collective term for the countries of northern Europe

the area of England in the north and east controlled by the Vikings

people who move into a new area or country

how far individuals or groups of immigrants adopt the culture, customs and values of the majority of people living in their new home country

how far individuals or groups of migrants hold onto the culture, customs and values of their homeland

The Viking conquest

History

Case study: Viking York

The Norman Conquest

Jewish migration in medieval England

Merchants and craftspeople in medieval England

Migration in medieval England

England in the early modern period

Case study: Flemish and Walloon migrants in Sandwich and Canterbury

African migrants in the early British Empire

Jewish migrants in the early modern period

Case study: Huguenots

Palatine refugees in the early 1700s

Migration to early modern England

The Industrial Revolution and internal migration

European migration in the 18th and 19th centuries

The British Empire and migration to Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries

Case study: Liverpool in the 19th century

Case study: Jewish migrants in the East End

Migration to 18th and 19th century Britain

The World Wars and colonial migrants

Post-war migration to Britain

The end of empire, the Commonwealth and changing patterns of migration

Race relations in 20th century Britain

The EU and changing patterns of migration

Refugees and asylum seekers in modern Britain

Case studies: Bristol and Leicester

Migration to modern Britain

In this unit, pupils learn about either migrants in Britain or medicine in Britain over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine one of these themes, analysing the impact it had in Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and Modern Britain, with a particular focus on change and continuity.

Thematic studies

a member of the Scandinavian seafaring people who raided Britain from the late 8th century

a term used to describe the collection of Christian kingdoms in the medieval period

people who work in the Church, typically monks and bishops

hatred of or discrimination towards Jewish people

the action of lending money and charging interest, called a sin by the Pope

coastal region of north west Europe, made up of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

territories in England, Wales, Ireland and France held by Henry II and his descendants in the 12th and 13th centuries

a branch of the Christian Church (e.g. Catholicism, Protestantism)

someone who believes in a form of Protestantism that argued that the Reformation needed to go further and that Protestants needed to strictly adhere to all core beliefs and practices

a movement in the early modern period that sought to use ancient Roman and Greek texts to reconsider key beliefs about society

a sailor who travelled between Britain and its colonies, working in the engine room of ships - quite often in dangerous and inhumane conditions

One of several German groups from Flanders (modern-day Belgium)

One of several German groups from Flanders (modern-day Belgium) and some surrounding regions

hostility or ill-treatment against a person or group on the basis of a ethnicity, religion or any other belief/characteristic

someone who is learning a new skill from an experienced worker

the trade between Europe, West Africa and the Americas, where goods were exchanged for enslaved people who were sold onto plantations in European colonies

someone who is forced to work for no pay, and often considered the property of another person

money or property given from one person to another after their death, usually given to their nearest relative

someone sent to represent their nation in another country

a movement in the 1500s that led to several European nations converting from Catholicism to Protestantism

showing willingness to accept or allow beliefs, opinions and behaviour that you may not agree with or share

a title given to someone who is awarded to honour of a knight

to be given the same rights as a citizen of a nation

to be given the same rights as a citizen of the nation

when a country develops heavy industries (for example, coal, steel) on a huge scale

to move from one part of a nation to another

somewhere under the full control of another country,  usually occupied by settlers from that country

a person’s right to be subject to laws that are only for the good of the community

a sailor, usually from Britain’s colonies across Africa and Asia

a nurse, maid or nanny who is usually of Indian descent

the act of being set free from legal, social or political restrictions

an organised massacre of a particular ethnic group, usually used to refer to the persecution of Jewish migrants in the 1880s

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster

somewhere under the full control of another country, and is usually occupied by settlers from that country

an army ready to be mobilised for war at any time

troops that are out of service, typically at the end of a war

riots that break out between groups that identify as different races (e.g. black and white people)

an international community made up of Britain and many of its former colonies

the process of freeing a nation from colonial rule

riots that break out between groups that identify as different race (e.g. black and white people)

a system where people who are not considered white are denied access to the same services as white people

to return someone to the country they came from, this can be both voluntarily or involuntarily

an international community made up of Britain and many former colonies

a vote held in which citizens vote directly on a closed question

an ideological conflict between the USA and the USSR that lasted from the 1940s until the 1980s

Thematic studies

Migrants in Britain, c800–present

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