The United Kingdom Think Teen! Unit5 Lesson 3 p.67, Reading

United Kingdom Map Flag

Coat of arms

Anglia

Location

Coat of arms Flag

Stonehenge A prehistoric monument

Capital: London

Patron saint of England

Wales Location

Flag, Coat of arms

Saint David: a saint and the patron saint of Wales.

Capital: Cardiff

Neolithic dolmen (megalith) in Wales Probably a tomb.

Scotland Location

Flag

Coat of arms

Capital: Edinburgh

bagpiper

"St. Andrew's Cross” is the national flag of Scotland

Ireland: Northern Location Flag (no flag),

Coat of arms

South: Republic of Ireland Éire

North

Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland The Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Capital: Belfast

Britain and Colonies

Iron Age: Stonehenge • Stonehenge is a wonder of the ancient world.

secrets of Britain in 2500 BC.

Iron Age

Shield Iron Age Celts

chariots or carts

Greece

410 to 800 : Saxons

The Romans

Julius Caesar, 54 BC

122: Hadrian’s Wall 142: Antonine’s

Wall

The Roman Emperor Hadrian started to build an eighty-mile long wall which became known as Hadrian's Wall to keep the 'barbarian' Picts from Scotland out of Roman Britain.

The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Celtic people living in ancient eastern and northern Scotland

490-542: After the Romans – King Arthur (Briton)

Excalibur

Merlin

The knights of the round table

The Lady of the Lake

889 AD : The Viking Age

Viking sword

Viking brooch

The Viking Age – 889: 9th and 10th c. AD

Viking Ship

axe heads

Castle

The Norman Conquest : 1066

Mail (μεταλλικός θώρακας)

Weapons

William the Conqueror 1066-1087

1066-1087: William the Conqueror

The Tower of London viewed from the River Thames

The Tower of London • Yeomen Warders (1552) are the colourfully-

dressed bodyguards on duty at the Tower of London.

• They are responsible for looking after any prisoners at the Tower and safeguarding the British crown jewels.

• The Yeomen Warders are popularly known as the Beefeaters.

State dress uniform Normal everyday uniform

the thistle, rose and shamrock, emblems of Scotland, England and Ireland

Tower bridge, Thames There are24 bridges along the River Thames

Tower bridge, Thames

The Palace of Westminster, the Clock Tower and the Westminster Bridge

The Palace of Westminster is now the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Palace of Westminster, the Clock Tower, Big Ben

The quarter bells for the great bell (Big Ben) at the Clock Tower

The Palace of Westminster, the Clock Tower, Big Ben

Westminster Abbey

the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and British monarchs.

Buckingham Palace

The Guard if the Buckingham Palace

Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.

The foot Guard of the Buckingham Palace

Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.

The foot guard

Buckingham Palace: Horse Guards

The life Guards The Bleus and Royals

Buckingham Palace

The life Guards The Bleus and Royals

Buckingham Palace: The Gold State Coach

Buckingham Palace: The Gold State Coach

Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom kept in the Tower of London

Crown Jewels

• the regalia (βασιλικό έμβλημα) and vestments (ενδύματα) worn by the monarch of the United Kingdom during the coronation ceremony and at other state functions.

Process:

The sovereign is 1. anointed with holy oil and the

presented with the • robes, •armills, •swords, •orb, •ring, •sceptres and •spurs.

2.After that the sovereign is crowned.

The Queen's coronation robes

Coronation Dress he robe, which weighs more than 15lb (6.80388 kg), was made for the Queen's coronation in 1953

The Queen's coronation robes

The Super tunica The Stole

Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

The Ampulla golden eagle flask which holds the holy oil with which a sovereign is anointed

The Coronation Spoon (silver +gold) is used to rub the oil .

Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom the Orb, the armills and the coronation ring

"the bracelets of wisdom and sincerity" It is placed on the fourth

finger of the sovereign by the archbishop, as a symbol of 'kingly dignity'. Gold, sapphire, rubies, diamonds, silver

the Archbishop places it in the Sovereign’s right hand to represent supreme power and independent authority over the country

Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

The Imperial State Crown

The Sceptre

with the cross

It symbolizes temporal power

(right hand)

The Sceptre with the Dove

It symbolizes spiritual power

(left hand)

Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom Sword of Offering Five Swords

The Jeweled Sword of Offering (1820) is the only sword presented to the Sovereign during the Coronation (by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to signify that the royal power is at the service of the church)

Crown Jewels of the United

Kingdom

The Sword of Spiritual Justice

The Sword of Temporal Justice

The Swords

The Sword of State: It symbolises the defence of the church and the defence of the people.

The Sword of Mercy: it has been cut off about 1” from its original point, symbolising the mercy that should temper the sharpness of royal justice.

Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

The spurs are representative of knighthood

The Royal Maces (σκήπτρο/ρόπαλο), two out of sixteen are carried into the Abbey on coronation day.

The ceremonial mace was used as a symbol of authority of military commanders.

Mace-weapon

The coronation ceremony

The coronation ceremony

The coronation ceremony

Coronation

Portrait of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) in her coronation robes and wearing the State Diadem.

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) in her coronation robes, wearing the crown and holding the globe and a sceptre

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (1953) in her coronation robes, wearing the crown and holding the globe and a sceptre

Coronation

King Edward VII

(1901-1910) King George IV

(1820-1830)

King George VI (1895-1952)

Prince or Princess

- son or daughter

of a sovereign.

Prince or Princess

- children of the

Heir Apparent

Prince or Princess

- children of other

sons of the

Sovereign

Prince or Princess

- Other grand

children of the

Sovereign

Duke

Marquess

Earl (κόμης)

Viscount

(υποκόμης)

Baron

British King of

Arms (Herald)

Loyalists

military coronet

(Canadian)

Loyalists civil

coronet

(Canadian)

Led the Third Crusade into the Holy Land

1189-1199 Richard I, 'The Lionheart' (Richard Cœur de Lion)

Robin Hood

ENGLISH MEDIEVAL KNIGHT 1200-1300

1829: Robert Peel sets up the Metropolitan Police

1829: Robert Peel sets up the Metropolitan Police

Cultural icons of England

Fish and chips

A telephone box and a policeman

Post-box

Her executions (burned at the

stake) of Protestants caused her

opponents to give her the

nickname "Bloody Mary".

Catherine of Aragon

Bloody Mary cocktail

1516 - 1558 : Mary I, Tudor

Double Decker bus

Old style double decker New double decker

Bus stop

1823-1852: The British Museum

Scotland

The Coronation Chair and the Stone of Scone

Scotland

haggis

The Celtic cross

The thistle

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