Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - Politics
The early European settlers of New England were English Protestants fleeing religious persecution. This, however, did not prevent them fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Politics
Main article: Politics of the United Kingdom, Government of England Since the promulgation of the 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan and the Laws i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athelstan Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Athelstan Of England - Political And Military Life
Athelstan is generally regarded as the first de facto English king. He achieved considerable military successes over his rivals, includin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia - England
England is a nation and the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom accounting for more than 83% of the total...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of England - Political Experiments Of The Commonwealth
Commonwealth of England - The Rump Parliament 1649–53. The Rump was the purged remnant of the original Long Parliament. As such it wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emancipation Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - Emancipation Of The Jews In England - Reforms And Political Freedoms
The Reform Act of 1867 granted every adult male householder the right to vote. Before this legislation only very few men in Britain could...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Ii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Ii Of England - Political Factions
Edward II's disgraceful defeat made him more dependent on his barons than ever. Thomas of Lancaster now had an opportunity of saving Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arminianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Arminianism - Political Considerations In Early 17th Century England
Early Stuart society was highly religious. Though King James I managed to remove religious conflict for most of the 1610s, most Protestan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athelstan Of England: Encyclopedia - Athelstan Of England
Athelstan or Æþelstan (c. 895–October 27, 939) was the King of England from 924 to 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of England: Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of England
The Commonwealth was the republican government which ruled first England and then the whole of Ireland, the colonies and other Crown poss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Health Service: Encyclopedia Ii - National Health Service - Political Issues In England
The long-term future of the NHS and its day to day organisation are major issues in British politics, and the Secretary of State for Heal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arminianism: Encyclopedia - Arminianism
Background Christianity Protestantism Pietism Anglicanism Arminianism Doctrinal distinctives Articles of Religion Prevenient Grace Govern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia - Jacobitism
This article concerns the political movement supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart, not the earlier Jacobean period. For deta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rector: Encyclopedia - Rector
The word rector ("ruler," from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. The term and office of a rector are called rectorate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cecil Rhodes: Encyclopedia - Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902) was an English businessman and the effective founder of the state of Rhodesia (which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States
The Northeastern United States is a region of the United States of America defined by the US Census Bureau. The Northeast is bordered to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - Education
New England - Higher education. New England contains some of the oldest and most renowned institutions of higher learning in the United...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - Literature
New England has always received a great deal of attention from American writers like Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Alla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - Economy
In the twentieth century, most of New England's traditional industries have relocated to states or foreign countries where goods can be m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - History
New England - The indigenous peoples of New England. New England has long been inhabited by Algonquian-speaking native peoples, includi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - Culture
See Cuisine of New England New England - Historico-cultural roots. The first European colonists of New England were focused on maritime...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - Population
In 1910, 6,552,681 people lived in New England. Today, the total population of New England is 13,922,517. If New England were one state, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - Population
In 1910, 6,552,681 people lived in New England. Today, the total population of New England is 13,922,517. If New England were one state, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New England: Encyclopedia Ii - New England - Major Professional Sports Teams
Informal polling, along with a general consensus among the sports media, indicates that baseball is the most-watched sport in New England...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athelstan Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Athelstan Of England - Foreign Contacts
Athelstan's court was in contact with the rest of Europe; his half sisters married into European noble families, and foreign visitors sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athelstan Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Athelstan Of England - Sources
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which was so vocal during the reign of Alfred and Edward, falls into relative silence during Athelstan's reign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athelstan Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Athelstan Of England - Reign
Athelstan was the son of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great. His father succeeded, after some difficulty, to the Kingdom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emancipation Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - Emancipation Of The Jews In England - Reaching For Emancipation
For a time the advocates of emancipation seem to have lost heart. The chief supporters of the bill, R. Grant in the Commons, and Lord Hol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emancipation Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - Emancipation Of The Jews In England - Pogroms In Russia
When in 1881 the outburst of violence in Russia brought the position of the Russian Jews prominently before the world, it was their corel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of England - Radicals Vs. Conservatives
Parliament had, to a large degree, encouraged the radical political groups which emerged when the usual social controls broke down during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Ii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Ii Of England - Life In Captivity And Death
The government of Isabella and Mortimer was so precarious that they dared not leave the deposed king in the hands of their political enem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of England - Recent History
The Act of Union of 1800 formally assimilated Ireland within the British political process, and created a new country "The United Kingdom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of England - Recent History
