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History of the British Isles
Overview United Kingdom England Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Scotland Shetland Orkney Inner Hebrides Outer Hebrides Wales Anglesey Northern Ireland Ireland Isle of Man (Mann) Channel Islands Jersey Guernsey
Prehistoric period Prehistoric Britain Prehistoric England Prehistoric Scotland Prehistoric Shetland Prehistoric Orkney Prehistoric Wales Prehistoric Ireland Prehistoric Mann
Classical period Roman Britain Roman Scotland Roman Wales Protohistoric Ireland, Roman Ireland End of Roman rule Sub-Roman Britain
Medieval period Medieval England Early medieval England High medieval England Late medieval England Medieval Scotland Early medieval Scotland High medieval Scotland Late medieval Scotland Medieval Wales Early medieval Wales High medieval Wales Late medieval Wales Medieval Ireland Early medieval Ireland High medieval Ireland Late medieval Ireland Medieval Mann
Early modern period Early modern Britain Early modern England Early modern Scotland Early modern Wales Early modern Ireland Early modern Mann
Late modern period United Kingdom (since 1707) Victorian period Edwardian period First World War Interwar period Second World War World Wars (Wales) Post-war period (political history) Post-war period (social history) Late modern Ireland Late modern Mann
Related House of Plantagenet House of Lancaster House of York Monarchs
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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 island of Great Britain. England became the dominant power, coexisting with these nations at different times under the mantle of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom.

For a history of the modern British state see History of the United Kingdom. See Britain for a discussion of the various interpretations of the word Britain.

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
  • Tudor period
    • English Renaissance
    • Elizabethan era
  • Jacobean era
  • Restoration
  • Scottish Enlightenment
  • Georgian era
• History of the United Kingdom
  • Regency period
  • Victorian era
  • Edwardian period
    • Britain in World War I

Geographic

• History of England
  • History of London
• History of Scotland
• History of Wales
• History of Cornwall
• History of Ireland
  • History of Northern Ireland

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

Rulers

• Mythical British Kings
• Bretwalda
• List of rulers of Wales
• Kings of the Picts
• Kings of Dál Riata
• Kings of Strathclyde
• Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles
• Kings of the Isle of Man
• Kings of East Anglia
• Kings of Essex
• Kings of Kent
• Kings of Sussex
• Kings of Wessex
• Kings of Mercia
• Kings of Northumbria

Topical

• British military history
• Economic history of Great Britain
• History of British society
• British Empire
• Natural disasters in Britain and the United Kingdom

Institutions and buildings

• Ancient British universities
• Cathedrals in the United Kingdom

See also

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

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 )
• The Reduced History of Britain - by Chas Newkey-Burden

External links

• The most comprehensive sites on British History
• Encyclopedia of British History
• British History Online
• Homepage of the BBC History website
• Rutgers University Libraries - American and British History
• British History at about.com
• English History and Heritage guide - History of England
• The British History Site with rss feed

• British Isles
• History of Britain