HIST 2260 Lecture : Unit 3 Summary.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2260
• Professor: Norman Smith

Document Summary

Celts, prior to roman conquest of island of great britain, dominated what is now england and wales, and island of ireland. Celts of ireland were later to invade and dominate scotland. Cultures of wild lands - hunting, fishing and some agriculture - neither wales nor scotland were well suited to agriculture: were not places suited to towns or cities until much later in history. Catholic nation in 1500, profoundly affected by ideas of martin luther and then jean calvin. Scotland and england, although they shared an island, were quite different - differences were tiny before protestant reformation, became larger after, as the reform was received differently in each place. In scotland, the monarchy was not as rich as in england, simply because scotland was itself a poorer country. National wealth was based on agriculture, and scotland quite simply had little good agricultural land: meant that monarchy much less powerful in political system than in england, and aristocracy that much stronger.