[Misc] Most important people, concepts and events in English history?

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

The Spice Girls' split up

The Parkrun phenomenon

Strictly

Lord Lucan's disappearance

Arthur Scargill's haircut

The Cod War

Henman Hill

Morecombe & Wise Xmas shows

Sussex winning the county championship (note: this went down well with Swedish academics and will certainly come up in the exam)

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Its a shite piece of the course

I doubt anyone studying to become a nurse will be supposed to sit around and read about what nurses did a 1000 years ago.

Tip: for 'its' read 'it's'. (Could lose you a mark or two.)

 

[Bakero]

Doesn't this 400-page doc you referred to have a contents page?

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

The creation of the Whippet.

Truly amazing little companions.

 

[Happy Exile]

Cricket - origin of the Ashes or something

Civil War / Charles and Cromwell

William of Orange

Gladstone and / or Disraeli

Florence Nightingale

Anything to do with WW2 - Dunkirk, Battle of Britain or D-Day

Creation of the NHS

Stock, Aitken and Waterman

Let us know what comes up in the exam, be interesting to know.

 

[Lethargic]

Good luck with that, English history in 2 weeks no chance so focus on the aspects you might have some chance on:
The Vikings and their raids against the Brits, eg Alfred the Great which really lead to the creation of England.

 

[Gwylan]

Sussex winning the county championship (note: this went down well with Swedish academics and will certainly come up in the exam)

 

[The Wizard]

King Alfred the Great.

 

[sparkie]

Good points above, reminds me of the following KEY facts :


King Alfred burning the cakes.

Canute holding back the tide.

Samuel Pepys burying his cheese and wine.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

The Spice Girls' split up

The Parkrun phenomenon

Strictly

Lord Lucan's disappearance

Arthur Scargill's haircut

The Cod War

Henman Hill

Morecombe & Wise Xmas shows

Sussex winning the county championship (note: this went down well with Swedish academics and will certainly come up in the exam)

Kinnock falling over on Brighton beach

 

[sparkie]

Kinnock falling over on Brighton beach

Miliband's bacon sandwich ?

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

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Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after... John

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

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... Lloyd invented the patent crop rotator

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Battle of Britain

Agincourt

Industrial revolution

Enlightenment movement.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

OP. Probably i'd add to the comments of those saying, best get off NSC and read as much of the course text as you can get through.

If it's on the course, probably it's there for a reason

Failing that. Maybe wiki Alfred the Great?

 

[Blue3]

1. The changes to society that are still relevant today as a result of 1066 the one battle in English history that changed everything
2. Magna Carter the first time that the people of this nation attempted to ascertain rights
3. The industrial revolution changed everything from a small island in the North Sea to a global powerhouse
4. The two World wars the first purely for the pointless numbers of deaths and the second as it was the only just war and changed everything back to a small island in the North Sea.
5. The internet a gift to the world from Tim Barnards Lee which is still in its infancy conceived to be a force for good which might prove to be the catalysis for the end of our very existence

 

[schmunk]

Miliband's bacon sandwich ?

Miliband's banana - a turning point in British politics. What might have been...?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

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Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after... John

No it wasn't.

 

[Goldstone1976]

No it wasn't.

Oh yes it was.

[MENTION=38333]Swansman[/MENTION] - the cultural impact of pantomime.

 

[El Presidente]

As an academic, I take the view that anyone who uses Wikipedia as their main sauce is a lazy timewaster.