The Act of Union of 1800 formally assimilated Ireland within the British political process, and created a new state "The United Kingdom o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Ii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Ii Of England - Prince Of Wales
The fourth son of Edward I of England by his first wife Eleanor of Castile, Edward II was born at Caernarfon Castle. He was the first Eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Ii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Ii Of England - Deposition By Isabella Of France
A dispute broke out between England and France over the building of a fortified town in English possession of Aquitaine by Isabella's bro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Ii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Ii Of England - Piers Gaveston Earl Of Cornwall
Gaveston received the earldom of Cornwall with the hand of the king's niece, Margaret of Gloucester. The barons grew resentful of Gavesto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Ii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Ii Of England - The Fieschi Letter
A letter was written to Edward III in circa 1337 by a Genoese priest Manuele de Fieschi, Bishop of Vicelli, which has been a source of co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of The United Kingdom - Political Parties And Elections
Politics of the United Kingdom - Electoral systems and reform. Various electoral systems are used in the UK: The First Past the Post s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of The United Kingdom - Devolution
In addition to the House of Commons, Scotland now has its own parliament and Wales and Northern Ireland have national assemblies. England...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of The United Kingdom - Devolution
In addition to the House of Commons, Scotland now has its own parliament and Wales and Northern Ireland have national assemblies. England...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - History
Northeastern United States - New England. New England is perhaps the best-defined region of the U.S., with more uniformity and more of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - United Kingdom
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Cornwall. Mebyon Kernow List of political parties campaigning for self-g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Windsor Berkshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Windsor Berkshire - Tourism
Windsor is a popular tourist destination and location of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British royal family. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Health Service: Encyclopedia Ii - National Health Service - Structure
Responsibility for the NHS has been devolved to the component parts of the UK. National Health Service - England. The NHS in England is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - Spain By Autonomous Community
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Andalusia. Andalucista Party List of political parties campaigning for sel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - Italy
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Northern Italy 'Padania'. Northern League List of political parties campai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arminianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Arminianism - Wesley And Finney
The Wesleyan revival in England, which was part of the First Great Awakening in America, recovered the Arminian emphasis on personal resp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rector: Encyclopedia Ii - Rector - Academic Rectors
The Rector is the highest academic official of many universities. It's used widely in Europe, including Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rector: Encyclopedia Ii - Rector - Ecclesiastical Rectors
Rector - Anglican churches. In the Anglican Church, a rector is one type of parish priest. For historical reasons, some parish priests ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rector: Encyclopedia Ii - Rector - Academic Rectors
The Rector is the highest academic official of many universities. It's used widely in Europe, including Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - France
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Brittany. Union Démocratique Bretonne List of political parties campaigni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties Campaigning For Self-government - Saint Kitts And Nevis
List of political parties campaigning for self-government - Nevis. Concerned Citizens Movement ... See also:List of political parties...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Britain - Political Definition
Politically, Great Britain describes the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales. It includes outlying islands such as the Isles of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sean O'casey: Encyclopedia Ii - Sean O'casey - O'casey And The Abbey
O'Casey's first accepted play, The Shadow of a Gunman was performed on the stage of the Abbey Theatre in 1923. This was the beginning of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Some Famous Northeasterners
... See also:Northeastern United States, Northeastern United States - Geography, Northeastern United States - History, Northeastern U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arminianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Arminianism - Atonement
Traditionally, Arminians have held to the governmental theory of the atonement. A substitutionary view, this doctrine says that Christ su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devon: Encyclopedia Ii - Devon - History
Devon was one of the first areas of England settled following the end of the last ice age. Dartmoor is thought to have been settled by Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devon: Encyclopedia Ii - Devon - Flag
Devon has its own (unofficial) flag which has been dedicated to Saint Petroc, a local saint with numerous dedications throughout Devon an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Devon: Encyclopedia Ii - Devon - Geology Landscape And Ecology
The Dartmoor National Park lies wholly in Devon, and the Exmoor National Park lies in both Devon and Somerset. In addition Devon is the o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Geography
The Northeast has a landscape varying from the rocky coast of New England to the fertile farmland of the Ohio River Valley behind the All...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Economy
Until World War II, the Northeast's economy was largely driven by industry. In the second half of the 20th century, most of New England's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Religion, Politics And Adventurers
While Jacobitism was closely linked with Roman Catholicism from the outset particularly in Ireland, elsewhere in Britain Catholics were i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Religion Politics And Adventurers
While Jacobitism was closely linked with Roman Catholicism from the outset particularly in Ireland, elsewhere in Britain Catholics were i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sean O'casey: Encyclopedia Ii - Sean O'casey - Early Life
O'Casey was born John Casey in the north inner city area of Dublin, Ireland. It is commonly assumed that he grew up in the tenement world...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Political Background
The second half of the 17th century was a time of political and religious turmoil in the British Isles. The Protestant Commonwealth ended...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Military Campaigns And Jacobitism
This section focusses on the political context. For military aspects of these campaigns see the Williamite war in Ireland and Jacobite Ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cecil Rhodes: Encyclopedia Ii - Cecil Rhodes - Rhodes' Will And The Rhodes Scholarship
