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Find out about British history


Sections:	Introduction
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Related pages:	Early Britain (before 1066)
	The Middle Ages (1066-1485)
	The Tudors and Stuarts (1485-1714)
	The Georgians (1714-1837)
	The Victorian age (1837-1914)
	Modern Britain (1914-present)

INTRODUCTION

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If you have a basic understanding about British history it will increase your enjoyment when you are visiting the UK. If you look careful you will see that history is all around you - old buildings, monuments, pub signs and so on. There are many interesting historical places to visit for a day-trip or while you are travelling around, and often history is brought to life through re-enactments.

Studying about British history or watching British historical films can be a good way to learn English. One interesting way to learn about modern British history and to learn English is to watch the old newsreels, which can be downloaded free from the internet (for personal use). For information about how to do this, see: Britain/History/News.

History programmes are popular on television. A lot of information is contained on the BBC's site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history. The BBC also produce a popular magazine called BBC History (see below). BBC Radio 4 produced a series about the history of Britain called "This Sceptred Isle"; CDs, tapes from this are available (see below), and have produced a useful website based on this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle.

More details about English kings and queens is available on the website: http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk. Channel 4 produced a popular history series called Monarchy: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/M/monarchy

Note that the following organisations are responsible for many of the historic buildings in Britain, so if you would like to visit some of these you can obtain a lot of information from their websites:
- England: English Heritage: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk.
- Scotland: Historic Scotland: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk.
- Wales: Cadw: http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk

	Britain's Kings and Queens Publisher: Pitkin Guides Date: December 1990		Great Britons Publisher: Pitkin Guides Date: November 2003
	The Young Oxford History of Britain and Ireland Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: July 1998		Kings and Queens of England Author: Brenda Ralph Lewis Publisher: Reader's Digest Date: September 2003
	The Penguin Atlas of British and Irish History Authors: Simon Hall, John Haywood Publisher: Penguin Books Date: October 2001		History of Britain: The Complete Series (6 DVDs) Presenter/author: Simon Schama Publisher: BBC Date: November 2002
	This Sceptred Isle: 55BC-1999 (Boxed Set) (CDs) Publisher: BBC Audio Date: February 2002		BBC History (monthly magazine) Student subsciptions available (Help: Shop/Company/NordicSubs) (Magazine website: BBC Shop)
	An Illustrated History of Britain Author: David McDowall Publisher: Longman Date: February 1989		Battlefield Britain Authors: Peter Snow, Dan Snow Publisher: BBC Books Date: September 2004

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The royal family and UK countries: Britain/Countries
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Improving your English listening skills (including TV): English/Listening

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