page 1 about civil war

The English Civil War
was as much the
response to the effects
of the Reformation as it
was a response to the
needs of the rising
middle classes, the
landed gentry. The war
itself involved the king,
Parliament, the
aristocracy, the middle
classes, the commoners,
and the army. The War
tested the prerogative
of the king and
challenged the theory
of divine right. War
raged between
Parliamentarians,
Royalists, Cavaliers and
Roundheads and every
religious sect in
England.
The years before 1640
in England were years
of national
disillusionment. The gap
between the court and
Protestant elements
widened, the golden
age of drama and
literature was over, the
religion of the court
and at Oxford and
Cambridge seemed
diffused, and scientific
ideas, though popular
in London and at
Oxford and Cambridge,
as yet had received no
official recognition. In
the meantime,
censorship grew more
severe, and lawyers
became the patrons
and consumers of art.
For the most part,
energies which had
been devoted to
literature in the mid-to-
late 16th century were
now channeled into
political and theological
concerns. The Civil War
was both religious and
political, as well as
social and economic.
But it was also a legal
battle between the king
and his subjects.

civil war

What an
inequitable thing it
is for one man to
have thousands,
and another want
bread, and that the
pleasure of God is,
that all men should
have enough, and
not that one man
should abound in
this worlds good,
spending it upon
his lusts, and
another man of far
better deserts, not
be worth two
pence, and that it is
no such difficulty as
men make it to be,
to alter the course
of the world in this
thing, and that a
few diligent and
valiant spirits may
turn the world
upside down, if
they observe their
seasons, and shall
with life and
courage ingage
accordingly.
--- attributed to
William Walwyn

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It’s about how the Labour
government rebuilt Britain
after world war two by
setting up the welfare state
and implementing policies
of nationalisation and full
employment. It’s not a
professional production!
That means that I set up
the camera and left it. As a
result I keep walking in and
out of the camera shot,
oops. If you want to watch
it then look at the
powerpoint presentation
which goes with it to help
you follow the talk. It
doesn’t sound like a very
interesting topic but if you
want to try watching then
give it at least five minutes
before you turn it off as I
think you may well get
interested if you give it a
chance. Once you get
interested in a lecture and
concentrate on the content
your language acquisition
will really take off. The
power point slides are here
and the lecture is here. If
you are good at
manipulating windows on
your computer you’ll be
able to open the
powerpoint slides and the
video at the same time. If
you can’t quite work this
out or find it too
cumbersome (awkward/
difficult) then you could
print out the slides.
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Patrick
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As I am always pointing to
other teachers’ resources
on this site, for a change I
thought I’d point to one of
my own. Here’s a lecture I
gave to students at Exeter
University called Postwar
Reconstruction and the
Welfare State . It’s
designed as a lecture for
students on Academic
English courses who need
practise in listening and
note-taking so the content
is not too difficult and you
should be able to follow it.

about english

It has come to my
attention that some people
are visiting English for
University without
subscribing! Remember if
you subscribe to receive my
posts by e mail you will get
my posts direct to your
inbox without having to
come here all the time. I
promise you that you will
only ever receive postings
from this site and you will
keep up to date with all
the great resources that I
put up here.
As I am always pointing to
other teachers’ resources
on this site, for a change I
thought I’d point to one of
my own. Here’s a lecture I
gave to students at Exeter
University called Postwar
Reconstruction and the
Welfare State . It’s
designed as a lecture for
students on Academic
English courses who need
practise in listening and
note-taking so the content
is not too difficult and you
should be able to follow it.

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