiredofanditspeople.ThechapterprofilesoneofBritain’smosthiswifeandwantedanewone!DespiteattemptsbyMaryspiritedheroines–Boudica.ShefoughtfiercelyagainsttheIandMaryQueenofScotstomakeBritainCatholicagain,Romansfortherighttogov
