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Samenvatting Engels 3 Taal en Cultuur - Britain For Learners of English. Intermediate. Advanced. Student's Book with Workbook Pack, ISBN: 9780194306478 - Chapters 2 (up to 17th century), 3, 4, 8, 9, ...
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Chapter 1 – Country and people1 Geographically speaking
British Isles = a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe
that consist of:
the islands of Great Britain
Ireland
six thousand smaller isles
The British Isles also include three Crown depencies:
the Isle of Man
the Bailiwick of Jersey
the Bailiwick of Guernsey
, 2 Politically speaking
Two states are located in this area:
Ireland (a republic which covers roughly five-sixths of the island with the
same name)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (which includes the
countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Eire = Irish republic, old name for Ireland
Great Britain: combination of England, Scotland and Wales
United Kingdom: includes Great Britain and Northern Island, self-governing but
still in possession of the queen
3 The four nations
Britain England
Four nations:
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Dates:
1707: Great Britain is born, Scotland joins England and Wales Act of
union
1800: Political unification of the four nations, the Irish parliament was
joined with the parliament for England, Scotland and Wales, so the whole
area became a single state (the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland)
1922: Southern Ireland left the UK under the Irish Free State Constitution
Act
Republic of Ireland UK (GB + Northern Ireland)
Celtic: dominant culture of people in Ireland, Wales and Highland
ScotlandCeltic languages
vs.
Germanic: people in England an Lowland Scotland Germanic dialects
Roman name for:
England = Albion (refers to GB as a whole, but mostly used for England)
Wales = Cambria
Scotland = Caledonia
Ireland = Hibernia, Erin, The Emerald Isle, Eire
Area Romans gave their southern British province (England and Wales) =
Brittania
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