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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/South_Darley_St_George.jpg/480px-South_Darley_St_George.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1422" data-file-height="2793" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="caption">Saint George depicted in a <a href="/wiki/Windows_in_church_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows in church architecture">stained glass window</a> in the <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_the_Virgin%27s_Church,_South_Darley" title="St Mary the Virgin's Church, South Darley">St Mary the Virgin's Church, South Darley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data">23 countries around the world<br /> <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English people</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales" title="Catholic Church in England and Wales">Catholic Church in England and Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significance</th><td class="infobox-data summary">Feast day of <a href="/wiki/Saint_George" title="Saint George">Saint George</a> as <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">national saint</a> of England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Celebrations</th><td class="infobox-data">Church services, celebration of <a href="/wiki/English_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="English culture">English culture</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/23_April" class="mw-redirect" title="23 April">23 April</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next time</th><td class="infobox-data">23 April 2025<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2025-04-23</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">annual</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St George's Day">St George's Day</a> in other countries</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_George" title="Saint George">Saint George</a></b> is the <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> in a tradition established in the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_period" title="Tudor period">Tudor period</a>, based in the saint's popularity during the times of the <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>. </p><p>Veneration of the saint in <a href="/wiki/Folk_religion" title="Folk religion">folk religion</a> declined in the 18th century. Attempts to revive the celebration of <a href="/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Day" title="Saint George's Day">Saint George's Day</a> (23 April) as an expression of <a href="/wiki/English_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="English culture">English culture</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_national_identity" title="English national identity">identity</a> date from the foundation of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_St._George" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Society of St. George">Royal Society of St. George</a> in 1894. Since the beginning of the 2010s, such efforts have resulted in St George's Day celebrations with aspects of a <a href="/wiki/National_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="National Day">national holiday</a> in England. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_observance">Religious observance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_George%27s_Day_in_England&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Religious observance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Day" title="Saint George's Day">Saint George's Day</a></div> <p>Religious observance of St George's Day changes when it is too close to <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>'s calendar, when St George's Day falls between <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a> and the Second Sunday of Easter inclusive, it is moved to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, for example, 23 April was Holy Saturday, so St George's Day was moved to Monday 2 May, and in 2014 it was celebrated on Monday 28 April. The Roman <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales" title="Catholic Church in England and Wales">Catholic Church in England and Wales</a> has a similar practice.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_George%27s_Day_in_England&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_history">Medieval history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_George%27s_Day_in_England&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Medieval history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BodleianDouce231Fol1rEdCrouchbackAndStGeorge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/BodleianDouce231Fol1rEdCrouchbackAndStGeorge.jpg/220px-BodleianDouce231Fol1rEdCrouchbackAndStGeorge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="360" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/BodleianDouce231Fol1rEdCrouchbackAndStGeorge.jpg/330px-BodleianDouce231Fol1rEdCrouchbackAndStGeorge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/BodleianDouce231Fol1rEdCrouchbackAndStGeorge.jpg/440px-BodleianDouce231Fol1rEdCrouchbackAndStGeorge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1155" data-file-height="1890" /></a><figcaption>St George with an <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Lancaster" title="Earl of Lancaster">earl of Lancaster</a> (probably <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Crouchback" title="Edmund Crouchback">Edmund Crouchback</a>), from an English Book of Hours, c. 1330.</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest documented mention of St George in England comes from the <a href="/wiki/Venerable_Bede" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable Bede">Venerable Bede</a> (d. 735).<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His feast day is also mentioned in the Durham Collectar, a 9th-century liturgical work.