Search results
18 hours ago · (The adjective “British” came into use at this time to refer to all the kingdom’s peoples.) Ireland came under English control during the 1600s and was formally united with Great Britain through the Act of Union of 1800.
- 18th-Century Britain, 1714–1815
United Kingdom - 18th-century Britain, 1714–1815: When Georg...
- Anglo-Saxon England
United Kingdom - Anglo-Saxon, England, History: Although...
- Trade
The United Kingdom’s current overall balance of payments...
- Plant and Animal Life
United Kingdom - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: Except for...
- Charles I (1625–49)
The politics of war. Along with his kingdom, Charles I...
- Social, Economic, and Cultural Change
United Kingdom - Industrialization, Immigration, Devolution:...
- Late Victorian Britain
United Kingdom - Late Victorian Britain: From the 1880s a...
- England in The 15th Century
Culturally the 15th century was a period of sterility....
- 18th-Century Britain, 1714–1815
4 days ago · Church of England, English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of Christianity in Britain during the 2nd century. It has been the original church of the Anglican Communion since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
19 hours ago · Historically, England was a very homogeneous country and developed coherent traditions, but, especially as the British Empire expanded and the country absorbed peoples from throughout the globe, English culture has been accented with diverse contributions from Afro-Caribbeans, Asians, Muslims, and other immigrant groups.
1 day ago · As an abstract noun, there was also ἀθεότης ( atheotēs ), "atheism". Cicero transliterated the Greek word into the Latin átheos. The term found frequent use in the debate between early Christians and Hellenists, with each side attributing it, in the pejorative sense, to the other.
3 days ago · The word is already attested in Mycenaean Greek Linear B from the 2nd millennium BC, as po-ni-ki-jo. In those records, it means 'crimson' or 'palm tree' and does not denote a group of people. The name Phoenicians, like Latin Poenī (adj. poenicus, later pūnicus), comes from Greek Φοινίκη, Phoiníkē.
2 days ago · The European developments not only allowed the British to identify themselves as high-caste, but also allowed the Brahmins to view themselves as on-par with the British. Further, it provoked the reinterpretation of Indian history in racialist and, in opposition, Indian Nationalist terms.
People also ask
What is the history of the Church of England?
Where did the United Kingdom Come from?
What does the name Britain mean?
When did the Church of England become a king?
3 days ago · The small Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park in Pennsylvania is reeling after the FBI named a young local man, Thomas Matthew Crooks, as the person who shot at Donald Trump during a campaign rally ...
