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The Making of British History, Routledge, 1995 ISBN 978-0-41513-041-7; Hugh Kearney, The British Isles: A History of Four Nations, Cambridge University Press, 2006 (2nd edition) ISBN 978-0-521-84600-4; Richard S. Lambert, The Great Heritage: a History of Britain for Canadians, House of Grant, 1964 (and earlier editions and/or printings)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Archipelago in north-western Europe This article is about the geographical archipelago. For those parts under British sovereignty, see British Islands. British Isles Other native names Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór (Irish) Ynysoedd Prydain (Welsh) Enesow Bretennek (Cornish) Eileanan ...
Wars of the Three Kingdoms - A series of interconnected conflicts within the British Isles from 1639 to 1653. Jacobite risings - A series of conflicts over the succession of the British throne from 1689 to 1745. Irish War of Independence - A conflict fought between the Irish Republican Army and British forces over the independence of Ireland.
British Isles. This is a list of rulers in the British Isles.The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles and over six thousand smaller islands.
The formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has involved personal and political union across Great Britain and the wider British Isles. The United Kingdom is the most recent of a number of sovereign states that have been established in Great Britain at different periods in history, in different combinations and ...
Oliver Cromwell united the whole of the British Isles by force and created the Commonwealth of England. The Stuart kings overestimated the power of the English monarchy, and were cast down by Parliament in 1645 and 1688.
A Christian Ireland then set about evangelising the rest of the British Isles, and Columba founded a religious community in Iona, off the west coast of Scotland. [73] Then Aidan was sent from Iona to set up his see in Northumbria, at Lindisfarne, between 635 and 651. [74] Hence Northumbria was converted by the Celtic (Irish) church. [74]
An early variant of the term British Isles dates back to Ancient Greek times, when they were known as the Pretanic or Britannic Islands. It was translated as the British Isles into English in the late 16th or early 17th centuries by English and Welsh writers, whose writings have been described as propaganda and politicised. [19] [20] [21]