A thread dedicated to the history of Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and the British Empire.
Elizabethan edition
>>2641470
the english have bad teeth
>>2641479
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/09/british-dental-care-the-tooth-of-the-matter
>Perhaps it all goes back to the introduction of the NHS in England in 1948. Before then, stories of aunts and grandmothers having all their teeth removed for convenience’s sake were common, so was it the U.S. forces coming to the U.K. during WWII and seeing — thanks in part to food shortages, rationing and poor nutrition — gap-toothed deficiencies?
it also mentions the importance of cultural imagery- American celebrities have often gone to great lengths to have their teeth straightened and whitened while British ones have not.
Did the Church of England evolve the right way, lads?
Should it have stayed more Catholic like Henry VIII intended, or gone a lot more puritan like Edward and Cranmer's ideal? Was Elizabeth's settlement land on a good mix of values and customs? Or was Mary right all along to keep England Catholic?
What we have is a Church custom-tailored for our nation, which has slowly changed over the centuries.
Should Church and State be separated? Should Anglicanism remain our state religion? Are we a Christian nation? How do you feel about the Monarchy being the head of the church?
How do you feel about the shrinking number of practising Christians in this country? Studies have shown fewer and fewer people attend church. Will there be a spiritual revival in Britain any time soon?
I don't expect you to answer most of these questions, I'm just bringing them out to ponder on. Basically, talk about your views on religion in Britain
We must destroy Scotland to secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.
pay up piggies
>>2641479
french people should be killed for being smelly
>the greatest navy
Cromwell did nothing wrong
>>2641604
obsessed
all white english men should be castrated
>>2641607
PHWOAR RULE BRITANNIA
*blocks your path*
YANKNIGGERS BTFO
>tfw English nationalism is dead or associated with white van men and football fans
kill all rasheeds then penetrate their women with BEC
>>2641615
*makes way*
>>>/int/73424572
reckon we could invade yankland considering they lost to chink farmers
colonialism was a mistake
are Rick
We need to invade ireland and take their women
>>2641630
this
Who was the best British:
>writer
>poet
>king
>queen
>military leader
>song
>philosopher
>folk hero
>>2641635
>>poet
tempz
>>2641632
>Anglo-Saxon
lmao you celtic cuck
>>2641635
the answer to all of those is Russell Brand
alri
>>2641615
*stands on a hill in front of you*
I hope my body can take it.
>>2641635
ah, my mistake, songs aren't people.
Post good historic British songs though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvouc8Qs_MI
>>2641635
>>writer
Wilde
>>poet
Byron
>>king
Henry VII
>>queen
Elizabeth I
>>military leader
Cromwell
>>song
It's a Long Way to Tipperary
>>philosopher
Hobbes
>>folk hero
Arthur
>>2641641
>norman cuck thinks hes a person
>>2641635
>George Orwell
>William Blake
>Henry V
>Victoria
>Winston Churchill
>I vow to thee, my country
>Thomas More
>Robin Hood
>>2641470
Most important castle in the Peak District. Built between 1066 and 1086. A seat of administration for the region for many years. Also a good place to have a picnic.
>>2641635
>Writer
Dickens
>Poet
Shakespeare
>King
George III
>Military Leader
Duke of Marlborough
>Song
Jerusalem
>Philosopher
Hobbes
>Folk Hero
St George
>>2641703
roman era castle where I live, used to be the only way into the city until they diverted the river at a later date (used to flow under the bridge in this pic)
>>2641635
>Samuel Johnson
>William Shakespeare
>Alfred the Great
>Elizabeth I
>Horatio Nelson
>Fairest Isle, All Isles Excelling
>Hobbes
>Wat Tyler
>>2641733
aesthetic.. they don't make em like they used to
*drops quran into the middle of the thread*
>>2641635
>writer
Tolkien or Dickens
>poet
Chaucer
>king
Richard I or Edward III
>queen
Elizabeth I
>military leader
Oliver Cromwell
>song
A more humane Mikado
>philosopher
Cecil Rhodes
>folk hero
Rob Roy
>>2641660
>fag
>failed revolutionary and overly dramatic clod
>succeeded because everyone else died, wow
>good choice
>excellent choice!
and the rest are fine as well I suppose, with the exception of Arthur being welsh!
