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History of the British Isles

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The History of the British Isles, until the last few hundred years, was one of struggle and competition between the separate nation-states that occupied various parts of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. England became the dominant power, coexisting with these nations at different times under the mantle of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom. (Note that the terminology The British Isles is sometimes considered obsolete or even offensive in Ireland if it is used to include Ireland.)

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1 Periods
2 Geographic
- 2.1 States
3 Rulers
4 Topical
5 Institutions and buildings
6 See also
- 6.1 Further reading
7 External links

[edit] Periods

Ancient Britain (Prehistory–AD 43)
- Prehistoric Scotland
- Prehistoric Wales
Roman Britain (44–407)
Sub-Roman Britain (407–597)
Anglo-Saxon England (597–1066)
Norman Conquest of England (1066)
Britain in the Middle Ages
- Scotland in the High Middle Ages
- Wars of Scottish Independence
Early modern Britain
History of the United Kingdom

[edit] Geographic

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[edit] States

States in Medieval Britain
Kingdom of Ireland (1541 - 1801)
Kingdom of Scotland (to 1707)
Kingdom of England (to 1707)
Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1801)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801 - 1927)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1927 to date)
British Empire and the Commonwealth

[edit] Rulers

[edit] Topical

[edit] Institutions and buildings

[edit] See also

Geology of the United Kingdom - for history before human occupation
UK topics

[edit] Further reading

A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC - 1603 AD by Simon Schama, BBC/Miramax, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6
A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 by Simon Schama, BBC/Miramax, 2001 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6
A History of Britain - The Complete Collection on DVD by Simon Schama, BBC 2002
The Isles, A History by Norman Davies, Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-513442-7
Shortened History of England by G. M. Trevelyan Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-023323-7
This Sceptred Isle: 55BC-1901 by Christopher Lee Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-026133-8 (originally a radio series [1])
The Reduced History of Britain - by Chas Newkey-Burden [2]