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| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of England |
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| common_name = England |
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| status = State union |
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| image_flag = Flag of England.svg |
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| rowclass1 = mergedrow| label1 = [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]]: | data1 = {{lang|xno|Realme d'Engleterre}} |
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| image_flag2 = Royal Banner of England.svg |
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| rowclass2 = mergedrow| label2 = [[French language|French]]: | data2 = {{lang|fr|Royaume d'Angleterre}} |
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| flag_type = Top: [[Flag of England|Flag of England<br/>(since the 16th century)]]<br />Bottom: [[Royal Banner of England|Royal Banner<br />(since the 12th century)]] |
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| rowclass3 = mergedrow| label3 = [[Welsh language|Welsh]]: | data3 = {{lang|cy|Teyrnas Lloegr}} |
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| image_coat = Royal arms of England.svg |
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| rowclass4 = mergedrow| label4 = [[Cornish language|Cornish]]: | data4 = {{lang|kw|Ruwvaneth Pow Sows}} |
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| symbol_type = [[Royal Arms of England|Royal Arms<br />(since the 12th century)]] |
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| rowclass5 = mergedrow| label5 = [[Medieval Latin]]: | data5 = {{lang|la|Regnum Angliae}} |
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| coa_size = 90px |
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| rowclass6 = mergedrow| label6 = [[Old English]]: | data6 = {{lang|ang|Englalonde Rīce}} |
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| coat_alt = Royal Arms |
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| national_motto = {{native name|fr|"[[Dieu et mon droit]]"|italics=off|parensize=90%}}<br /> "God and my right"<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Royal Coat of Arms |website=The Royal Family |date=15 January 2016 |url=https://www.royal.uk/coats-arms |access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref><br />(since 15th century) |
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| image_map = Location map of England in 1700.svg |
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| image_map_caption = {{map_caption |location_color=green |country= the Kingdom, 1558–1707}} |
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| life_span = Early 10th century–1707<br />(1649–1660: [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]]) |
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| event_start = [[History of Anglo-Saxon England#English unification (10th century)|Unification]] |
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| year_start = Early 10th century<!-- 927 is too specific and is unsourced; see talk page--> |
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| event1 = [[Battle of Hastings]] |
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| date_event1 = 14 October 1066 |
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| event2 = [[Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland]] |
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| date_event2 = May 1169–May 1177 |
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| event3 = [[Magna Carta]] |
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| date_event3 = 15 June 1215 |
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| event4 = [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542|Incorporated Wales]] |
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| date_event4 = 1535–1542 |
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| event5 = [[Union of the Crowns]] |
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| date_event5 = 24 March 1603 |
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| event6 = [[Glorious Revolution]] |
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| date_event6 = 11 December 1688 |
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| event_end = [[Acts of Union 1707|Union with Scotland]] |
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| date_end = 1 May |
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| year_end = 1707 |
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| p1 = Heptarchy |
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| s1 = Kingdom of Great Britain |
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| flag_s1 = Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg |
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| capital = {{unbulleted list |
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| [[Winchester]] ({{c.}} 927–1066) |
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| [[London]] (1066–1707) |
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| ∟ [[Westminster]]<br /> {{spaces|5}}(administrative) |
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| ∟ [[City of London]]<br /> {{spaces|5}}(commercial) |
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*[[Old English]] (until the 11th century) |
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*[[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] (widely used in administration, courts and government from the 11th to the 14th century) |
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*[[Middle English]] (from the 14th to the 15th century) |
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*[[Early Modern English]] (from the 15th century) |
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*[[Latin]] (widely used for administrative and liturgical purposes){{Efn|[[Medieval Latin]] (until the 14th century), [[Renaissance Latin]] (from the 16th century)}} |
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*[[Old Norse]] (1013–1014; 1016–1042) |
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| languages_type = Regional languages |
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*[[Cornish language|Cornish]]{{Efn|[[Old Cornish]] (until the 12th century), [[Middle Cornish]] (12th–16th century), Late Cornish (from the 17th century)}} |
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| image_flag = Flag of England.svg |
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*[[Cumbric language|Cumbric]] (until the 12th century) |
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| image_flag2 = Royal Standard of England (1406-1603).svg |
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*[[Welsh language|Welsh]]{{Efn|[[Old Welsh]] (until the 12th century), [[Middle Welsh]] (from the 12th to the 15th century), Modern Welsh (from the 15th century)}} |
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| flag_type = Top: [[Flag of England]]<br>Bottom: [[Royal Banner of England|Royal Banner<br>(1406–1603)]] |
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| image_coat = Royal Coat of Arms of England (1399-1603).svg |
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| symbol_type = [[Royal Arms of England|Royal Arms<br>(1399–1603)]] |
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| coa_size = 90px |
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| coat_alt = Royal Arms |
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| national_motto = <br/>{{native phrase|fr|"[[Dieu et mon droit]]"|nbsp=omit|nolink=on|italics=off|parensize=90%}}<br/> {{smaller|"God and my right"}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/|title=The Royal Coat of Arms|accessdate=19 November 2018}}</ref> |
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| image_map = Location map of England in 1700.svg |
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| image_map_caption = The location of the Kingdom of England in 1700 |
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| life_span = {{unbulleted list|927–1707|{{nowrap|{{smaller|{{nobold|1649–1660: [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]]}}}}}}}} |
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| event_start = [[History of Anglo-Saxon England#English unification (10th century)|Unification]] |
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| year_start = 927 |
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| event1 = [[Battle of Hastings]] |
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| date_event1 = 14 October 1066 |
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| event2 = [[Conquest of Wales by Edward I|Conquered Wales]] |
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| date_event2 = 1277–1283 |
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| event3 = [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542|Incorporated Wales]] |
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| date_event3 = 1535–1542 |
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| event4 = [[Union of the Crowns]] |
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| date_event4 = 24 March 1603 |
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| event5 = [[Glorious Revolution]] |
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| date_event5 = 11 December 1688 |
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| event_end = [[Acts of Union 1707|Union with Scotland]] |
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| date_end = 1 May |
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| year_end = 1707 |
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| p1 = Wessex |
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| border_p1 = no |
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| p2 = Kingdom of Sussex{{!}}Sussex |
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| border_p2 = no |
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| p3 = Kingdom of Essex{{!}}Essex |
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| border_p3 = no |
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| p4 = Kingdom of Kent{{!}}Kent |
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| border_p4 = no |
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| p5 = Dumnonia |
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| border_p5 = no |
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| p6 = Mercia{{!}}Mercia |
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| p7 = Kingdom of East Anglia{{!}}East Anglia |
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| p8 = Kingdom of Northumbria{{!}}Northumbria |
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| p9 = Welsh Marches |
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| p10 = Principality of Wales |
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| s1 = Kingdom of Great Britain{{!}}Great Britain |
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| flag_s1 = Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg |
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| capital = {{unbulleted list |
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| London |
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| ∟ [[Westminster]]<br /> {{smaller|{{spaces|5}}(administrative)}} |
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| ∟ [[City of London]]<br /> {{smaller|{{spaces|5}}(commercial)}} |
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| religion = [[Catholic Church in England and Wales|Roman Catholicism]] (early 10th century–1534; 1553–1558)<br />[[Church of England]] (1534–1553; 1558–1646; 1660–1707){{Sfn|Carey|2011|page=41}}<br />[[Puritanism]] (1646–1660) |
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| common_languages = {{unbulleted list |