>>2642002
>Best British
What do you think welsh people are?
>>2641635
>writer
Tolkien
>poet
Rudyard Kipling
>king
George V
>queen
Victoria
>military leader
Duke of Wellington
>song
Spanish Ladies
>philosopher
John Stuart Mill
>folk hero
Arthur
>>2641470
I've got all of John Dee's manuscripts over in the /omg/ thread.
>>2642060
what do you think they are?
>>2642121
British.
>>2642121
Wales is geographically part of Britain.
>>2642143
so's yer mum
>>2641635
>Writer
Tolkein
>Poet
Shakespeare
>King
Henry IV
>Queen
Elizabeth I (or Matilda if she is allowed to count)
>Military leader
Toss up between Talbot, Marlborough and maybe Bedford
>Song
Far too subjective for my answer to mean anything
>Philosopher
Mill
>Folk hero
Robin Hood?
>>2641913
>Richard II
Where did everything go so wrong with him
where would you have ideally been stationed if you were an officer abroad in the colonies, lads?
doing a poo
Alri?
Poo poo willy willy bum bum
>>2643235
the americas, but i would've rebelled, because taxation without representation is wrong ok
>>2641660
Wilde was Irish
*blocks your path*
I came here to shit on bongs but I see there is a lot of love for Tolkien so you guys are ok
>>2644161
and to what Isles do they belong?
bump
Post sexy armours and uniforms
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>>2641620
On the contrary...
>>2645536
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>>2641635
>writer
james joyce
>poet
john keats
>king
henry V
>queen
mary queen of scots
>military leader
lord nelson
>song
in the court of the crimson king
>philsopher
david hume
>folk hero
arthur scargill ;)
>Acts stroppy in your presence
>>2645591
>it's not like i'm totally reliant on you guys or anything, ugu~
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>>2645627
Poem from Canadian who fought for Britain.
"Why should we fight" he asked me,
"'Cause England is at war?
Why are they fighting now, Dad,
What are they fighting for?
What does it mean to you, Dad,
To babes, and mum, and me?
The Germans won't come here
From away across the sea.
So why should you go there, Dad,
And leave us here to cry?
Is it cause England owns us?
Is that the reason why?"
His eyes look widely at me,
I tightly held my son,
And this is how I answered,
His questions one by one.
"We fight when England calls us,
For in her sacred keep
The ashes of our fathers
Lie in her soil asleep.
And many times for England
They fought that she'd be free,
And they are part of England,
And so, my son, are we.
And some may pass her by, lad,
And some may scorn her hand,
But we must be forever
A part of that fair land.
For everything we have son,
That's good and fine and just
Was washed in British blood
And given to us on trust.
"And we must keep that trust, son,
Against the force of greed.
And fight beside old England
Whenever she's in need.
And once again she's calling
Across the Empire wide,
And all her Empire answers:
"You'll find us at your side"
Oh yes, we're owned by England,
But we own England, too,
As you are part of me son,
And I am part of you"
>>2641635
>writer
obviously Shakesman
>poet
Keats
>military leader
The Duke of Wellington
>song
Greensleeves
>philosopher
Locke
Reminder that Britain lost the war against Ireland
>>2641608
>Steal a ship while everyone is on strike
The dutch everyone, evil to the core
willy bum poo ireland deserved it
>>2643235
India or or of the nice carribean islands
>>2645860
And Iceland hahahaha
Haha
>>2645860
it could easily have been won, but to do so properly would have required efforts that would have led towards diplomatic estrangement for UK with the rest of the civilized world
>>2645954
You really think killing more civilians was going to win the war?
