Lecture 2: The Geography of Britain and Ireland, 1399-1660

I. England, Scotland and Wales

A. Terrain

1. natural boundaries and borders

 

 

2. fields and boundary walls

 

 

 

B.  Road Systems

1. purpose of the roads

a. markets

 

 

b. pilgrimages

 

 

 

c. diplomatic business

 

 

 

2. safety of the roads

 

 

 

 

3. keeping up the infrastructure

 

 

C. Travel to Scotland, Wales and other places

II. From Dover to Calais

III. Ireland

-Henry II and the beginnings of English colonization

 

IV. The Counties (a map of Tudor England).