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| English<sub>{{big|<ref group="nb">{{unbulleted list|[[Old English]] (until 1150)|[[Middle English]] {{nowrap|(1150–1550)}}|[[Modern English]] {{nowrap|(1550–1707)}}}}</ref>}}</sub> |
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| [[Old Norse]] {{smaller|{{nowrap|(until 11th century)}}}} |
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| [[Welsh language|Welsh]]<sub>{{big|<ref group="nb">{{unbulleted list|[[Old Welsh]] {{nowrap|(until 12th century)}}|[[Middle Welsh]] {{nowrap|(12th–14th century)}}|[[Modern Welsh]] {{nowrap|(14th century–1707)}}}}</ref>}}</sub> |
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| [[Cornish language|Cornish]]<sub>{{big|<ref group="nb">{{unbulleted list|[[Old Cornish]] {{nowrap|(until 12th century)}}|[[Middle Cornish]] {{nowrap|(12th–16th century)}}|[[Late Cornish]] {{nowrap|(16th century–1707)}}}}</ref>}}</sub> |
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| [[Cumbric language|Cumbric]] {{smaller|{{nowrap|(until 12th century)}}}} |
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| [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]]<br />[[French language|French]] {{smaller|{{nowrap|(11th–15th century)}}}} |
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| [[Medieval Latin]] {{smaller|{{nowrap|(until 15th century)}}}}<sub>{{big|<ref group="nb">Widely used for administrative and liturgical purposes.</ref>}}</sub> |
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| religion = [[Orthodoxy|Orthodoxy]] (927-1066)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moss |first1=Vladimir |title=The Fall of Orthodox England: the Ecclesiastical Roots of the Norman Conquest, 1043-1087 |date=2004 |publisher=St. Michael's Press}}</ref><br>[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] (1066–1534; 1553-1558)<br>[[Church of England]] (1534–1553; 1558-1707) |
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| demonym = English |
| demonym = English |
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| government_type = {{plainlist| |
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| government_type = [[Witenagemot|Elective monarchy]] {{smaller|(927–1066)}}<br>[[Hereditary monarchy]] {{smaller|(1066–1649; 1649–1688)}}<br>[[Commonwealth]] ([[republic]]) {{smaller|(1649–1660)}}<br>Hereditary [[constitutional monarchy]] {{smaller|(1688–1707)}} |
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* [[Elective monarchy|Elective]] [[absolute monarchy]] (early 10th century–1066){{efn|Elected by the [[Witenagemot]]}} |
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| title_leader = [[List of English monarchs|Monarch]] |
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* [[Hereditary monarchy|Hereditary]] [[Feudalism|feudal]] [[absolute monarchy]] (1066–1215) |
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| leader1 = [[Æthelstan]]{{ref label|a|a}} |
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* [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[parliamentary]] [[semi-constitutional monarchy]] (1215–1649; 1660–1689){{efn|Officially under a [[Feudalism|feudal system]] until [[Tenures Abolition Act 1660|1660]]}} |
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| year_leader1 = 927–939 {{smaller|(first)}} |
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* [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[parliamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy]] (1689–1707)<ref>{{Cite web |
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| leader2 = [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]]{{ref label|b|b}} |
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| title = King vs. Parliament in 17th century England: From Absolutism to Constitutional Monarchy, Influence on American Governing |
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| year_leader2 = 1702–1707 {{smaller|(last)}} |
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| website = Constituting America |
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| date = 25 May 2022 |
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| url = https://constitutingamerica.org/90day-aer-king-vs-parliament-17th-century-england-from-absolutism-to-constitutional-monarchy-influence-on-american-governing-guest-essayist-joerg-knipprath/ |
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| title_leader = [[List of English monarchs|Monarch]] |
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| leader1 = [[Edward the Elder]] |
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| year_leader1 = Early 10th century–924 (first) |
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| leader2 = [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]]{{efn|Continued as monarch of Great Britain until her death in 1714.}} |
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| stat_year5 = 1707 |
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| year_leader2 = 1702–1707 (last) |
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| legislature = [[Parliament of England|Parliament]] |
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| house1 = [[House of Lords]] |
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| house2 = [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] |
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| currency = [[Pound sterling]] |
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* [[United Kingdom]] |
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| stat_pop2 = 2,600,000 |
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** [[England]] |
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| stat_year1 = 1283–1542 est. |
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** [[Wales]] |
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| stat_area1 = 145000 |
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| footnote_a = {{note|a}} Monarch of Wessex from 925. |
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| footnote_b = {{note|b}} Continued as monarch of Great Britain until her death in 1714. |
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{{History of England}} |
{{History of England}} |
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The '''Kingdom of England''' |
The '''Kingdom of England''' was a [[sovereign state]] on the island of [[Great Britain]] from the early 10th century, when it emerged from various [[History of Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]], until 1 May 1707, when it united with [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] to form the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], which would later become the [[United Kingdom]]. The Kingdom of England was among the most powerful states in [[Europe]] during the medieval and early modern colonial periods. |
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During the early tenth century, the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united by [[Edward the Elder]] (reigned 898–924) and [[Æthelstan]] (reigned in 924–939) to form the Kingdom of England. In 1016, the kingdom became part of the [[North Sea Empire]] of [[Cnut the Great]], a personal union between [[England]], [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]]. The [[Norman Conquest]] in 1066 led to the transfer of the English capital city and chief royal residence from the Anglo-Saxon one at [[Winchester]] to [[Westminster]], and the [[City of London]] quickly established itself as England's largest and principal commercial centre.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bkGpFhiPtIEC&dq=History%20of%20London&pg=PA363 ''London, 800–1216: The Shaping of a City''], "''...rivalry between City and government, between a commercial capital in the City and the political capital of quite a different empire in Westminster.''", accessed November 2013.</ref> |
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Histories of the |
Histories of the Kingdom of England from the Norman Conquest of 1066 conventionally distinguish periods named after successive ruling dynasties: [[England in the High Middle Ages|Norman/Angevin]] 1066–1216, [[England in the late Middle Ages|Plantagenet]] 1216–1485, [[Tudor period|Tudor]] 1485–1603 and [[Stuart period|Stuart]] 1603–1707 (interrupted by the [[Interregnum (England)|Interregnum]] of 1649–1660). |
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Dynastically, all [[ |
Dynastically, all [[English monarchs]] after 1066 ultimately claim descent from the [[Normans]]; the distinction of the Plantagenets is merely conventional, beginning with [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] (reigned 1154–1189) as from that time, the [[Angevin kings of England|Angevin kings]] became "more English in nature"; the houses of [[House of Lancaster|Lancaster]] and [[House of York|York]] are both Plantagenet cadet branches, the Tudor dynasty claimed descent from [[Edward III]] via [[John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset|John Beaufort]] and [[James VI and I]] of the [[House of Stuart]] claimed descent from [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] via [[Margaret Tudor]]. |
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The completion of the [[conquest of Wales by Edward I]] in 1284 put Wales under the control of the English crown. Edward III (reigned 1327–1377) transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe; his reign also saw vital developments in legislation and government—in particular the evolution of the [[English parliament]]. |
The completion of the [[conquest of Wales]] by [[Edward I]] in 1284 put Wales under the control of the English crown. Edward III (reigned 1327–1377) transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe; his reign also saw vital developments in legislation and government—in particular the evolution of the [[English parliament]]. From the 1340s the kings of England also [[English claims to the French throne|laid claim]] to the crown of [[kingdom of France|France]], but after the [[Hundred Years' War]] and the outbreak of the [[Wars of the Roses]] in 1455, the English were no longer in any position to pursue their French claims and lost all their land on the continent, except for [[Pale of Calais|Calais]]. After the turmoils of the Wars of the Roses, the [[Tudor dynasty]] ruled during the [[English Renaissance]] and again extended English monarchical power beyond England proper, achieving the full union of England and the [[Principality of Wales]] [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542|in 1542]]. [[Henry VIII]] oversaw the [[English Reformation]], and his daughter [[Elizabeth I]] (reigned 1558–1603) the [[Elizabethan Religious Settlement]], meanwhile establishing England as a [[great power]] and laying the foundations of the [[British Empire]] by claiming possessions in the [[English overseas possessions|New World]]. |
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From the accession of [[James VI and I]] in 1603, the [[Stuart dynasty]] ruled England in [[Union of the Crowns|personal union]] with [[kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]]. Under the Stuarts, the kingdom plunged into [[English Civil War|civil war]], which culminated in the [[execution of Charles I]] in 1649. The monarchy returned in 1660, but the Civil War had established the precedent that an English monarch cannot govern without the consent of Parliament. This concept became legally established as part of the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688. |
