In “Our British Heritage,” episode #072, Meredith Curtis takes you back in time to lay a pre-American history foundation. Our heritage of liberty and protected God-given rights didn’t originate in the 13 colonies. Explore our British heritage and learn some life lessons along the way.
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Show Notes
The British Isle Before & After the Battle of Hastings
Anglo-Saxon Until William Or Normandy Invades
Tribal with One Leader for War
Witan, Council of Nobility & Pastors
Localized Decision Making
Changes with William of Normandy
Serfs/Lord of the Manor
Magna Charta
Robin Hood
Good King Richard the LionHeart
King John
Trial By Jury/ No Taxation without Representation/ Habeus Corpus/Own Private Property
British Common Law
Passed Down Generation to Generation
Based on Word of God
These Laws Protect Private Property, Marriage, People from Physical Harm, Face Accusers When Charged with a Crime.
No Murder, no stealing, no Breach of Contact
Henry II Established a Court System (1100s)
Fall of Constantinople
Two Roman Empires (West/Roman & East/Byzantine)
Turks Conquered Constantinople 1453
Monks, Scholars, Priests Fled to Florence
Birth of the Renaissance
Printing Press
100 Years War
Fought from 1337 to 1453
English War with France over Throne (Joan of Arc)
Before 100 Years War, England & France Intertwined
After 100 Years War, Disconnected
Gunpowder
War of the Roses
Two Years Later
Fought in 1400 /1455 to 1485
Renaissance 1300 to 1600
Bloody Civil War Over The Throne
Lancaster Rose Red, York Rose White
Tudors Won
Combined Roses
Henry VIII
Edward VI, British Josiah
Lady Jane Grey
Mary I (Bloody Mary)
Elizabeth I
The Reformation
Corruption of Roman Catholic Church
October 31, 1517, Martin Luther Posted 95 Thesis on Whittenburg Door
Reformation swept through Northern Europe
New Protestant Denominations/ Puritan Work Ethic/
French Huguenots, Dutch Protestants Escaping Inquisition, English Separatists, German Moravians
American History & Literature Resources
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