England's history before christ and the kings and queens?

Question

What was Englands history before all the kings and queens, how did they come into power and what was life/politics/military for them like.

Answer 1

England's Kings and Queens were the face of England. They lived life like he royalty that they were. But there were many flaws to there ways. For example, only Kings were allowed to rule by birth until Queen Mary, otherwise known as Bloody Mary. Another bad thing was that if there was even the slightest rumor that someone had been treasonous, they would most likely be a) beheaded b) burned on the stake or c) both. One of the worst Kings of England was VIII. He had six wives. And had beheaded/arrested three of them. The other three either died in childbirth, was scarred by smallpox and was abandoned, or outlived King Henry himself. In conclusion, Ling Henry VII was a horrible man that cast off women at will for a new one.

Answer 2

Your BEST source of that is Winston Churchill's "History of the English Speaking Peoples," Volume I.

Churchill was the most history-educated leader in modern world history, and taught history, and loved writing about it. Volume is not only eye opening, but absolutely fun to read.

Wrong answer, Sergio.

Answer 3

Sorry to disappoint the many experts on here, but there certainly was an England when Jesus Christ was around.The Roman emperor Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 B.C.

       And, far from kicking the French out of England, William the Conqueror WAS French and the Norman Conquest, in 1066, was the first and ONLY time that we, the British, have been conquered.

Answer 4

ha ha... well... i think the answer to that lies in at least 4 huge books, not here. But i can tell u for sure - there was no England when Christ was around

Answer 5

roman empire, vikings

Answer 6

Here's what I know:

Before the middle ages (what everyone thinks of when they think of England's history, with all the kings and queens), England was inhabited by many different Celtic tribes, each ruling their own small sections.

I'm not entirely sure of the dates, but I think it was around 600 A.D. when the Romans first conquered/tried to conquer the Britons. Their success is debatable because they never fully had the people under control, but eventually they abandoned it  so that they could defend their homeland from the Germanic invasions. After this, England's history gets very fuzzy... some legends/records say that around this time, the man we know today as King Arthur (possibly a man known by the Roman name Arturius) tried to unite the different tribes and clans into a single country. However, we know very little about this period in time, because England was subject to multiple viking raids from all over, and eventually the Anglo-Saxons (a Germanic/Norse people) took over, so any history that was recorded by the native Britons  during that time was lost, destroyed, or re-written by the new Anglo-Saxon rulers. After not too long, the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon races began to inter-marry and mix their cultures, blurring the distinctions between Celtic and Germanic.

Then, after that (I wish I remembered the dates for all these), a people group from modern-day France called the Normans invaded. By this time, the Roman Empire had mostly fallen, and the mainland of what we know today as Europe had retained some of the Roman cultural influence, but broke off into the different people groups that used to make up the different tribes before the Romans conquered that area (did that make sense?). Thus, the Normans spoke a form of what we know as French, which was a combination of their native Gaulic language and the Latin that the Romans spoke. So when they invaded England, there was another time of blending of three cultural elements: the old Celtic, the Norse Anglo-Saxon, and the new Latin-ized French Normans. This is why the English language is so confusing and complicated today, it's made up of three different languages that were all very, very different.

Anyway, unfortunately for the Normans, the first two people groups had blended more, and they were not happy about these French invaders. Now this part I might not be have quite right, but I'm pretty sure that this is when William the Conquerer came around, and kicked the French out of England at the battle of Hastings in 1066. Then he started the first line of true English kings... and the rest is history.

Sorry I can't remember the dates... I'm sure you could get them rather quickly on Wiki if you wanted to. Does that answer your question?

Answer 7

The best answer to that question is found in 'The History of the Kings of Britain' by Geoffry of Monmouth 'Historia Reginia Britania' spelling is not correct - my Latin not so good.

Answer 8

The Romans arrived in Britain in around 50 BC, and were here until 450 AD. Prior to that England was home to the Britons, and some tribes of Celts. Bear in mind that the land boundaries of today were not in existence then. The Britons were a tribal people and there was no central government of any type.

J-n-laer:  William the conqueror was a NORMAN. He was the French King he didn't get rid of them.