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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 been one of struggle and competition between peoples that occupy the various parts of the islands of Great Britain , Ireland and the smaller adjacent islands, but one coloured by external forces and the influence that these people upon the world themselves. Today, the British Isles contains two sovereign states , the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom , and three dependencies , Guernsey , Jersey and the Isle of Man . Within the United Kingdom there are two further kingdoms , England and Scotland , a principality , Wales , and a province , Northern Ireland . The British monarch as head of state of all the people of the islands. since the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the 1949 Republic of Ireland Act . Partly because of this, many contemporary historians avoid the term British Isles due to the complexity of relations between the peoples of the archipelago .
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Geographic
A map showing the general locations of the Anglo-Saxon peoples and the Celtic Brythons around the year 600. States
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Institutions and buildings
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Further reading
A History of Britain : At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC - 1603 ADSimon Schama , BBC/Miramax, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 by Simon Schama , BBC/Miramax, 2001 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6A 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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