1. A Nation State:
Dark Ages how Alfred the Great stood against the Viking invasion, which led to the creation of England.
2. Ængla Land:
Anglo-Saxons, arriving in the 5th century these Germanic peoples by the 11th century were ruled by King Canute and eventually were overthrown by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
3. Conquest:
Following the Battle of Hastings and subsequent Norman Conquest. This covers a tumultuous time in English history, which saw murders and eventually, civil war.
4. Dynasty:
The time of Henry II of England, and his conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket.
5. A United Kingdom:
The reigns of three Edwards: Edward I, and his attempt at a United Kingdom, how his son Edward II almost lost it all, but restored by Edward III, grandson of Edward I.
6. Death of a Dynasty:
Follows the reigns made famous by Shakespeare; Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI. A time of civil unrest and doubt in monarchy itself.
[ 本帖最后由 adyu 于 2008-9-6 14:40 编辑 ]作者: adyu 时间: 2008-9-6 12:30
David Starkey's Monarchy Series 2《君主政體 Series 2》
1. The Crown Imperial
The Crown Imperial - 1450s and The War of the Roses, the birth of the Tudors.
2. King and Emperor
King and Emperor - The reign of Henry VIII, his divorces and resulting dissociation with Rome, which led to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
3. Shadow of the King
The Shadow of the King - Following the death of Henry VIII and the Act of Succession of 1543, which allowed all three of his children to rule. Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
4. The Stuart Succession
The Stuart Succession - With the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English royalty was at its zenith. Scotland and England became united under the Stuart King James I (VI of Scotland), but his son Charles I within a generation would throw the country into Civil War.
5. Cromwell the King Killer
Cromwell The King Killer - 1644, the English Civil War was at its height and Monarchy - undisputable before the war - was under threat.作者: adyu 时间: 2008-9-6 12:31
David Starkey's Monarchy Series 3《君主政體 Series 3》
1. The Return of the King:
Starting in 1660 with the return from exile of King Charles II. By aligning his throne with Catholic France and Protestant Parliament, Charles’s reign restored the authority of the English crown and laid the foundation of the world’s first modern state.
2. The Glorious Revolution:
Looking at the "Bloodless Revolution" of 1688, the Parliament-devised plot to overthrow England's last Roman Catholic King, James II, and replace him with his Dutch Protestant son-in-law William of Orange.
3. Rule Britannia:
In just 25 years after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, England was transformed from an insignificant minor state to the greatest power in Europe. Along the way she became known under a new name to match her swelling status: Great Britain.
4. Empire:
In 1714, an obscure German Prince was crowned King George I of Great Britain, signalling the beginning of a new political era that saw the rise of the new role of Prime Minister, and established the pattern of political modernity we are familiar with today.
5. Survival:
When, in 1789, the Bastille prison in Paris was stormed and the French Revolution began, few in Britain - least of all King George III, who was recovering from one of his bouts of madness - thought that it would lead to a cataclysmic war with France.作者: kexue6 时间: 2008-9-6 13:09
太棒了，谢谢斑竹！！！作者: sun120107 时间: 2008-9-6 21:52
谢谢啊，真不错作者: sun120107 时间: 2008-9-6 21:53
等你的字幕，谢谢作者: 蚂蚁剑客 时间: 2008-9-6 22:06
很不错的片子，谢谢楼主啦