From the accession of [[James VI and I]] in 1603, the [[Stuart dynasty]] ruled England in [[Union of the Crowns|personal union]] with [[kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]]. Under the Stuarts, the kingdom plunged into [[English Civil War|civil war]], which culminated in the [[execution of Charles I]] in 1649. The monarchy returned in 1660, but the Civil War had established the precedent that an English monarch cannot govern without the consent of Parliament. This concept became legally established as part of the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688. |
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From this time the kingdom of England, as well as its successor state the United Kingdom, functioned in effect as a [[constitutional monarchy]]. |
From this time the kingdom of England, as well as its successor state the United Kingdom, functioned in effect as a [[constitutional monarchy]].{{efn|The [[Constitution of the United Kingdom]] is "[[uncodified constitution|uncodified]]".}} On 1 May 1707, under the terms of the [[Acts of Union 1707]], the parliaments, and therefore Kingdoms, of both England and Scotland were mutually abolished. Their assets and estates united 'for ever, into the Kingdom by the name of Great Britain', forming the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and the [[Parliament of Great Britain]].<ref>"[http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/ Acts of Union 1707]", UK Parliament, accessed 27 January 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/visitingHolyrood/union_exhibition.pdf |title=Making the Act of Union 1707 |website=Scottish Parliament |access-date=27 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511140052/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/visitingHolyrood/union_exhibition.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2011 }}</ref> |
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==Name== |
==Name== |
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The Anglo-Saxons referred to themselves as the ''Engle'' or the ''Angelcynn'', originally names of the [[Angles]]. They called their land ''Engla land'', meaning "land of the English", <!-- or ''Engla rice'' "realm of the English" // Cynewulf's "engla rice" means "kingdom of the angels" (not Angles), find a reference where it first means "England"! --> |
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by [[Æthelweard (historian)|Æthelweard]] Latinized ''Anglia'', from an original ''[[Angeln|Anglia vetus]]'', the purported homeland of the Angles (called ''Angulus'' by [[Bede]]).<ref>Stephen Harris, ''Race and Ethnicity in Anglo-Saxon Literature'', Studies in Medieval History and Culture, Routledge, 2004, 139f.</ref> The name ''Engla land'' became ''England'' by [[haplology]] during the [[Middle English]] period (''Engle-land'', ''Engelond'').<ref>A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat, '' A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 To 1580'' (1888)</ref> The [[Middle Latin|Latin]] name was ''Anglia'' or ''Anglorum terra'', the [[Old French]] and [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] one ''Engleterre''.<ref>" Anglia " (par L. Favre, 1883–1887), dans du Cange, et al., ''Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis'', éd. augm., Niort : L. Favre, 1883‑1887, t. 1, col. 251c. http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/ANGLIA |
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</ref> By the 14th century, ''England'' was also used in reference to the entire island of Great Britain. |
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The Anglo-Saxons referred to themselves as the ''Engle'' or the ''Angelcynn'', originally names of the [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]]. They called their land ''Engla land'', meaning "land of the English", <!-- or ''Engla rice'' "realm of the English" // Cynewulf's "engla rice" means "kingdom of the angels" (not Angles), find a reference where it first means "England"! --> |
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The standard title for monarchs from [[Æthelstan]] until [[John, King of England|John]] was ''{{lang|la|Rex Anglorum}}'' ("King of the English"). [[Canute the Great]], a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the [[Norman England|Norman period]] ''{{lang|la|Rex Anglorum}}'' remained standard, with occasional use of ''{{lang|la|Rex Anglie}}'' ("King of England"). From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of ''{{lang|la|Rex}}'' or ''{{lang|la|Regina Anglie}}''. In 1604 [[James VI and I|James I]], who had inherited the English throne the previous year, adopted the title (now usually rendered in English rather than Latin) ''King of Great Britain''. The English and Scottish parliaments, however, did not recognise this title until the Acts of Union of 1707. |
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by [[Æthelweard (historian)|Æthelweard]] Latinized ''Anglia'', from an original ''[[Angeln|Anglia vetus]]'', the purported homeland of the Angles (called ''Angulus'' by [[Bede]]).<ref>Stephen Harris, ''Race and Ethnicity in Anglo-Saxon Literature'', Studies in Medieval History and Culture, Routledge, 2004, 139f.</ref> The name ''Engla land'' became ''England'' by [[haplology]] during the [[Middle English]] period (''Engle-land'', ''Engelond'').<ref>A. L. Mayhew and Walter W. Skeat, (1888), '' A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 To 1580''</ref> The [[Middle Latin|Latin]] name was ''Anglia'' or ''Anglorum terra'', the [[Old French]] and [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] one ''Engleterre''.<ref>" Anglia " (par L. Favre, 1883–1887), dans du Cange, et al., [http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/ANGLIA ''Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206100228/http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/ANGLIA |date=6 February 2020 }}, éd. augm., Niort : L. Favre, 1883–1887, t. 1, col. 251c.</ref> |
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The standard title for monarchs from [[Æthelstan]] until [[John, King of England|John]] was ''{{lang|la|Rex Anglorum}}'' ("King of the English"). [[Cnut]], a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the [[Norman England|Norman period]] ''{{lang|la|Rex Anglorum}}'' remained standard, with occasional use of ''{{lang|la|Rex Anglie}}'' ("King of England"). From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of ''{{lang|la|Rex}}'' or ''{{lang|la|Regina Anglie}}''. In 1604 [[James VI and I|James I]], who had inherited the English throne the previous year, adopted the title (now usually rendered in English rather than Latin) ''King of Great Britain''.{{Efn|English and Scot, James insisted, should "join and coalesce together in a sincere and perfect union, as two twins bred in one belly, to love one another as no more two but one estate".{{Sfn|Willson|1963|p=250}} }} |
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==History== |
==History== |
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{{Further|History of monarchy in the United Kingdom#English monarchy}} |
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===Anglo-Saxon England=== |
===Anglo-Saxon England=== |
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The kingdom of England emerged from the gradual unification of the early medieval [[Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]] known as the [[Heptarchy]]: [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]], [[Mercia]], [[Northumbria]], [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]], [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]], [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]], and [[ |
The kingdom of England emerged from the gradual unification of the early medieval [[Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]] known as the [[Heptarchy]]: [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]], [[Mercia]], [[Northumbria]], [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]], [[Kingdom of Essex|Essex]], [[Kingdom of Sussex|Sussex]], and [[Wessex]]. The [[Viking invasions]] of the 9th century upset the balance of power between the English kingdoms, and native Anglo-Saxon life in general. The English lands were unified in the 10th century in a reconquest completed by King Æthelstan in 927.{{sfn|Keynes|2014|p=534-536}} |
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During the Heptarchy, the most powerful king among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms might become acknowledged as [[Bretwalda]], a [[high king]] over the other kings. The decline of Mercia allowed Wessex to become more powerful |
During the Heptarchy, the most powerful king among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms might become acknowledged as [[Bretwalda]], a [[high king]] over the other kings. The decline of Mercia allowed Wessex to become more powerful, absorbing the kingdoms of Kent and Sussex in 825. The [[List of monarchs of Wessex|kings of Wessex]] increasingly dominated the other kingdoms of England during the 9th century. In 827, Northumbria submitted to [[Egbert of Wessex]] at [[Dore, South Yorkshire|Dore]], briefly making Egbert the first king to reign over a united England.<ref>Extract from the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''. Translations available at [http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Anglo/ Berkeley Digital Library] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050325211939/http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Anglo/ |date=25 March 2005 }} and [https://gutenberg.org/etext/657 Project Gutenberg]</ref> |
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In 886, [[Alfred the Great]] retook London, which he apparently regarded as a turning point in his reign. The ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' says that "all of the English people (''all Angelcyn'') not [[Danelaw|subject to the Danes]] submitted themselves to King Alfred."<ref name=aschron>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/657/657.txt The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle] Freely licensed version at Gutenberg Project. Note: This electronic edition is a collation of material from nine diverse extant versions of the Chronicle. It contains primarily the translation of Rev. James Ingram, as published in the Everyman edition.</ref> Asser added that "Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, restored the [[city of London]] splendidly ... and made it habitable once more."<ref>Asser's ''Life of King Alfred'', ch. 83, trans. Simon Keynes and Michael Lapidge, ''Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources'' (Penguin Classics) (1984), pp. 97–98.</ref> Alfred's |
In 886, [[Alfred the Great]] retook London, which he apparently regarded as a turning point in his reign. The ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' says that "all of the English people (''all Angelcyn'') not [[Danelaw|subject to the Danes]] submitted themselves to King Alfred."<ref name="aschron">[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/657/657.txt The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701234404/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/657/657.txt |date=1 July 2018 }} Freely licensed version at Gutenberg Project. Note: This electronic edition is a collation of material from nine diverse extant versions of the Chronicle. It contains primarily the translation of Rev. James Ingram, as published in the Everyman edition.</ref> Asser added that "Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, restored the [[city of London]] splendidly ... and made it habitable once more."<ref>Asser's ''Life of King Alfred'', ch. 83, trans. Simon Keynes and Michael Lapidge, ''Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources'' (Penguin Classics) (1984), pp. 97–98.</ref> Alfred's restoration entailed reoccupying and refurbishing the nearly deserted Roman walled city, building [[Wharf|quays]] along the [[Thames]], and laying a new city street plan.<ref>[[Alan Vince|Vince, Alan]], ''Saxon London: An Archaeological Investigation'', The Archaeology of London series (1990).</ref> |