<sup id="cite_ref-St._George's_Day_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-St._George's_Day-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The will of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a> is said to refer to the saint, in a reference to the church of <a href="/wiki/Fordington,_Dorset" title="Fordington, Dorset">Fordington, Dorset</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early (c. 10th century) dedications of churches to St George are noted in England, for example at Fordington, Dorset, at <a href="/wiki/Thetford" title="Thetford">Thetford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Doncaster" title="Doncaster">Doncaster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>St George rose to high popularity as a <a href="/wiki/Warrior_saint" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrior saint">warrior saint</a> during the time of the <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a>, but he had no special identity as a patron saint of England during the <a href="/wiki/England_in_the_High_Middle_Ages" title="England in the High Middle Ages">High Middle Ages</a>. The saints most closely associated with England until the 14th century were <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor" title="Edward the Confessor">Edward the Confessor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr" title="Edmund the Martyr">Edmund the Martyr</a>. </p><p>In 1348, <a href="/wiki/Edward_III_of_England" title="Edward III of England">Edward III</a> gave St George a special position as a patron saint of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Order of the Garter</a> in thanks for his supposed intervention at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cr%C3%A9cy" title="Battle of Crécy">Battle of Crécy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From that time, his banner was used with increasing prominence alongside the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Banner_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Banner of England">Royal Banner</a> and became a fixed element in the hoist of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Standards_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Standards of England">Royal Standard</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Chapel" class="mw-redirect" title="St George's Chapel">St George's Chapel</a> at <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Castle" title="Windsor Castle">Windsor Castle</a> was built by Edward IV and Henry VII in honour of the order.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The badge of the Order shows Saint George on horseback slaying the dragon.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Froissart" class="mw-redirect" title="Froissart">Froissart</a> observed the English invoking St. George as a battle cry on several occasions during the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453). Certain English soldiers displayed the pennon of St George.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>St. George's feast day in England was no different from the numerous saints on the liturgical calendar until the Late Middle Ages. In the past, historians mistakenly pointed to the Synod of Oxford in 1222 as elevating the feast to special prominence, but the earliest manuscripts of the synod's declaration do not mention the feast of St George.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>St George's Day was elevated to a "double major feast" in the declarations of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canterbury" title="Province of Canterbury">Province of Canterbury</a> in 1415 and the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_York" title="Province of York">Province of York</a> in 1421,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but George was still eclipsed by his "rivals" Saints Edward and <a href="/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr" title="Edmund the Martyr">Edmund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tudor_period">Tudor period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_George%27s_Day_in_England&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tudor period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:20%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>[1552] where as it hathe bene of ane olde costome that sent George should be kepte holy day thorrow alle Englond, the byshoppe of London commandyd that it shulde not be kepte, and no more it was not. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/chronicleofgreyf00londrich#page/74/mode/2up"><i>Chronicle of the Grey Friars of London</i></a>, 1852</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chronicle+of+the+Grey+Friars+of+London&rft.date=1852&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fchronicleofgreyf00londrich%23page%2F74%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+George%27s+Day+in+England" class="Z3988"></span></cite></div> </div> <p>The position of St George as patron saint of England was respected during the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">English Reformation</a>, when all other religious flags were abolished, including all saints' banners, except for his.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first recorded use of <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="St. George's Cross">St. George's Cross</a> as an English <a href="/wiki/Maritime_flag" title="Maritime flag">maritime flag</a>, in conjunction with royal banners, dates to 1545.<sup id="cite_ref-fotw_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fotw-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1606 it was combined with the Scottish <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Scotland" title="Flag of Scotland">St. Andrew's Cross</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Union_Jack" title="Union Jack">Union Jack</a>. </p><p>In his play <a href="/wiki/Henry_V_(play)" title="Henry V (play)"><i>Henry V</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> has the title character utter a now-famous invocation of the Saint at <a href="/wiki/Harfleur" title="Harfleur">Harfleur</a> prior to the battle of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt" title="Battle of Agincourt">Agincourt</a> (1415): "Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'" At Agincourt many believed they saw Saint George fighting on the English side.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cross of St. George was flown in 1497 by <a href="/wiki/John_Cabot" title="John Cabot">John Cabot</a> on his voyage to discover <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)" title="Newfoundland (island)">Newfoundland</a> and later by Sir <a href="/wiki/Francis_Drake" title="Francis Drake">Francis Drake</a> and Sir <a href="/wiki/Walter_Raleigh" title="Walter Raleigh">Walter Raleigh</a>. In 1620 it was the flag that was flown on the foremast of the <a href="/wiki/Mayflower" title="Mayflower">Mayflower</a> (with the early Union Flag combining St. George's Cross of England with St. Andrew's Saltire of Scotland on the mainmast) when the Pilgrim Fathers arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_modern_and_modern_history">Early modern and modern history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_George%27s_Day_in_England&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early modern and modern history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_George%27s_day,_Gordon_Avenue,_Bristol_1986.