Children Of England

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780345407863

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The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Pdf

“Fascinating . . . Alison Weir does full justice to the subject.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine-year-old Prince Edward; the Lady Mary, the adult daughter of his first wife Katherine of Aragon; the Lady Elizabeth, the teenage daughter of his second wife Anne Boleyn; and his young great-niece, the Lady Jane Grey. In this riveting account Alison Weir paints a unique portrait of these extraordinary rulers, examining their intricate relationships to each other and to history. She traces the tumult that followed Henry's death, from the brief intrigue-filled reigns of the boy king Edward VI and the fragile Lady Jane Grey, to the savagery of "Bloody Mary," and finally the accession of the politically adroit Elizabeth I. As always, Weir offers a fresh perspective on a period that has spawned many of the most enduring myths in English history, combining the best of the historian's and the biographer's art. “Like anthropology, history and biography can demonstrate unfamiliar ways of feeling and being. Alison Weir's sympathetic collective biography, The Children of Henry VIII does just that, reminding us that human nature has changed--and for the better. . . . Weir imparts movement and coherence while re-creating the suspense her characters endured and the suffering they inflicted.”—The New York Times Book Review

Author : Floella Benjamin
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781529049299

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Coming to England by Floella Benjamin Pdf

A picture book story about the triumph of hope, love, and determination, Coming to England is the inspiring true story of Baroness Floella Benjamin: from Trinidad, to London as part of the Windrush generation, to the House of Lords. When she was ten years old, Floella Benjamin, along with her older sister and two younger brothers, set sail from Trinidad to London, to be reunited with the rest of their family. Alone on a huge ship for two weeks, then tumbled into a cold and unfriendly London, coming to England wasn't at all what Floella had expected. Coming to England is both deeply personal and universally relevant – Floella's experiences of moving home and making friends will resonate with young children, who will be inspired by her trademark optimism and joy. This is a true story with a powerful message: that courage and determination can always overcome adversity.

Author : Patricia M. Crawford
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : PSU:000064208725

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Parents of Poor Children in England 1580-1800 by Patricia M. Crawford Pdf

The first sustained study of the mothers and fathers of poor children in early modern England, drawing upon a wide range of archival material, including quarter session records, petitions for assistance, applications for places in the London Foundling Hospital, and evidence from criminal trials in London's Old Bailey.

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Random House
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446449134

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Children of England by Alison Weir Pdf

When Henry VIII died in 1547, he left three highly intelligent children to succeed him in turn, to be followed, if their lines failed, by the descendants of his sister, Mary Tudor. Picking up from the point that The Six Wives of Henry VIII left off, Children of England covers the period up to Elizabeth's ascension to the throne in 1558. Making use of a huge variety of contemporary sources, Alison Weir brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods of English history, when each of Henry's heirs was potentially the tool of powerful political or religious figures, and when the realm was seething with intrigue and turbulent change. 'Recounted with her usual lively thoroughness by Alison Weir, my favourite Tudor historian' Philippa Gregory

Author : Trent Harding,Ashlee Harding
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1725532808

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Theodore's British Adventure by Trent Harding,Ashlee Harding Pdf

Are you going to England soon or would you like to learn about the English culture and attractions? This easy to read book with beautiful hand drawn artwork is just right for you. Theodore takes you on a journey all things British.Along the way, you learn about great places to visit including London, Bath, and the Cotswolds. Other attractions include Warner Brothers studios and the Eden project. Your child will love going on this adventure with lovable Theodore the Bear.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015031628681

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A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens Pdf

A children's history of Great Britain from the earliest inhabitation to A.D. 1688 accompanied by an assortment of short stories and prose pieces.

Author : F. J. Harvey Darton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : OCLC:258722676

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Children's Books in England by F. J. Harvey Darton Pdf

Author : Steven Taylor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137600271

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Child Insanity in England, 1845-1907 by Steven Taylor Pdf

This book explores the treatment, administration, and experience of children and young people certified as insane in England during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It uses a range of sources from Victorian institutions to explore regional differences, rural and urban comparisons, and categories of mental illness and mental disability. The discussion of diverse pathways in and out of the asylum offers an opportunity to reassess nineteenth-century child mental impairment in a broad social-cultural context, and its conclusions widen the parameters of a ‘mixed economy of care’ by introducing multiple sites of treatment and confinement. Through its expansive scope the analysis intersects with topics such as the history of childhood, institutional culture, urbanisation, regional economic development, welfare history, and philanthropy.