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During the following years Northumbria repeatedly changed hands between the English kings and the Norwegian invaders, but was definitively brought under English control by [[Eadred]] in 954, completing the unification of England. At about this time, [[Lothian]], |
During the following years Northumbria repeatedly changed hands between the English kings and the Norwegian invaders, but was definitively brought under English control by [[Eadred]] in 954, completing the unification of England. At about this time, [[Lothian]], a portion of the northern half of Northumbria ([[Bernicia]]), was ceded to the [[Kingdom of Scotland]]. On 12 July 927 the monarchs of Britain gathered at [[Eamont]] in Cumbria to recognise Æthelstan as king of the English.{{sfn|Keynes|2014|p=534-536}} |
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[[File:Cnut 1014 1035.jpg|thumb|left|The dominions of [[Cnut]] (1014–1035)]] |
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England has remained in political unity ever since. During the reign of [[Æthelred the Unready|Æþelræd the Unready]] (978–1016), a new wave of Danish invasions was orchestrated by [[Sweyn I of Denmark]], culminating after a quarter-century of warfare in the Danish conquest of England in 1013. But Sweyn died on 2 February 1014, and Æþelræd was restored to the throne. In 1015, Sweyn's son [[Cnut]] (commonly known as Canute) launched a new invasion. The ensuing war ended with an agreement in 1016 between Canute and Æþelræd's successor, [[Edmund Ironside]], to divide England between them, but Edmund's death on 30 November of that year left England united under Danish rule. This continued for 26 years until the death of [[Harthacnut]] in June 1042. He was the son of Canute and [[Emma of Normandy]] (the widow of Æþelræd the Unready) and had no heirs of his own; he was succeeded by his half-brother, Æþelræd's son, [[Edward the Confessor]].{{sfn|Giles|1914|p=114}} |
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England has remained in political unity ever since. During the reign of [[Æthelred the Unready]] (978–1016), a new wave of Danish invasions was orchestrated by [[Sweyn I of Denmark]], culminating after a quarter-century of warfare in the Danish conquest of England in 1013. But Sweyn died on 2 February 1014, and Æthelred was restored to the throne. In 1015, Sweyn's son [[Cnut the Great]] (commonly known as Canute) launched a new invasion. The ensuing war ended with an agreement in 1016 between Canute and Æthelred's successor, [[Edmund Ironside]], to divide England between them, but Edmund's death on 30 November of that year left England united under Danish rule. This continued for 26 years until the death of [[Harthacnut]] in June 1042. He was the son of Canute and [[Emma of Normandy]] (the widow of Æthelred the Unready) and had no heirs of his own; he was succeeded by his half-brother, Æthelred's son, [[Edward the Confessor]]. The Kingdom of England was once again independent. |
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The peace lasted until the death of the childless Edward in January 1066. His brother-in-law was crowned [[Harold II of England|King Harold]], but his cousin [[William the Conqueror]], Duke of Normandy, immediately claimed the throne for himself. William launched an invasion of England and landed in [[Sussex]] on 28 September 1066. Harold and his army were in [[York]] following their victory against the Norwegians at the [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]] (25 September 1066) when the news reached him. He decided to set out without delay and confront the Norman army in Sussex so marched southwards at once, despite the army not being properly rested following the battle with the Norwegians. The armies of Harold and William faced each other at the [[Battle of Hastings]] (14 October 1066), in which the English army, or ''[[Fyrd]]'', was defeated, Harold and his two brothers were slain, and William emerged as victor. William was then able to conquer England with little further opposition. He was not, however, planning to absorb the Kingdom into the [[Duchy of Normandy]]. As a mere duke, William owed allegiance to [[Philip I of France]], whereas in the independent Kingdom of England he could rule without interference. He was crowned on 25 December 1066 in [[Westminster Abbey]], London.{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=204–205}} |
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The peace lasted until the death of the childless Edward in January 1066. His brother-in-law was crowned [[Harold II of England|King Harold]], but his cousin [[William the Conqueror]], Duke of Normandy, immediately claimed the throne for himself. William launched an invasion of England and landed in [[Sussex]] on 28 September 1066. Harold and his army were in [[York]] following their victory against the Norwegians at the [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]] (25 September 1066) when the news reached him. He decided to set out without delay and confront the Norman army in Sussex so marched southwards at once, despite the army not being properly rested following the battle with the Norwegians. The armies of Harold and William faced each other at the [[Battle of Hastings]] (14 October 1066), in which the English army, or ''[[Fyrd]]'', was defeated, Harold and his two brothers were slain, and William emerged as victor. William was then able to conquer England with little further opposition. He was not, however, planning to absorb the Kingdom into the [[Duchy of Normandy]]. As a mere duke, William owed allegiance to [[Philip I of France]], whereas in the independent Kingdom of England he could rule without interference. He was crowned on 25 December 1066 in [[Westminster Abbey]], London. |
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In 1092, [[William II of England|William II]] led an invasion of [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]], a [[Celts|Celtic]] kingdom in what is now southwest Scotland and Cumbria. In doing so, he annexed what is now the county of [[Cumbria]] to England. In 1124, [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] ceded what is now southeast Scotland (called [[Lothian]]) to the [[Kingdom of Scotland]], in return for the King of Scotland's loyalty. This final cession established what would become the traditional [[England-Scotland border|borders]] of England which have remained largely unchanged since then (except for occasional and temporary changes). This area of land had previously been a part of the Anglian [[Kingdom of Northumbria]]. Lothian contained what later became the Scottish capital, [[Edinburgh]]. This arrangement was later finalized in 1237 by the [[Treaty of York]].{{sfn|Ramsay|1908|p=82–83}} |
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[[File:King John signing the Great Charter (Magna Carta) by English School.png|thumb|King John signs ''[[Magna Carta]]'' at [[Runnymede]] in 1215, surrounded by his baronage. Illustration from ''Cassell's History of England'', 1902.]] |
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According to Vladimir Moss in his book ''The Fall of Orthodox England'', the Norman invasion also marked the fall of Orthodox England, with William the Conqueror being blessed by Rome to bring England "into full communion with the 'reformed Papacy'; for since 1052 the English archbishop had been banned and denounced as schismatic by Rome".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Moss|first=Vladimir|title=The Fall of Orthodox England: the Ecclesiastical Roots of the Norman Conquest, 1043-1087|publisher=St. Michael's Press|year=2004|isbn=|location=|pages=4-5, 24-31}}</ref> The position of England during the [[East–West Schism|Great Schism]] was that of opposition to the papal reforms being done at the time, and thus England was in line with the East during the Schism.<ref name=":0" /> |
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In 1092, [[William II of England|William II]] led an invasion of [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]], a [[Celts|Celtic]] kingdom in what is now southwest Scotland and Cumbria. In doing so, he annexed what is now the county of [[Cumbria]] to England. In 1124, [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] ceded what is now southeast Scotland (called [[Lothian]]) to the [[Kingdom of Scotland]], in return for the King of Scotland's loyalty. This final cession established what would become the traditional [[England-Scotland border|borders]] of England which have remained largely unchanged since then (except for occasional and temporary changes). This area of land had previously been a part of the Anglian [[Kingdom of Northumbria]]. Lothian contained what later became the Scottish capital, [[Edinburgh]]. This arrangement was later finalized in 1237 by the [[Treaty of York]]. |
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The [[Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland]] took place during the late 12th century, when [[Anglo-Normans]] gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the Kingdom of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanctioned by the Papal bull ''[[Laudabiliter]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Johnston|first=Elva|title=The Irish Church, Its Reform and the English Invasion review|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-irish-church-its-reform-and-the-english-invasion-review-1.3164152|access-date=2021-09-26|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref> At the time, [[Gaelic Ireland]] was made up of several kingdoms, with a [[High King of Ireland|High King]] claiming lordship over most of the other kings.<ref>{{cite book|first=Francis John |last=Byrne|title=Irish Kings and High Kings|location=London|year=1973|pages= 40–47}}</ref> |
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[[File:Joao sem terra assina carta Magna.jpg|thumb|King John signs ''[[Magna Carta]]'' at [[Runnymede]] in 1215, surrounded by his baronage. Illustration from ''Cassell's History of England'', 1902.]] |
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The [[Duchy of Aquitaine]] came into [[personal union]] with the Kingdom of England upon the accession of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]], who had married [[Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine]]. The Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy remained in personal union until [[John, King of England|John Lackland]], Henry II's son and fifth-generation descendant of William I, lost the continental possessions of the Duchy to [[Philip II of France]] in 1204. A few remnants of [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]], including the [[Channel Islands]], remained in John's possession, together with most of the Duchy of Aquitaine. |
The [[Duchy of Aquitaine]] came into [[personal union]] with the Kingdom of England upon the accession of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]], who had married [[Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine]]. The Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy remained in personal union until [[John, King of England|John Lackland]], Henry II's son and fifth-generation descendant of William I, lost the continental possessions of the Duchy to [[Philip II of France]] in 1204. A few remnants of [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]], including the [[Channel Islands]], remained in John's possession, together with most of the Duchy of Aquitaine.{{sfn|Turner|2009|p=103}} |
