HIST 2260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: William Laud, James Vi And I, Puritans
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Prior to the 1st century a. d, the british isles were mostly celtic. However a tribal group names picts dominated what is now scotland. Prior to the roman conquest of the island of great britain, the celts dominated what is now england and wales and the island of ireland. The celts of ireland later invade and dominate scotland. Pre roman catholic faith, all celtics were polytheistic ( also called pagan) In 1500 scotland like all places in western europe was a catholic nation. England and scotland both became larger after the protestant reform but stayed very different from each other. In 1500 scotland like britain had a king and parliament, both had a powerful aristocracy, a small middle class and a large group of ordinary believers. However the monarchy in scotland wasn"t as rich as it was in england only because. Scotland was just a poorer country therefore the scottish monarchy was less powerful in the political system than in england.
