1.the Anglo-Irish(functioning as plural) the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent 2.(Linguistics) the English language as spoken in Ireland adj 3.of or relating to the Anglo-Irish 4.of or relating to English and Irish
Duke William amassed an invasion fleet, and Harold was ready. As luck or providence would have it, a spell of bad weather kept the invasion fleet from sailing for so long that Harold had no choice but to send home his levied troops, who owed him only a limited amount of service, and...
War of 1812 (redirected fromAnglo-American War) Legal Encyclopedia War of 1812 n (Historical Terms) a war between Great Britain and the US, fought chiefly along the Canadian border (1812–14) Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 19...
Many of the Norman armies came via Wales, where they had been settled for some time, and brought Welsh mercenaries with them. As was the way with many invaders of Ireland, a large number of them stayed, intermarried and became, eventually, Irish. The names of true Cambro-Norman origin ar...
Norman invasion fleet, Bayeux Tapestry Research for my books consists of mainly reading – books, magazines, academic papers, and blogs. It’s also good to get out a bit and visit and talking with experts, in my case locations of mainly locations of battles where I can talk with resident ...
Broadly speaking, the Anglo Saxons existed between the collapse of Roman rule in the 5thcentury until the Norman invasion in the 11thcentury; the early Medieval period. Thrones of Britannia depicts the sweep of the British Isles from 878 AD onwards, when the Anglo Saxons were at their height...
The history of the British Isles and Ireland is characterized by multiple periods of major cultural change, including the influential transformation after the end of Roman rule, which precipitated shifts in language, settlement patterns and material cult
England, Southern part of the island of Great Britain, excluding Wales. Area: 50,301 sq mi (130,278 sq km). Population: (2011) 53,012,456. It is the largest constituent unit of theUnited Kingdomof Great Britain andNorthern Ireland. England is often erroneously considered synonymous with ...
from the kings of the Angles and the early Scottish kings. By the year 1000, the kingdoms of England and Scotland had resolved from the petty kingdoms of early medieval Britain. The last Anglo-Saxon monarch (Harold II) was defeated and killed in the Norman invasion of 1066 and th[...
The Anglo-Saxons “…born of warfare, remained forever a military society, and came to its end in battle”– J.R. Lander. The Anglo-Saxon Period A. D.. Label the numbered sections on the map of Great Britain Scotland 2.Northern Ireland 3.Ireland. ...