>>2645974
it worked for Genghis Khan
>writer Dickens
>poet John Donne
>king George III
>queen Queen Victoria
>military leader Wellington
>song The Beatles
>philosopher David Hume
>folk hero Harold Shipman
>>2643235
Canada because the worst thing is bears, unlike India where you die of plague or Australia and South Africa where you die to mosquitoes
>>2645591
Dada
>>2646012
naturally I'm only being facetious
it's very wrong to enforce your own will over the rights of others, which was a major problem for a society that espoused egalitarian ideals while conversely jack-booting around on the shores of other lands like we did
They were the good guys
>>2641635
>writer
Shakespeare
>poet
Rudyard Kipling
>king
Alfred the Great
>queen
Elizabeth I
>military leader
Horatio Nelson
>song
Scarborough Fair
>philosopher
Francis Bacon
>folk hero
Robin Hood
bump
What the FUCK was his problem??
>>2648793
he wasn't fighting in the clone wars
>>2648793
tactics were too old fashioned
> hey, let's go on this island
> *get conquered by a Frenchmen*
> Oooh, that smarts
> look, another island
> we free from Rome now
> discovered a continent, lol
> and another lmao
> and a subcontinent rofl
> looks like the sea's ours, lads
> Oi! What's this?!?!
> what dem Huns is doing just ain't cricket
> *expend massive amounts of energy taking down evil*
> *do it again*
> wew lads, looks like we saved the world
> Lads....
British history.
>>2648793
he was scottish
>>2648793
dindu nuffin. He was one of the commanders actively promoting new innovations (he even pushed out Tanks on the somme before they were ready). The battle of the Somme was a bloody but successful battle that relieved pressure on French forces at Verdun and depleted the last of Germany's peace trained army
>>2645631
i wish leaves were still like this
>>2641635
>writer
Tolkein.
>poet
Kipling.
>king
Henry V.
>queen
Elizabeth I.
>military leader
Nelson.
>song
Rule Britannia.
>philosopher
Hobbes.
>folk hero
King Arthur.
[spoiler]>comedian[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Harry Enfield.[/spoiler]
>>2650895
>writer
Lamb
>poet
Lamb
>king
Lamb
>queen
Lamb
>military leader
Lamb
>song
Making your Mind up by Bucks Fizz
>philosopher
Lamb
>folk hero
Lamb
>>2650905
HA HA HA HA HA
>>2641620
Night if you're British you don't need nationalist movements. We know we're great, we don't need rallies or stupid holidays.
Why dose /his/ hate us so much?
I assume it's jealousy but you can't mention a single pro British thing on this bored without 3 other anons trying to either downplay it or dismiss it entirely.
>>2651156
European bitterness, Third World ex-cololonial saltiness and American LARPing honestly
God has gifted us with success and the rest of the world is mad He didn't choose their nations.
>>2651156
anglos are mostly savage barbarians
>tfw William III died before the anglo-dutch commonwealth could be created
>>2650075
Made me cringe
Also daily reminder it took 10 campaigns and 40 years to conquer Britain, whilst Gaul fell in 8 years and suffered almost a million casualties.
>>2651358
>wanting a land border with Europe
bump
>>2641470
favourite Shakespeare play lads?
>>2653539
The Scottish play
>>2645583
>Best queen
>Mary, Queen of Scots
Since when is being forced out of power in your own kingdom, being thrown in an English jail cell for over a decade, and being executed for trying to overthrow the current queen best queen of England material.
Also cast my vote for Queen Mary I as best queen, cracking down on those darn kids and their new fangled Protestantism.
Why does it so happen that British colonies have the greatest rate of success post-Independence. Even the ones that weren't settled by anglos.
Hey guys! What can I do to understand Shakespeare better? I'm an ESL and I can't find many of the words I read.
>>2653539
Henry IV part 1
>>2641559
I think the CoE should be the moral compass for those who subscribe to the English way of living. That being said I sympathise with the old latitudinarian doctrine that the church should encourage philosophical debate on the nature of morality, faith, and how society should react to new technology.