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Saint_George%27s_day%2C_Gordon_Avenue%2C_Bristol_1986.jpg/220px-Saint_George%27s_day%2C_Gordon_Avenue%2C_Bristol_1986.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Saint_George%27s_day%2C_Gordon_Avenue%2C_Bristol_1986.jpg/330px-Saint_George%27s_day%2C_Gordon_Avenue%2C_Bristol_1986.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Saint_George%27s_day%2C_Gordon_Avenue%2C_Bristol_1986.jpg/440px-Saint_George%27s_day%2C_Gordon_Avenue%2C_Bristol_1986.jpg 2x" data-file-width="868" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption>A Scout St George's Day Parade in <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, 1986.</figcaption></figure> <p>The rural tradition of <a href="/wiki/Pace_Egg_plays" class="mw-redirect" title="Pace Egg plays">Pace Egg plays</a>, which feature Saint George as the character of the "hero", is recorded in the early 17th century. The tradition of celebrating St George's Day had waned by the end of the 18th century after the union of England and <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_St._George" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Society of St. George">Royal Society of St. George</a> was founded in 1894, dedicated to promoting English culture, including St George's Day. </p><p>A traditional custom on St George's day is to wear a red <a href="/wiki/Rose" title="Rose">rose</a> in one's <a href="/wiki/Jacket_lapel" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacket lapel">lapel</a>, though this is no longer widely practised. </p><p>St George was selected by founder <a href="/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Baden-Powell">Robert Baden-Powell</a> as the patron saint of the <a href="/wiki/Scout_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout movement">Scout movement</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting in the United Kingdom">British scouting organisations</a> such as <a href="/wiki/The_Scout_Association" title="The Scout Association">The Scout Association</a> continue to celebrate St George's Day. Most <a href="/wiki/Scout_district" title="Scout district">Scout districts</a> host events on the Sunday closest to St George's Day, often a parade and <a href="/wiki/Scouts%27_Own" title="Scouts' Own">religious service</a> for their members.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_revival">Contemporary revival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_George%27s_Day_in_England&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contemporary revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:English_Festival,_St._George%27s_Day,_RIverside,_Medway_archer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/English_Festival%2C_St._George%27s_Day%2C_RIverside%2C_Medway_archer.jpg/220px-English_Festival%2C_St._George%27s_Day%2C_RIverside%2C_Medway_archer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/English_Festival%2C_St._George%27s_Day%2C_RIverside%2C_Medway_archer.jpg/330px-English_Festival%2C_St._George%27s_Day%2C_RIverside%2C_Medway_archer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/English_Festival%2C_St._George%27s_Day%2C_RIverside%2C_Medway_archer.jpg/440px-English_Festival%2C_St._George%27s_Day%2C_RIverside%2C_Medway_archer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>St George's Day festival in Kent.</figcaption></figure> <p>A certain revival of the position of St George as the patron saint of England has been observed since the mid-1990s. Notably, the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_England" title="Flag of England">Flag of England</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross" title="Saint George's Cross">Saint George's Cross</a>), which in the 1980s had mostly been reserved for political <a href="/wiki/English_nationalism" title="English nationalism">English nationalism</a>, began to be displayed by <a href="/wiki/Football_fans" class="mw-redirect" title="Football fans">football fans</a> as representing England during the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1996" title="UEFA Euro 1996">1996 European Championships</a> that were held in that country. The flag is now regularly used by fans at sporting events, and flown by churches, local authorities and other bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-gu_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gu-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In parallel, a revival of St George's Day as an English national holiday has been encouraged by organisations such as <a href="/wiki/English_Heritage" title="English Heritage">English Heritage</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Saint_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Society of Saint George">Royal Society of Saint George</a>, partly in reaction to calls to replace St George as patron saint of England.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2003 <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> poll on the subject revealed some interest in replacing him.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_George%27s_Day_2010_-_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/St_George%27s_Day_2010_-_14.jpg/220px-St_George%27s_Day_2010_-_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/St_George%27s_Day_2010_-_14.jpg/330px-St_George%27s_Day_2010_-_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/St_George%27s_Day_2010_-_14.jpg/440px-St_George%27s_Day_2010_-_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A crowd celebrates Saint George's Day at an event in <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>On St George's Day 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_an_English_Parliament" title="Campaign for an English Parliament">Campaign for an English Parliament</a> arranged to dye the fountains red on St. George's Day. From this effort, supporters privately organised a St George's Feast in London, the first of which was held in <a href="/wiki/Covent_Garden" title="Covent Garden">Covent Garden</a> on 23 April 2003. The festival grew in size and importance during 2004 to 2008, including performances of traditional <a href="/wiki/Punch_and_Judy" title="Punch and Judy">Punch and Judy</a> shows, <a href="/wiki/English_folk_dance" class="mw-redirect" title="English folk dance">English folk dance</a> <a href="/wiki/Mummers" class="mw-redirect" title="Mummers">Mummers</a> Players, <a href="/wiki/Morris_dancers" class="mw-redirect" title="Morris dancers">Morris dancers</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_folk_music" title="English folk music">English folk music</a>, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_St_George" title="Royal Society of St George">Royal Society of St George</a> asked to contribute in the 2006 event, which was covered by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">BBC Radio 3</a>. </p><p>In early 2009, Mayor of London <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> led a campaign to encourage the public celebration of St George's Day. The event was first officially held in 2010, announced as "the first Pageant of St George in 425 years".