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Up until the Norman conquest of England, Wales had remained for the most part independent of the [[Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]], although some Welsh kings did sometimes acknowledge the [[Bretwalda]]. Soon after the [[Norman conquest of England]], however, some Norman lords began to attack Wales. They conquered and ruled parts of it, acknowledging the overlordship of the Norman kings of England but with considerable local independence. Over many years these "[[Marcher Lords]]" conquered more and more of Wales, against considerable resistance led by various Welsh princes, who also often acknowledged the overlordship of the Norman kings of England. |
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Up until the Norman Conquest of England, Wales had remained for the most part independent of the [[Anglo-Saxon kingdoms]], although some Welsh kings did sometimes acknowledge the [[Bretwalda]]. Soon after the [[Norman Conquest of England]], however, some Norman lords began to attack Wales. They conquered and ruled parts of it, acknowledging the overlordship of the Norman kings of England but with considerable local independence. Over many years these "[[Marcher Lords]]" conquered more and more of Wales, against considerable resistance led by various Welsh princes, who also often acknowledged the overlordship of the Norman kings of England.<ref>Nelson (1966), chapter 8</ref> |
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[[Edward I of England|Edward I]] defeated [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]], and so effectively conquered Wales, in 1282. He created the title [[Prince of Wales]] for his heir, the future [[Edward II of England|Edward II]], in 1301. Edward I's conquest was brutal and the subsequent repression considerable, as the magnificent Welsh [[castle]]s such as [[Conwy Castle|Conwy]], [[Harlech Castle|Harlech]], and [[Caernarfon Castle|Caernarfon]] attest; but this event re-united under a single ruler the lands of [[Roman Britain]] for the first time since the establishment of the Kingdom of the [[Jutes]] in [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]] in the 5th century, some 700 years before. Accordingly, this was a highly significant moment in the history of medieval England, as it re-established links with the pre-Saxon past. These links were exploited for political purposes to unite the peoples of the kingdom, including the Anglo-Normans, by popularising [[Welsh mythology|Welsh legends]]. |
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[[Edward I of England|Edward I]] defeated [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]], and so effectively conquered Wales, in 1282. He created the title [[Prince of Wales]] for his heir, the future [[Edward II of England|Edward II]], in 1301. Edward I's conquest was brutal and the subsequent repression considerable, as the magnificent Welsh [[castle]]s such as [[Conwy Castle|Conwy]], [[Harlech Castle|Harlech]], and [[Caernarfon Castle|Caernarfon]] attest.{{sfn|Prestwich|1997|p=206}} |
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The [[Welsh language]]—derived from the [[British language (Celtic)|British language]], continued to be spoken by the majority of the population of Wales for at least another 500 years, and is still a majority language in parts of the country. |
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[[Edward III of England|Edward III]] was the first English king to have a [[English claims to the French throne|claim to the throne of France]]. His pursuit of the claim resulted in the [[Hundred Years' War]] (1337–1453), which pitted five kings of England of the [[House of Plantagenet]] against five kings of France of the [[Capetian House of Valois]]. Extensive naval raiding was carried out by all sides during the war, often involving [[privateer]]s such as John Hawley of Dartmouth or the Castilian [[Pero Niño]]. Though the English won numerous victories, they were unable to overcome the numerical superiority of the French and their strategic use of gunpowder weapons. England was defeated at the [[Battle of Formigny]] in 1450 and finally at the [[Battle of Castillon]] in 1453, retaining only a single town in France, [[Calais]]. |
[[Edward III of England|Edward III]] was the first English king to have a [[English claims to the French throne|claim to the throne of France]]. His pursuit of the claim resulted in the [[Hundred Years' War]] (1337–1453), which pitted five kings of England of the [[House of Plantagenet]] against five kings of France of the [[Capetian House of Valois]]. Extensive naval raiding was carried out by all sides during the war, often involving [[privateer]]s such as John Hawley of Dartmouth or the Castilian [[Pero Niño]]. Though the English won numerous victories, they were unable to overcome the numerical superiority of the French and their strategic use of gunpowder weapons. England was defeated at the [[Battle of Formigny]] in 1450 and finally at the [[Battle of Castillon]] in 1453, retaining only a single town in France, [[Calais]].{{sfn|Seward|1978|p=260}} |
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During the Hundred Years' War an [[English identity]] began to develop in place of the previous division between the Norman lords and their [[Anglo-Saxon]] subjects. This was a consequence of sustained hostility to the increasingly nationalist French, whose kings and other leaders (notably the charismatic [[Joan of Arc]]) used a developing sense of French identity to help draw people to their cause. |
During the Hundred Years' War an [[English identity]] began to develop in place of the previous division between the Norman lords and their [[Anglo-Saxon]] subjects. This was a consequence of sustained hostility to the increasingly nationalist French, whose kings and other leaders (notably the charismatic [[Joan of Arc]]) used a developing sense of French identity to help draw people to their cause.{{sfn|Mock|2011|p=[https://archive.org/details/symbolsofdefeati0000mock/page/145 145]}} |
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The kingdom had little time to recover before entering the [[Wars of the Roses]] (1455–1487), a series of civil wars over possession of the throne between the [[House of Lancaster]] (whose heraldic symbol was the red rose) and the [[House of York]] (whose symbol was the white rose), each led by different branches of the descendants of Edward III. The end of these wars found the throne held by the descendant of an initially illegitimate member of the House of Lancaster, married to the eldest daughter of the House of York: [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] and [[Elizabeth of York]]. |
The kingdom had little time to recover before entering the [[Wars of the Roses]] (1455–1487), a series of civil wars over possession of the throne between the [[House of Lancaster]] (whose heraldic symbol was the red rose) and the [[House of York]] (whose symbol was the white rose), each led by different branches of the descendants of Edward III. The end of these wars found the throne held by the descendant of an initially illegitimate member of the House of Lancaster, married to the eldest daughter of the House of York: [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] and [[Elizabeth of York]].{{sfn|Williams|1973|p=25}} |
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Wales retained a separate legal and administrative system, which had been established by [[Edward I]] in the late 13th century. The country was divided between the [[Marcher Lords]], who gave feudal allegiance to the crown, and the [[Principality of Wales]]. Under the Tudor monarchy, [[Henry VIII]] replaced the laws of Wales with those of England (under the [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542]]). Wales was incorporated into the Kingdom of England, and henceforth was represented in the [[Parliament of England]]. |
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Wales retained a separate legal and administrative system, which had been established by [[Edward I]] in the late 13th century. The country was divided between the [[Marcher Lords]], who gave feudal allegiance to the crown, and the [[Principality of Wales]]. Under the Tudor monarchy, [[Henry VIII]] replaced the laws of Wales with those of England (under the [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542]]). Wales was incorporated into the Kingdom of England, and henceforth was represented in the [[Parliament of England]].{{Sfn|Williams|1993|p=124}} |
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During the 1530s, Henry VIII overthrew the power of the |
During the 1530s, Henry VIII overthrew the power of the Catholic Church within the kingdom, replacing the pope as head of his own English Church and seizing the Catholic Church's lands, thereby facilitating the creation of a variation of Catholicism that became more Protestant over time. This had the effect of aligning England with Scotland, which also gradually adopted a Protestant religion, whereas the most important continental powers, France and Spain, remained Roman Catholic.{{sfn|Elton|1977|p=185}} |
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The "Tudor conquest" (or ''reconquest'') of Ireland' took place under the Tudor dynasty. Following a [[Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare#Kildare rebellion (1534–1535)|failed rebellion]] against the crown by [[Silken Thomas]], the [[Earl of Kildare]], in the 1530s, Henry VIII was declared [[King of Ireland]] in [[Crown of Ireland Act 1542|1542]] by statute of the [[Parliament of Ireland]], with the aim of restoring such central authority as had been lost throughout the country during the previous two centuries.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grattan|first=Henry|title=The Speeches of the Right Honourable Henry Grattan in the Irish, and in the Imperial Parliament |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdU9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA114|access-date=22 February 2016|year=1822|publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown|page=114|chapter=Regency: Feb. 11, 1789|quote=The act of Henry VIII., commonly called the act of annexation, proves and ascertains what the member's arguments would deny, the existence, properties, and prerogatives of the Irish crown. |volume=II}}</ref> |
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In 1541, during Henry VIII's reign, the [[Parliament of Ireland]] proclaimed him [[king of Ireland]], thereby bringing the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] into personal union with the Kingdom of England. |
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[[Calais]], the last remaining continental possession of the Kingdom, was lost in 1558, during the reign of [[Philip II of Spain|Philip]] and [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. Their successor, [[Elizabeth I]], consolidated the new and increasingly Protestant [[Church of England]]. She also began to build up the kingdom's naval strength, on the foundations Henry VIII had laid down. By 1588, her new navy was strong enough to defeat the [[Spanish Armada]], which had sought to invade England to put a Catholic monarch on the throne in her place. |
[[Calais]], the last remaining continental possession of the Kingdom, was lost in 1558, during the reign of [[Philip II of Spain|Philip]] and [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. Their successor, [[Elizabeth I]], consolidated the new and increasingly Protestant [[Church of England]]. She also began to build up the kingdom's naval strength, on the foundations Henry VIII had laid down. By 1588, her new navy was strong enough to defeat the [[Spanish Armada]], which had sought to invade England to halt English support for the [[Eighty Years' War|Dutch rebels]] and to put a Catholic monarch on the throne in her place.<ref>Mattingly p. 401: "the defeat of the Spanish armada really was decisive"</ref><ref>Parker & Martin p. 5: "an unmitigated disaster"</ref><ref>Vego p. 148: "the decisive defeat of the Spanish armada"</ref> |