Author : Troy Boone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135872700

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Youth of Darkest England by Troy Boone Pdf

This book examines the representation of English working-class children — the youthful inhabitants of the poor urban neighborhoods that a number of writers dubbed "darkest England" — in Victorian and Edwardian imperialist literature. In particular, Boone focuses on how the writings for and about youth undertook an ideological project to enlist working-class children into the British imperial enterprise, demonstrating convincingly that the British working-class youth resisted a nationalist identification process that tended to eradicate or obfuscate class differences.

Author : Eric Richards
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1852854413

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Britannia's Children by Eric Richards Pdf

The stories behind the mass exodus from Great Brittan from 1600 to modern times

Author : Eleanor Parker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350287068

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Conquered by Eleanor Parker Pdf

"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Superbly adroit." The Spectator "Excellent." BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England – so what happened to the children this conflict left behind? Conquered offers a fresh take on the Norman Conquest by exploring the lives of those children, who found themselves uprooted by the dramatic events of 1066. Among them were the children of Harold Godwineson and his brothers, survivors of a family shattered by violence who were led by their courageous grandmother Gytha to start again elsewhere. Then there were the last remaining heirs of the Anglo-Saxon royal line – Edgar Ætheling, Margaret, and Christina – who sought refuge in Scotland, where Margaret became a beloved queen and saint. Other survivors, such as Waltheof of Northumbria and Fenland hero Hereward, became legendary for rebelling against the Norman conquerors. And then there were some, like Eadmer of Canterbury, who chose to influence history by recording their own memories of the pre-conquest world. From sagas and saints' lives to chronicles and romances, Parker draws on a wide range of medieval sources to tell the stories of these young men and women and highlight the role they played in developing a new Anglo-Norman society. These tales – some reinterpreted and retold over the centuries, others carelessly forgotten over time – are ones of endurance, adaptation and vulnerability, and they all reveal a generation of young people who bravely navigated a changing world and shaped the country England was to become.

Author : Herbert Baron Laming
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : 0102958920

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The Protection of Children in England by Herbert Baron Laming Pdf

Following the death of 17-month-old "Baby P" in Haringey, north London, Lord Laming was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to report urgently on the progress being made across the country to implement effective arrangements for safeguarding children. Much progress has been made since the green paper "Every child matters: change for children" (Cm. 5860, 2003, ISBN 9780101586023), the Children Act 2004 (ISBN 9780105431046) and "Working together to safeguard children" (2006, ISBN 9780112711872), but in March 2008 37,000 children were the subjects of care orders and 29,000 children were the subject of child protection plans. 55 children were killed by their parents or by someone known to them in 2007-08. Lord Laming proposes immediate action on six tasks: (1) the setting of explicit strategic priorities for the protection of children and young persons for each of the key frontline services; (2) establishing a powerful National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to bring coherence and drive to implement change in departments and agencies whose work is to protect children; (3) addressing the inadequacy of the training and supply of frontline social workers: without the necessary specialist knowledge and skills, social workers must not be allowed to practise in child protection; (4) health service workers must engage more, and more confidently, with child protection work; (5) resources devoted to police child protection teams and their training must be increased; (6) shortening of the time taken in court processes relating to the care of children. A total of 58 recommendations are made in the areas of: leadership and accountability; support for children; interagency working; children's workforce; improvement and challenge; organisation and finance; legal matters.

Author : Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0101758928

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The Protection of Children in England by Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families Pdf

On 12 March 2009, Lord Laming published the findings of his inquiry into progress in improving child protection practice in England: 'The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report'. This action plan sets out the British Government's response to Lord Laming's recommendations, describing how and when each recommendation will be addressed.

Author : Hannah Newton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199650491

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The Sick Child in Early Modern England, 1580-1720 by Hannah Newton Pdf

Illness in childhood was common in early modern England. Hannah Newton asks how sick children were perceived and treated by doctors and laypeople, examines the family's experience, and takes the original perspective of sick children themselves. She provides rare and intimate insights into the experiences of sickness, pain, and death.

Author : Eric Hopkins
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 0719038677

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Childhood Transformed by Eric Hopkins Pdf

Childhood Transformed provides a pioneering study of the remarkable shift in the nature of working-class childhood in the nineteenth century from lives dominated by work to lives centered around school. The author argues that this change was accompanied by substantial improvements for many in the home environment, in health and nutrition, and in leisure opportunities. The book breaks new ground in providing a wide-ranging survey of different aspects of childhood in the Victorian period, the early chapters examining life at work in agriculture and industry, in the home and elsewhere, while the later chapters discuss the coming of compulsory education, together with changes in the home and in leisure activities. A separate section of the book is devoted to the treatment of deprived children, those in and out of the workhouse, on the streets, and also in prison, industrial schools and reformatories. Offering a fresh and more focused approach to the history of working-class children, this book should be of interest to all lecturers and students of nineteenth-century social history.