A New History of EnglandJeremy Black looks at two millennia of English history, and identifies two major themes: a lack of geographic and concomitant economic unity; and the fact that from the Roman invasion onward, a united England was often politically associated with Europe, from Cnut to the Hanoverians. |
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A Transformed Environment | 1 |
Before the Romans | 11 |
The Roman Period | 17 |
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