Culture of England

Glossary This glossary contains many terms that made part of the Viking culture. They refer to words taken from their mythology, administration in England, their naval technology, their literature, and culture. A Asgard: From the Norse Mythology. It designates the home of the Æsir tribe of gods. Æsir: From the Norse Mythology. It is the name of a number of deities venerated by pre-Christian Norse tribes and other Germanic tribes. Alfheim: From the Norse Mythology, it means “land of the fairies”…

were known as the Scotch-Irish immigrants. The Scotch-Irish immigrants spoke the English language and made up seven percent of the population. However, the British Government held no respect for the Scotch-Irish immigrants. Although settlers from England continued to settle in the colonies, the percentage number of settlers did not compare to that of the German and Scotch-Irish immigrants. The Huguenots that were made of French Protestants, the Swedes from Switzerland, and the Dutch also settled…

What is foreign? What is English? These questions at first glance seems simple in modern times and are frequently asked by many scholars and writers in a postmodern landscape especially in England. In turn, we continue to ask the question of “what or who is considered foreign?” in context to the country of our origin. The great English poet John Milton, known for his great epic poem Paradise Lost, asked himself these questions as he set out to write a series of poems and works that would help…

Rudyard Kipling is a well known author of Indian descent that grew up in England for much of his life, according to the article titled “Rudyard Kipling: patriot or prophet?” written by a professor named Michael Timko. In Kipling’s works, his content largely is inspired by his and his sister’s poor experiences living in England (Timko). In addition, Kipling uses his poems, short stories, and novels to depict “the relationship between the British and India” (Timko). Now in “The Mark of the Beast”…

1958 on the services of youth services in England and wales, the purpose of the report was to identify the contributions required from the Youth services in England and wales on how they can assist young people to play their part in life of the community, in the light of changing social and industrial conditions and the current education service: it was also to get the best value for their money spent in the youth services. (The youth services in England and Wales, 1958). It was said that the…

colonies were New England and the Chesapeake. These two areas were built along the Atlantic Coast, housing hundreds of European settlers. However, as the people of New England and the Chesapeake began to construct societies of their own, the differences between the two colonies escalated. The differences between the European societies were due to the contrasting reasons for settlement in the Americas. This prompted the two colonies to establish differing societies. New England and the Chesapeake…

Life in the Seventeenth Century The Unhealthy Chesapeake Life in the American wilderness was brutal for the earliest Chesapeake settlers. Diseases such as Malaria, dysentery, and typhoid took 10 years of the life expectancy of the newcomers from England. Half the people born in early Virginia and Maryland did not survive twenty years. Due to disease, women were so scarce in numbers that men fought over them. There was a 6:1 male to female ratio. Many women were already pregnant before…

expected rhyme, they particularly had a strong beat. These traditions all held unique types of alliteration. Anglo-Saxon traditions in Beowulf illustrate how the Anglo-Saxon traditions became a strong influencing focus in Beowulf. In Anglo-Saxon culture and literature, to be a hero was to be a warrior and ultimately a king. He had to possess the traits of strength, intelligence, integrity, and bravery. Warriors had to be willing to face anything against all odds, and combat to the death for…

The term Puritans was first used to describe anyone who wanted to be “pure” of the Church of England and their practices (Curtis). Since these people had changed their religious ideas to become pure of the Church of England they did not quite think much like the Native Americans in the Americas.The views vary differently compared to “The Earth on the Turtle's Back”, “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”, and “The Navajo Origin Legend.” To the Native Americans the myth,“The Earth on the Turtle's Back…

their leather shoes for sustenance. When Franklin returned to England after each voyage he was greeted with fame and recognition as a great explorer. Despite Franklin’s great fame, he made a myriad mistakes before and during his third voyage that resulted in failure. Primarily, the untested new steam ships, Franklin’s negative attitude towards the…