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event has since developed as a major festival centred on <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> and organised by the Mayor of London.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, a campaign to make St. George's Day a public holiday in England began on the <a href="/wiki/Internet_petition#E-government_petitions_in_Europe_and_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet petition">UK government's e-petition</a> website. It received 4,266 signatures, not achieving the 100,000 signatures required before the deadline in August 2012 to qualify for a debate of the matter in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Rosindell" title="Andrew Rosindell">Andrew Rosindell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Romford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Romford (UK Parliament constituency)">Romford</a>, argued in favour of giving St George's Day the status of an official public holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> Leader <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a> also promised to make St George's Day one of four new Bank Holidays in his party's <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 election</a> manifesto.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anniversaries_on_23_April">Anniversaries on 23 April</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_George%27s_Day_in_England&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Anniversaries on 23 April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpg/220px-Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpg/330px-Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpg/440px-Shakespeare_Droeshout_1623.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2640" data-file-height="2640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s birthday is also celebrated on 23 April.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Additional celebrations involve the commemoration of 23 April as <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s birthday and death. Shakespeare is known to have been baptised on 26 April 1564 and to have died on 23 April 1616. 23 April is widely recognised as his traditional date of birth and commemorated on this day every year in his home <a href="/wiki/Stratford_upon_Avon" class="mw-redirect" title="Stratford upon Avon">Stratford upon Avon</a> and throughout the world.</li></ul> <p>Other anniversaries include: </p> <dl><dt>English history</dt></dl> <div style="float:right;clear:right"><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KG_badge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/KG_badge.jpg/120px-KG_badge.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/KG_badge.jpg/180px-KG_badge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/KG_badge.jpg/240px-KG_badge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Badge of the Order of the Garter</figcaption></figure></div> <ul><li>death of <a href="/wiki/Wihtred" class="mw-redirect" title="Wihtred">Wihtred</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_of_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Kent">King of Kent</a> (725)</li> <li>death of King <a href="/wiki/Ethelred_of_Wessex" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethelred of Wessex">Ethelred of Wessex</a> (871) and accession of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a></li> <li>1016 death of <a href="/wiki/Ethelred_II_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethelred II of England">Ethelred II of England</a> (1016) and accession of <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Ironside" title="Edmund Ironside">Edmund Ironside</a></li> <li>on 23 April 1348 the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Order of the Garter</a>, the senior English order of knighthood, was founded with the flag of St George as its badge.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>in 1661 King <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a> was crowned in <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a> and on 23 April 1924 was the first broadcast by an English monarch (King George V at the opening of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley).</li> <li>1942 – World War II: <a href="/wiki/Baedeker_Blitz" title="Baedeker Blitz">Baedeker Blitz</a> – German bombers hit <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a> and <a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>arts and literature</dt></dl> <ul><li>birth of the artist <a href="/wiki/J._M._W._Turner" title="J. M. W. Turner">J. M. W. Turner</a> (1775–1851)</li> <li>death of the Romantic poet <a href="/wiki/William_Wordsworth" title="William Wordsworth">William Wordsworth</a> (1770–1850)</li> <li>death of the Romantic poet <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Brooke" title="Rupert Brooke">Rupert Brooke</a> (1887–1915).</li> <li>1740 – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tickell" title="Thomas Tickell">Thomas Tickell</a>, English writer (b. 1685)</li></ul> <dl><dt>sports</dt></dl> <ul><li>death of cricketer <a href="/wiki/Jim_Laker" title="Jim Laker">Jim Laker</a> (1986)</li> <li>death of cricketer <a href="/wiki/Denis_Compton" title="Denis Compton">Denis Compton</a> (1997)</li></ul> <dl><dt>other</dt></dl> <ul><li>death of the English Quaker leader <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Fell" title="Margaret Fell">Margaret Fell</a> (1614-1702)</li> <li>death of the English general <a href="/wiki/James_Abercrombie_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Abercrombie (general)">James Abercrombie</a> (1706–81)</li> <li>birth of the English general <a 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"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/the-calendar/common-worship-rules/rulesyear.aspx">The Calendar: Rules to Order the Christian Year</a>". <i>Common Worship</i>. Retrieved 2011-04-22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Church of England (22 April 2011). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/the-calendar/common-worship-rules/transfers.aspx">The Calendar: Table of Transferences</a>". <i>Common Worship</i>. Retrieved 2011-04-22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales (22 April 2011). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/2011/index.shtml">Liturgical Calendar: May 2011</a>." <i>Liturgy and Ordo 2010–2011</i>. Retrieved 2011-04-22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/saints/george_1.shtml">"Religions - Christianity: Saint George"</a>. BBC<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Religions+-+Christianity%3A+Saint+George&rft.pub=BBC&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Freligion%2Freligions%2Fchristianity%2Fsaints%2Fgeorge_1.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASaint+George%27s+Day+in+England" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-St._George's_Day-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-St._George's_Day_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBianchi2014" class="citation book cs1">Bianchi, Hanael (2014). <i>St. George's Day: A Cultural History of England's National Day</i>. 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Charter <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.esawyer.org.uk/charter/1507.html">S 1507</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201924/http://www.esawyer.org.uk/charter/1507.html">Archived</a> 4 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at the Electronic Sawyer</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The first step towards the promotion of St George to a position of predominance seems to be due to Edward III, who in gratitude for his supposed help at the Battle of Crécy founded the Chapel of St George at Windsor in 1348." 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England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_England" title="Middle England">Middle England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_England" title="List of museums in England">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">People</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_people" title="List of English people">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_education_in_England" title="Science education in England">Science education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunday_roast" title="Sunday roast">Sunday Roast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_England" title="Sport in England">Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">Rugby Football Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">national team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_England" title="National symbols of England">Symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_England" title="National anthem of England">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_arms_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal arms of England">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a 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England">Outline</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:England" title="Category:England">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:England" title="Portal:England">Portal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Kingdom_of_England436" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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href="/wiki/Timeline_of_English_history" title="Timeline of English history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England" title="History of Anglo-Saxon England">Anglo-Saxon England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heptarchy" title="Heptarchy">Heptarchy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Conquest" title="Norman Conquest">Norman Conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Norman England">Anglo-Normans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Anarchy" title="The Anarchy">The Anarchy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angevin_Empire" title="Angevin Empire">Angevin Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_in_the_Late_Middle_Ages" title="England in the Late Middle Ages">England in the Late Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_England_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Economy of England in the Middle Ages">Economy in the Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses" title="Wars of the Roses">Wars of the Roses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_period" title="Tudor period">Tudor period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">English Reformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_era" title="Elizabethan era">Elizabethan era</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Renaissance" title="English Renaissance">English Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_period" title="Stuart period">Stuart period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_the_Crowns" title="Union of the Crowns">Union of the Crowns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot" title="Gunpowder Plot">Gunpowder Plot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobean_era" title="Jacobean era">Jacobean era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interregnum_(England)" title="Interregnum (England)">Interregnum</a> <ul><li><a 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protectorate">Protectorate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_history_of_England" title="Maritime history of England">Maritime history</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Royal Houses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Wessex" title="House of Wessex">Wessex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Kn%C3%BDtlinga" title="House of Knýtlinga">Knýtlinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Normandy" title="House of Normandy">Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angevin_kings_of_England" title="Angevin kings of England">Angevin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Plantagenet" title="House of Plantagenet">Plantagenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lancaster" title="House of Lancaster">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_York" title="House of York">York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Tudor" title="House of Tudor">Tudor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Stuart" title="House of Stuart">Stuart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau" title="House of