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The House of Tudor ended with the death of Elizabeth I on 24 March 1603. [[James I of England|James I]] ascended the throne of England and brought it into personal union with the Kingdom of Scotland. Despite the [[Union of the Crowns]], the kingdoms remained separate and independent states: a state of affairs which lasted for more than a century. |
The House of Tudor ended with the death of Elizabeth I on 24 March 1603. [[James I of England|James I]] ascended the throne of England and brought it into personal union with the Kingdom of Scotland. Despite the [[Union of the Crowns]], the kingdoms remained separate and independent states: a state of affairs which lasted for more than a century.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Daniel McVey |url= http://uotc.scran.ac.uk |title=The Union of The Crowns 1603 – 2003 |publisher=Uotc.scran.ac.uk | access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref> |
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[[File:Cromwell at Dunbar Andrew Carrick Gow.jpg|thumb|''Cromwell at Dunbar''. [[Oliver Cromwell]] united the whole of the [[British Isles]] by force and created the [[Commonwealth of England]].]] |
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The Stuart kings overestimated the power of the English monarchy, and were cast down by Parliament in 1645 and 1688. In the first instance, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]'s introduction of new forms of taxation in defiance of Parliament led to the [[English Civil War]] (1641–45), in which the king was defeated, and to the abolition of the monarchy under [[Oliver Cromwell]] during the [[English Interregnum|Interregnum]] of 1649–1660. |
The Stuart kings overestimated the power of the English monarchy, and were cast down by Parliament in 1645 and 1688. In the first instance, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]'s introduction of new forms of taxation in defiance of Parliament led to the [[English Civil War]] (1641–45), in which the king was defeated, and to the abolition of the monarchy under [[Oliver Cromwell]] during the [[English Interregnum|Interregnum]] of 1649–1660.<ref>{{citation |ref={{sfnRef|HMSO|1911}} |chapter=March 1649: An Act for the abolishing the Kingly Office in England and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging |title=Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642–1660. |publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |year=1911 |pages=[http://www.british–history.ac.uk/no–series/acts–ordinances–interregnum/pp18–20 18–20]}}</ref> |
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After the [[High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I|trial]] and [[execution of Charles I]] in January 1649, the [[Rump Parliament]] passed an [[s:Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth|act declaring England to be a Commonwealth]] on 19 May 1649. |
After the [[High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I|trial]] and [[execution of Charles I]] in January 1649, the [[Rump Parliament]] passed an [[s:Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth|act declaring England to be a Commonwealth]] on 19 May 1649. The monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, and so the House of Commons became a unitary legislative chamber with a new body, the [[Council of State (England)|Council of State]] becoming the executive. However the Army remained the dominant institution in the new republic and the most prominent general was [[Oliver Cromwell]]. The Commonwealth fought [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland|wars in Ireland]] and [[Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms|Scotland]] which were subdued and placed under Commonwealth military occupation.{{sfn|Bull|Seed|1998|p=100}} |
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Meanwhile, relations with the [[Dutch Republic]] had deteriorated. Despite initial English support during the Dutch War of Independence against the Spanish, tensions arose as the Dutch Republic emerged as England's principal commercial and naval rival. By the mid-17th century, it had become the foremost trading nation. In response the English, alarmed by their waning competitiveness, implemented stricter trading policies to curb Dutch dominance. The [[First Anglo-Dutch War]] which followed, however, failed to resolve the commercial issues.{{sfn|Palmer|2007|p=39–40}}{{sfn|Israel|1989a|pp=207–213}} |
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In April 1653 Cromwell and the other ''[[Grandee (New Model Army)|Grandee]]s'' of the [[New Model Army]], frustrated with the members of the [[Rump Parliament]] who would not pass legislation to dissolve the Rump and to allow a new more representative parliament to be elected, stopped the Rump's session by force of arms and declared the Rump dissolved.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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After an experiment with a Nominated Assembly ([[Barebone's Parliament]]), the Grandees in the Army, through the Council of State imposed a new constitutional arrangement under a written constitution called the [[Instrument of Government]]. Under the Instrument of Government executive power lay with a [[Lord Protector (Protectorate)|Lord Protector]] (an office be held for life of the incumbent) and there were to be triennial Parliaments, with each sitting for at least five months. Article 23 of the Instrument of Government stated that Oliver Cromwell was to be the first Lord Protector. The [[Instrument of Government]] was replaced by a second constitution (the [[Humble Petition and Advice]]) under which the Lord Protector could nominate his successor. Cromwell nominated his son [[Richard Cromwell|Richard]] who became Lord Protector on the death of Oliver on 3 September 1658. |
In April 1653 Cromwell and the other ''[[Grandee (New Model Army)|Grandee]]s'' of the [[New Model Army]], frustrated with the members of the [[Rump Parliament]] who would not pass legislation to dissolve the Rump and to allow a new more representative parliament to be elected, stopped the Rump's session and declared the Rump dissolved.{{sfn|Robison|Fritze|1996|page=147}} |
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After an experiment with a Nominated Assembly ([[Barebone's Parliament]]), the Grandees in the Army, through the Council of State imposed a new constitutional arrangement under a written constitution called the [[Instrument of Government]]. Under the Instrument of Government executive power lay with a [[Lord Protector (Protectorate)|Lord Protector]] (an office to be held for the life of the incumbent) and there were to be triennial Parliaments, with each sitting for at least five months. Article 23 of the Instrument of Government stated that Oliver Cromwell was to be the first Lord Protector. The [[Instrument of Government]] was replaced by a second constitution (the [[Humble Petition and Advice]]) under which the Lord Protector could nominate his successor. Cromwell nominated his son [[Richard Cromwell|Richard]] who became Lord Protector on the death of Oliver on 3 September 1658.{{sfn|Gaunt|1996|p=204}} |
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Richard proved to be ineffectual and was unable to maintain his rule. He resigned his title and retired into obscurity. The Rump Parliament was recalled and there was a second period where the executive power lay with the Council of state. But this restoration of Commonwealth rule similar to that before the Protectorate, proved to be unstable, and the exiled claimant, [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], was [[Restoration (England)|restored]] to the throne in 1660. |
[[File:The arrival of King Charles II of England in Rotterdam, may 24 1660 (Lieve Pietersz. Verschuier, 1665).jpg|thumb|right|Charles sailed from his exile in the Netherlands to his restoration in England in May 1660. Painting by [[Lieve Verschuier]].]] |
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Richard proved to be ineffectual and was unable to maintain his rule. He resigned his title and retired into obscurity. The Rump Parliament was recalled and there was a second period where the executive power lay with the Council of state. But this restoration of Commonwealth rule, similar to that before the Protectorate, proved to be unstable, and the exiled claimant, [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], was [[Restoration (England)|restored]] to the throne in 1660.{{sfn|Harris|2005|p=47}} |
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In 1665 the unresolved commercial issues with the Dutch led to the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]], which culminated in the disastrous [[Raid on the Medway]] and forced the humiliated Charles in to an [[Treaty of Breda (1667)|unfavourable peace treaty]]. The treaty eliminated a number of long-standing issues, and in the long-term made it possible for the two countries to unite against the expansionist policies pursued by [[Louis XIV of France]]. In the short-term however, Charles' desire to avenge this setback led to the [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]] in 1672. Despite attaining French support this time, Dutch naval successes made Parliament unwilling to support Charles' war effort any further, and he was again forced to make peace.{{sfn|Palmer|2007|p=59–60}} |
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Following the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, an attempt by [[James II of England|James II]] to reintroduce Roman Catholicism—a century after its suppression by the Tudors—led to the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688, in which he was |
Following the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, an attempt by [[James II of England|James II]] to reintroduce Roman Catholicism—a century after its suppression by the Tudors—led to the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688, in which he was exiled by the Dutch prince [[William III of England|William of Orange]]. William and his wife [[Mary II of England|Mary]] were subsequently crowned by Parliament.{{sfn|Troost|2005|p=219}} William reoriented England's foreign policy to support the Dutch Republic in its wars against Louis XIV of France.{{efn|See the [[Nine Years' War]] and [[War of the Spanish Succession]].}}{{Sfn|Israel|1989b|p=37-38}} |
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====Union with Scotland==== |
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In the Scottish case, the attractions were partly financial and partly to do with removing English trade sanctions put in place through the [[Alien Act 1705]]. The English were more anxious about the royal succession. The death of [[William III of England|William III]] in 1702 had led to the accession of his sister-in-law [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]] to the thrones of England and Scotland, but her only surviving child had died in 1700, and the English [[Act of Settlement 1701]] had given the succession to the English crown to the Protestant [[House of Hanover]]. Securing the same succession in Scotland became the primary object of English strategic thinking towards Scotland. By 1704, the [[Union of the Crowns]] was in crisis, with the Scottish [[Act of Security 1704|Act of Security]] allowing for the Scottish Parliament to choose a different monarch, which could in turn lead to an independent foreign policy during a major European war. |
