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1 day ago · England, predominant constituent unit of the United Kingdom, occupying more than half of the island of Great Britain. Outside the British Isles, England is often erroneously considered synonymous with the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and even with the entire United Kingdom. Despite the political, economic, and cultural ...
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Cornwall, unitary authority and historic county,...
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Birmingham, second largest city of the United Kingdom and a...
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England - Anglo-Saxon, Normans, Tudors: The history of...
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England, Southern part of the island of Great Britain,...
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England - Culture, Traditions, Heritage: England’s...
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England - Resources, Power, Economy: For most of the 19th...
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Little is known of English literature before the arrival of...
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England - Music, Folk, Choral: The beginnings of art music...
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2 days ago · The history of the United Kingdom began in the early eighteenth century with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being in 1707 with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, into a new unitary state called Great Britain.
1 day ago · The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution. The term may also refer to the role of the royal family within the UK's broader political ...
1 day ago · Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh , who both died when Alfred was young.
- 23 April 871 – c. 886
- Osburh
5 days ago · Anglo-Saxon, term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples who, from the 5th century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited and ruled territories that are now in England and Wales.
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- Who were the Anglo-Saxons?Anglo-Saxon is a term traditionally used to describe the people who, from the 5th-century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited a...
- Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from?Archaeological evidence suggests that the first migrants to Britain from the Germanic areas of mainland Europe antedated the Roman withdrawal from...
- What was the language of the Anglo-Saxons?The peoples of the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms spoke distinctive dialects, which evolved over time and together became known as Old English.
- Where did the term Anglo-Saxon come from?The term Anglo-Saxon seems to have been first used by Continental writers in the late 8th century to distinguish the Saxons of Britain from those o...
4 days ago · Æthelstan: The First King of England. Sarah Foot. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2011, ISBN: 9780300125351; 336pp.; Price: £30.00. Reviewer: Dr Rory Naismith. Clare College, Cambridge. Citation: Dr Rory Naismith, review of Æthelstan: The First King of England, (review no. 1151) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1151.
4 days ago · In 1150 he ceded the duchy to his son Henry, who later became king of England as Henry II in 1154. In this way Normandy became part of the so-called Angevin (from Anjou) empire, which was a series of far-flung territories ruled by Henry II