Orange-Nassau">Orange-Nassau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_England" title="Politics of England">Politics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">Law</a></li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Witan" title="Witan">Witan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curia_regis" title="Curia regis">Curia regis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnum_Concilium" title="Magnum Concilium">Magnum Concilium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a 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(England)">Secretary of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governance_of_England" title="Governance of England">Governance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_in_Anglo-Saxon_England" title="Government in Anglo-Saxon England">Anglo-Saxon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_in_medieval_England" title="Government in medieval England">Medieval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_government" title="Elizabethan government">Elizabethan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Chamber" title="Star Chamber">Star Chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiggism" title="Whiggism">Whigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tories</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Acts of Parliament:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1225%E2%80%931267" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1225–1267">1225–1267</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1275%E2%80%931307" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1275–1307">1275–1307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1308%E2%80%931325" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1308–1325">1308–1325</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statutes_of_uncertain_date" title="Statutes of uncertain date"><i>Temp. incert.</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1327%E2%80%931376" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1327–1376">1327–1376</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1377%E2%80%931397" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1377–1397">1377–1397</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1399%E2%80%931411" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1399–1411">1399–1411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1413%E2%80%931421" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1413–1421">1413–1421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1422%E2%80%931460" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England, 1422–1460">1422–1460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1461" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1461">1461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1463" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1463">1463</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1464" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1464">1464</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1467" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1467">1467</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1468" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1468">1468</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1472" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1472">1472</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1474" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1474">1474</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1477" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1477">1477</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1482" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1482">1482</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1483" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1483">1483</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1485" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1485">1485</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1487" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1487">1487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1488" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1488">1488</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1491" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1491">1491</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1495" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1495">1495</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1496" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1496">1496</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1503" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1503">1503</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1509" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1509">1509</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1511" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1511">1511</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1512" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1512">1512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1513" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1513">1513</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1514" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1514">1514</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1515" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1515">1515</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1523" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1523">1523</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1529" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1529">1529</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1530" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1530">1530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1531" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1531">1531</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1532" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1532">1532</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1533" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1533">1533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1534" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1534">1534</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1535" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1535">1535</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1536" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1536">1536</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1539" title="List of acts of the 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