In the Scottish case, the attractions were partly financial and partly to do with removing English trade sanctions put in place through the [[Alien Act 1705]]. The English were more anxious about the royal succession. The death of [[William III of England|William III]] in 1702 had led to the accession of his sister-in-law [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]] to the thrones of England and Scotland, but her only surviving child had died in 1700, and the English [[Act of Settlement 1701]] had given the succession to the English crown to the Protestant [[House of Hanover]]. Securing the same succession in Scotland became the primary object of English strategic thinking towards Scotland. By 1704, the [[Union of the Crowns]] was in crisis, with the Scottish [[Act of Security 1704|Act of Security]] allowing for the Scottish Parliament to choose a different monarch, which could in turn lead to an independent foreign policy during a major European war.{{sfn|Lynch|1992|p=311}} |
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A [[Treaty of Union]] was agreed on 22 July 1706, and following the [[Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union |
A [[Treaty of Union]] was agreed on 22 July 1706, and following the [[Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union of 1707]], which created the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], the independence of the kingdoms of England and Scotland came to an end on 1 May 1707. The Acts of Union created a [[customs union]] and [[monetary union]] and provided that any "laws and statutes" that were "contrary to or inconsistent with the terms" of the Acts would "cease and become void".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/08_union.html | title = 1 May 1707 – the Union comes into effect | publisher = UK Parliament website | year = 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090619224036/http://www.parliament.uk/actofunion/08_union.html | archive-date = 19 June 2009 | access-date = 5 February 2013}}</ref> |
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The English and Scottish Parliaments were merged into the [[Parliament of Great Britain]], located in [[Palace of Westminster|Westminster]], London. At this point England ceased to exist as a separate political entity, and since then has had no national [[Government of England|government]]. The laws of England were unaffected, with the legal jurisdiction continuing to be that of [[England and Wales]], while |
The English and Scottish Parliaments were merged into the [[Parliament of Great Britain]], located in [[Palace of Westminster|Westminster]], London. At this point England ceased to exist as a separate political entity, and since then has had no national [[Government of England|government]]. The laws of England were unaffected, with the legal jurisdiction continuing to be that of [[England and Wales]], while Scotland continued to have its own laws and law courts. This continued after the [[Acts of Union 1800|1801 union]] between the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, forming the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]. In 1922 the [[Irish Free State]] seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being [[Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927|renamed]] the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Irish War of Independence – A Brief Overview – The Irish Story|url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2012/09/18/the-irish-war-of-independence-a-brief-overview/|access-date=2021-09-01|language=en-GB|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901001503/https://www.theirishstory.com/2012/09/18/the-irish-war-of-independence-a-brief-overview/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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The [[historic counties of England|counties of England]] were established for administration by the [[Normans]], in most cases based on earlier [[shire]]s established by the [[Anglo-Saxons]]. They ceased to be used for administration only with the creation of the [[administrative counties of England|administrative counties]] in 1889.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/type_page.jsp?unit_type=ANC_CNTY Vision of Britain] – Type details for ancient county. Retrieved 19 October 2006. |
The [[historic counties of England|counties of England]] were established for administration by the [[Normans]], in most cases based on earlier [[shire]]s established by the [[Anglo-Saxons]]. They ceased to be used for administration only with the creation of the [[administrative counties of England|administrative counties]] in 1889.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/type_page.jsp?unit_type=ANC_CNTY Vision of Britain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416220749/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/type_page.jsp?unit_type=ANC_CNTY |date=16 April 2017 }} – Type details for ancient county. Retrieved 19 October 2006.; {{Cite book |last=Youngs |first=Frederic A Jr. |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England |publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] |year=1979 |isbn=978-0-901050-67-0 |location=London |pages=xii–xiii |quote=''Ancient County'': Counties are geographic entities whose origins reach back into the pre-Conquest period. They were derived either from Anglo-Saxon kingdoms whose size made them suitable administrative units when England was unified in the tenth century, or as artificial creations formed from larger kingdoms. The number of 'shires' (the Anglo-Saxon term) or 'counties' (Norman term) varied in the medieval period, particularly in the north of England.}}</ref> |
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Unlike the partly self-governing [[ancient borough|borough]]s that covered urban areas, the counties of medieval England existed primarily as a means of enforcing central government power, enabling monarchs to exercise control over local areas through their chosen representatives – originally [[high sheriff|sheriff]]s and later the [[lord-lieutenant]]s – and their subordinate [[justice of the peace|justices of the peace]].<ref>{{ |
Unlike the partly self-governing [[ancient borough|borough]]s that covered urban areas, the counties of medieval England existed primarily as a means of enforcing central government power, enabling monarchs to exercise control over local areas through their chosen representatives – originally [[high sheriff|sheriff]]s and later the [[lord-lieutenant]]s – and their subordinate [[justice of the peace|justices of the peace]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chandler |first=J. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0glBHiU9oAC |title=Explaining Local Government: Local Government in Britain Since 1800 |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7190-6706-8 |location=Manchester |page=2 |chapter=Local government before 1832 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0glBHiU9oAC&pg=PA2}}</ref> |
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Counties were used initially for the [[administration of justice]], collection of taxes and organisation of the military, and later for local government and electing parliamentary representation.<ref name="Hackwood">{{ |
Counties were used initially for the [[administration of justice]], collection of taxes and organisation of the military, and later for local government and electing parliamentary representation.<ref name="Hackwood">{{Cite book |last=Hackwood |first=Frederick William |url=https://archive.org/download/storyofshirebein00hackuoft/storyofshirebein00hackuoft_bw.pdf |title=The Story of the Shire, being the Lore, History and Evolution of English County Institutions |publisher=Heath Cranton Limited |year=1920 |location=London}}; {{Cite book |last=Byrne |first=Tony |title=Local Government in Britain |year=1994 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=[[Harmondsworth]] |isbn=978-0-14-017663-6}}</ref> |
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Some outlying counties were from time to time accorded [[County palatine|palatine]] status with some military and central government functions vested in a local noble or bishop. The last such, the [[County Palatine of Durham]], did not lose this special status until the 19th century. |
Some outlying counties were from time to time accorded [[County palatine|palatine]] status with some military and central government functions vested in a local noble or bishop. The last such, the [[County Palatine of Durham]], did not lose this special status until the 19th century.<ref>The Durham (County Palatine) Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will 4 c 19)</ref> |
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Although all of England was divided into shires by the time of the Norman |
Although all of England was divided into shires by the time of the Norman Conquest, some counties were formed considerably later, up to the 16th century. Because of their differing origins the counties [[List of counties of England by area in 1831|varied considerably in size]]. The county boundaries were fairly static between the 16th century [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542|Laws in Wales acts]] and the [[Local Government Act 1888]].<ref name="vob_census">[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/text/chap_page.jsp?t_id=Cen_Guide&c_id=19&show=ALL Vision of Britain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416194539/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/text/chap_page.jsp?t_id=Cen_Guide&c_id=19&show=ALL |date=16 April 2017 }} – Census Geographies. Retrieved 19 October 2006.</ref> Each shire was responsible for gathering taxes for the central government; for local defence; and for justice, through [[assize courts]].<ref name="winchester">{{Cite book |last=Winchester |first=Angus J L |title=Discovering Parish Boundaries |publisher=[[Shire Books|Shire Publications]] |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-7478-0060-6 |location=[[Oxford]]}}</ref> |
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The power of the [[English feudal barony|feudal barons]] to control their landholding was considerably weakened in 1290 by the statute of ''[[Quia Emptores]]''. Feudal baronies became perhaps obsolete (but not extinct) on the abolition of feudal tenure during the [[English Civil War|Civil War]], as confirmed by the [[Tenures Abolition Act 1660]] passed under the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] which took away knight-service and other legal rights. |
The power of the [[English feudal barony|feudal barons]] to control their landholding was considerably weakened in 1290 by the statute of ''[[Quia Emptores]]''. Feudal baronies became perhaps obsolete (but not extinct) on the abolition of feudal tenure during the [[English Civil War|Civil War]], as confirmed by the [[Tenures Abolition Act 1660]] passed under the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] which took away knight-service and other legal rights. |
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Tenure by [[knight-service]] was abolished and discharged and the lands covered by such tenures, including once-feudal baronies, were henceforth held by [[socage]] (i.e. in exchange for monetary rents). |
Tenure by [[knight-service]] was abolished and discharged and the lands covered by such tenures, including once-feudal baronies, were henceforth held by [[socage]] (''i.e.'', in exchange for monetary rents). |
