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"History of Britain" redirects here. For other uses, see History of Britain (disambiguation) .
Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to Norman conquest of England , a moment that defined much of the history of the British Isles since.The history of the British Isles has witnessed intermittent periods of competition and cooperation between the people that occupy the various parts of Great Britain , Ireland , and the smaller adjacent islands, which together make up the British Isles , as well as with France , Germany , the Low Countries , Denmark , Scandinavia , etc.
Today, the British Isles contain two sovereign states : the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom . There are also three Crown dependencies : Guernsey , Jersey and the Isle of Man . The United Kingdom may be further broken down into four constituent Home Nations : England , Northern Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . Each of these nations bears its own history, with all but Northern Ireland having been independent states at one point. The History of the formation of the United Kingdom is very complex.
The British monarch was head of state of all of the countries of the British Isles from the Union of the Crowns in 1603 until the enactment of the Republic of Ireland Act in 1949, although the term "British Isles" was not used in 1603. Additionally, since the independence of Ireland, historians of the region often avoid the term British Isles due to the complexity of relations between the peoples of the archipelago (see: British Isles (terminology)
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See also: History of Ireland
Timeline history of the British Isles
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Further reading
A History of Britain : At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC - 1603 ADSimon Schama , Hyperion Books, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 by Simon Schama , Hyperion Books, 2001 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6A History of Britain III: The Fate of Empire 1776-2000 by Simon Schama The British Isles: A History of Four Nations by Hugh Kearney, Cambridge University Press 2nd edition 2006, ISBN 978-0521846004A History of Britain - The Complete Collection on DVD by Simon Schama , BBC 2002The Isles, A History by Norman Davies , Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-513442-7Shortened History of England by G. M. Trevelyan Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-023323-7This Sceptred Isle : 55BC-1901 Christopher Lee Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-026133-8 (originally a radio series The Reduced History of Britain - by Chas Newkey-Burden External links
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