Практикум по английскому языку (по истории Англии Средних веков). Пилипенко В.А - 8 стр.

                        ÒÅÊÑÒ I / TEXT I
   ENGLAND IN MIDDLE AGES. PRE-FEUDAL
        AND EARLY FEUDAL PERIOD

The Iberians - the ancient population of Britain.
Omitting the wandering hunters of the old age and         îïóñêàÿ, êî÷óþùèå
the first people of the neolithic period that followed
it, the earliest established fact is the arrival of
immigrants who came from the Mediterranean by
the way of the Spanish peninsula, and are
consequently known as the Iberian race. They
overspread the country and obsorbed. The Iberians         ðàñïðîñòðàíèëèñü
followed the Biscay coast of France and made an
open-sea passage from Brittany to Cornwell. Hence         ñ òåõ ïîð
they tended to expand rather northwards than
eastwards and their monuments are to be found
chiefly in the western half of Britain. The size and
splendour of their monuments speak of a numerous
and well-organized people. The whole lay-out of           óêëàä
Iberian civilization points to a certain specialization
and division of labour. What concerns the social
structure of the Iberians, we may admit, that on
the one hand there must have been chiefs or nobles,       âîæäè; çíàòü;
on the other hand people engaged in the most              çàíÿòûå
cheapest and possibly servile labour.
Celtic tribes. Soon after 700 B.C., the first wave of
Celtic invaders entered Britain. These invasions
were part of a widespread westward movement of
tall, fair-haired, warlike tribes. The Celtic
conquerors blended with their Iberian predecessors        àññèìèëèðîâàëèñü
to varying extents in different parts of the country.
The basic unit of the Celtic tribe was the kinship        ðîäîâàÿ ãðóïïà
group, or family enlarged. While Celtic tribal
society cannot be described as classless, its class
divisions as existed (chief, free tribesmen) seem to      ÷ëåí ðîäà
have been mainly the result of the subjection of a
native population.




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