Although Rhodes remained a leading figure in the politics of southern Africa, especially during the Boer War, he was dogged by ill health...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Health Service: Encyclopedia Ii - National Health Service - Funding
The NHS was, and largely remains, a system of healthcare intended to be "free at the point of delivery" and paid for by taxes. Nigel Laws...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Health Service: Encyclopedia Ii - National Health Service - History
Before 1948, when the NHS was created, patients were generally required to pay for their own healthcare. Systems of health insurance were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Politics
The Northeast region is known for its political liberalism. For example, every state in the region voted for John Kerry in the 2004 elect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Jacobite Community, Ideology And Policy
From its religious roots, Jacobite ideology was passed on through committed families of the nobility and gentry who would have pictures o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Jacobite Claimants To The Thrones Of England, Scotland, France, And Ireland
Since Henry's death, none of the Jacobite heirs has actually claimed the throne. They are as follows (given with their Jacobite regnal ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Jacobite Community Ideology And Policy
From its religious roots, Jacobite ideology was passed on through committed families of the nobility and gentry who would have pictures o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Decline Of Jacobitism
Jacobitism entered permanent decline after the "Forty-Five" rebellion. The French made every effort to rescue Jacobite chieftains as well...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Outcome
What began with the English parliament asserting a new authority and William looking to expand alliances against France quickly developed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Jacobite Claimants To The Thrones Of England Scotland France And Ireland
Since Henry's death, none of the Jacobite heirs has actually claimed the throne. They are as follows (given with their Jacobite regnal ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacobitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacobitism - Alternative Successions
While Franz, Duke of Bavaria, is the most universally acknowledged Stuart heir there are two others. If one discounts the marriage of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Culture
Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion. Culturally, the Northeast is somewhat different from the rest of the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Northeastern United States - Culture
Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion. Culturally, the Northeast is somewhat different from the rest of the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cecil Rhodes: Encyclopedia Ii - Cecil Rhodes - Politics
In 1880 Rhodes prepared to enter public life at the Cape. With the incorporation of Griqualand West into the Cape Colony in 1877, the are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Northumberland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Northumberland - Border Wars Reivers And Rebels
From the Norman Conquest until the union of England and Scotland under James I and VI, Northumberland was the scene of perpetual inroads ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Wales - Law
Wales shares the same legal system as England, within the legal distinction of England and Wales. England legally annexed Wales under the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleanor Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Of Castile - Marriage
In 1252, Alfonso X resurrected flimsy ancestral claims to the duchy of Gascony, in the south of Aquitaine, last possession of the Kingdom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleanor Of Castile: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Of Castile - Second Barons' War
Eleanor's life in England is little known before the 1260s, when the Second Barons' War, a civil war between Henry III and his barons div...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cecil Rhodes: Encyclopedia Ii - Cecil Rhodes - Diamonds
Whilst at Oxford, Rhodes continued to prosper in Kimberley. Before his departure for Oxford he and C. D. Rudd had moved from the Kimberle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criminal Transmission Of Hiv: Encyclopedia Ii - Criminal Transmission Of Hiv - The Legal Political And Social Problems
The initial stages of HIV-positive are asymptomatic for periods usually exceeding one year. A person who engages in sexual activity or do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criminal Transmission Of Hiv: Encyclopedia Ii - Criminal Transmission Of Hiv - Example Statute
This is the Criminal Transmission of HIV from the Iowa Code. 709C.1 Criminal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus. 1. A person ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl Of Beaconsfield: Encyclopedia Ii - Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl Of Beaconsfield - Political Career
Disraeli had been considering a political career as early as 1830, before he departed England for the Mediterranean. His first real effor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - History
Main article: History of England England has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, although the repeated Ice Ages made much of Brita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - History
Main article: History of England England has been inhabited for at least 50,000 years, although the repeated Ice Ages made much of Britai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Demographics
Main articles: Demographics of England, Population of England England is both the most populous and the most ethnically diverse nation in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Subdivisions
Main article: Subdivisions of England Historically, the highest level of local government in England was the county. These divisions had ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Demographics
Main articles: Demographics of England, Population of England England is both the most populous and the most ethnically diverse nation in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Geography
Main articles: Geography of the United Kingdom, Geography of England England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - English Identity
The simplest view is that an English person is someone who is from England and holds British nationality, regardless of his or her racial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Languages
As its name suggests, the English language, today spoken by hundreds of millions of people around the world, originated as the language o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Nomenclature
The country is named after the Angles, one of several Germanic tribes who settled the country in the 5th and 6th centuries. There are two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - English Identity
The simplest view is that an English person is someone who is from England and holds British nationality, regardless of his or her racial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Nomenclature
The country is named after the Angles, one of several Germanic tribes who settled the country in the 5th and 6th centuries. There are two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Symbols And Insignia
The two traditional symbols of England are the St. George's cross (the English flag) and the Three Lions coat of arms (see above), both d...   » Read the article