Культурология. Горелова А.В - 56 стр.

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the violin. Music began to be written for court dances, pageants, and miracle
plays. And in time such men as Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
composed much of the great music we enjoy today.
5.6. How London Got its Name
The name Londinium is first recorded in A.D.61, when Tacitus refers to it
as a place “not dignified with the name of a colony, but celebrated for the
gathering of dealers and commodities”. Beyond this nothing at all is known of
the beginning of London and all the statements as to the origin of the name is
devised from Llyn-din (the Lake-Fort), although very plausible, in no more
certain than Geoffrey Monmouth’s theory that London was called Cear-Lud
after a certain highly mythical King Lud.
It seems practically certain that there was a prehistoric settlement on the
patch of raised ground by the marsh-bordered Thames before the Roman
invasion; otherwise it is hard to account for two facts - first, than the place was
not given a Roman name, and second, that Tacitus at such an early date should
speak of Londinium as a great trading center.
Under the Romans London increased in importance as a center of
commerce and was gradually christianized. The record considered reliable
mentions that Restitutus of London was one of the Bishops present at the
Council of Arles in 314. A massive wall, 12 feet thick and about 20 feet in
height, was built to prefect the city probably towards the and of the fourth
century; for at that time both Picts and Saxons were growing more and more
aggressive and considerable fragments of this monument of Roman London
survive to this day. They are to be seen at the Tower of London, on the east side
of Trinity Square, in London Wall House a little to the north, in the street called
the London Wall, on the north side of the General Post Office and in the
churchyard of Stogie’s Cripplegate. The Romans abandoned England early in
the fifth century, and what took place in London for two centuries is only
discovered by inference.
5.7. Historic Royal Palaces That Welcome Visitors
Top tourist attractions such as the Tower of London, with 900 years of
history, and Hampton Court Palace, once the home of the kings and queens of
England, are part of a group of five impotent buildings in London known as
Historic Royal Palaces. Open to the public and managed by a board to trustees,
the Historic Royal Palaces group was established in 1989 but gained charitable
status last year so that the buildings could be “administrated, conserved,
renovated and maintained” on behalf of the nation. Also in the group are the
State Apartment and the Orangery at Kensington Palace. Also open for viewing
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