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The English ''Fitzwalter Case'' in 1670 ruled that barony by tenure had been discontinued for many years and any claims to a [[peerage]] on such basis, meaning a right to sit in the [[House of Lords]], were not to be revived, nor any right of succession based on them. |
The English ''Fitzwalter Case'' in 1670 ruled that barony by tenure had been discontinued for many years and any claims to a [[peerage]] on such basis, meaning a right to sit in the [[House of Lords]], were not to be revived, nor any right of succession based on them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Complete_Peerage_Ed_1_Vol_3.djvu/375|title=The Complete Peerage, Edition 1, Volume 3, page 375}}</ref> |
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The [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] in 1284 followed the [[Conquest of Wales by Edward I|conquest of Wales]] by [[Edward I of England]]. |
The [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] in 1284 followed the [[Conquest of Wales by Edward I|conquest of Wales]] by [[Edward I of England]]. It assumed the lands held by the Princes of Gwynedd under the title "[[Prince of Wales]]" as legally part of the lands of England, and established shire counties on the English model over those areas. The [[Welsh Marches|Marcher Lords]] were progressively tied to the English kings by the grants of lands and lordships in England. The [[Council of Wales and the Marches]], administered from [[Ludlow Castle]], was initially established by [[Edward IV of England]] to govern the lands held under the Principality of Wales in 1472.<ref name="EnglishLaw">William Searle Holdsworth, "A History of English Law", Little, Brown, and Company, 1912, p. 502</ref> |
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At the same time the Council of Wales was created in 1472, a [[Council of the North]] was set up for the [[North of England|northern counties]] of England. |
At the same time the Council of Wales was created in 1472, a [[Council of the North]] was set up for the [[North of England|northern counties]] of England. After falling into disuse, it was re-established in 1537 and abolished in 1641. A very short-lived [[Council of the West]] also existed for the [[West Country]] between 1537 and 1540.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Youings | first=Joyce A. | title=The Council of the West | journal=Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | volume=10 | year=1960| doi=10.2307/3678773 | jstor=3678773 }}</ref> |
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=== Taxation === |
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In the Anglo-Saxon period, the [[Danegeld|geld]] or property tax was first levied in response to Danish invasions but later became a regular tax. The majority of the king's income derived from the [[Crown Estate|royal demesne]] and the annual "[[Farm (revenue leasing)|farm]]" from each shire (the fixed sum paid by sheriffs for the privilege of administering and profiting from royal lands). Kings also made income from judicial fines and regulation of trade.{{Sfn|Huscroft|2016|pp=29–30}} People owed the king service in the form of the {{lang|la|[[trinoda necessitas]]}}—[[fyrd]] service, [[burh]] building, and bridge building.{{Sfn|Jolliffe|1961|p=52}} |
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After the Conquest of 1066, the Normans continued collecting the geld regularly. They also introduced new sources of revenue based on concepts of [[Feudalism in England|feudalism]]. The king was entitled to collect a [[feudal aid]] when his eldest son was knighted, his eldest daughter married, or if the king needed to pay his own ransom. The heir to a [[fief]] was also required to pay the king a [[feudal relief]] before he could take possession of his inheritance. The king was also entitled to his vassals military service, but vassals could pay [[scutage]] instead.{{Sfn|Huscroft|2016|p=90}} |
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=== Military === |
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In the Anglo-Saxon period, England had no standing army. The king and magnates retained professional household troops (''see'' [[housecarl]]), and all free men were obligated to perform military service in the [[fyrd]]. In addition, holders of [[Bookland (law)|bookland]] were obligated to provide a certain number of men based on the number of [[Hide (unit)|hides]] they owned.{{Sfn|Huscroft|2016|p=31}} |
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After the Norman Conquest, the king's household troops remained central to any royal army. The Anglo-Saxon fyrd also remained in use. But the Normans also introduced a new feudal element to the English military. The king's [[tenants-in-chief]] (his [[feudal baron]]s) were obligated to provide mounted knights for service in the royal army or to garrison [[Castles in Great Britain and Ireland|royal castles]]. The total number of knights owed was called the {{Lang|la|servitium debitum}} (Latin: "service owed"), and historian Richard Huscroft estimates this number was around 5,000. In reality, the {{Lang|la|servitium debitum}} was greater than any king would actually need in wartime. Its main purpose was for assessing how much scutage the king was owed. Scutage was used to pay for [[mercenaries]], which were an important part of any Norman army.{{Sfn|Huscroft|2016|p=97}} |
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* Levin, Carole. ''The heart and stomach of a king: Elizabeth I and the politics of sex and power'' (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). |
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*{{cite book |last=Nelson |first=Lynn H. |url=http://www.ku.edu/carrie/texts/carrie_books/nelson/index.html |title=The Normans in South Wales, 1070–1171 |location=Austin and London |publisher=University of Texas Press |year=1966 |ref=nelson}} |
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* Loades, David Michael. ''Politics and nation: England 1450–1660'' (Wiley-Blackwell, 1999). |
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* {{cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=M. A.J. |title=Command at Sea: Naval Command and Control since the Sixteenth Century |year=2007 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674041912}} |
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* Loades, David Michael. ''Power in Tudor England'' (1997). |
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*{{Cite book |last=Prestwich |first=Michael |title=Edward I |publisher=Yale University Press |date=1997 |isbn=978-0-3000-7209-9 |series=English Monarchs |ol=704063M |edition=Revised Second }} |
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* McCaffrey, Wallace. ''Elizabeth I'', a major scholarly biography |
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*{{cite book|last=Ramsay|first=James Hill |chapter=Henry III, A.D. 1237–1241 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJwgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA82 |title=The Dawn of the Constitution or The Reigns of Henry III and Edward I (A.D. 1216 – 1307) |series=The Scholar's History of England: Volume IV |publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co.|publication-date=1908|publication-place=London|pages=82–83}} |
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* McKisack, May. ''The Fourteenth Century, 1307–1399'' (Oxford History of England, 1959). |
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* {{cite book|first1=William|last1= Robison|first2=Ronald H. |last2=Fritze|title=Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, 1603–1689|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=1996|isbn=978-0313283918|page=147}} |
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* Neale, J.E. ''Queen Elizabeth I: a biography'' (1957) old scholarly biography; very well written. |
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* {{cite book|last=Seward|first=Desmond|year=1978|title=The Hundred Years War: The English in France, 1337–1453|location=New York|publisher=Atheneum}} |
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* Penn, Thomas. ''Winter king: Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England'' (2012). |
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* {{Cite book |last=Troost |first=Wout |title=William III, The Stadholder-king: A Political Biography |date=2005 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |isbn=0-7546-5071-5 |translator-last=J. C. Grayson}} |
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* Powicke, Maurice. ''The Thirteenth Century, 1216–1307'' (Oxford History of England, 1962) scholarly survey |
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* {{Cite book |last=Turner |first=Ralph V. |title=King John: England's Evil King? |date=2009 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-4850-3 |location=Stroud, UK }} |
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* Ridley, Jasper G. ''Henry VIII'' (1985), biography. |
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* {{cite book |last=Williams |first=Glanmor |title=Renewal and reformation : Wales, c.1415–1642 |location=[[Oxford]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=0192852779 |year=1993 |author-link=Glanmor Williams}} |
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* Roberts, Clayton, F. David Roberts, and Douglas Bisson. '' A History of England, Volume 1: Prehistory to 1714'' (Routledge, 2016). university textbook. |
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* {{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Neville |title=The Life and Times of Henry VII |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson |date=1973 |isbn=978-0-297-76517-2 |location=London}} |
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* Thomson, John A.F. ''The Transformation of Medieval England 1370–1529'' (Routledge, 2014). |
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* {{Citation |last=Willson |first=David Harris |title=King James VI & I |date=1963 |orig-date=1956 |place=London |publisher=Jonathan Cape |isbn=978-0-2246-0572-4 |author-link=David Harris Willson}} |
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* Williams, Penry. ''The Later Tudors: England, 1547–1603'' (Oxford UP, 1995), major scholarly survey.. |
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*Moss, Vladimir. The Fall of Orthodox England: the Ecclesiastical Roots of the Norman Conquest, 1043-1087. St. Michael's Press, 2004.{{refend}} |
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== Further reading == |
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* {{Cite book |last=Bartlett |first=Robert |title=England under the Norman and Angevin kings: 1075–1225 |date=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |author-link=Robert Bartlett (historian)}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Black |first=J.B. |title=The Reign of Elizabeth, 1558–1603 |date=1936 |author-link=J. B. Black}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Borman |first=Tracy |title=Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant |date=2015 |author-link=Tracy Borman}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Elton |first=G. R. |title=England under the Tudors |date=1955 |publisher=Methuen |author-link=Geoffrey Elton}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Steven G. |title=Ireland in the age of the Tudors, 1447–1603: English expansion and the end of Gaelic rule |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Guy |first=John |title=The Tudors: a very short introduction |date=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |author-link=John Guy (historian)}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Harriss |first=G.L. |title=Shaping the nation: England 1360–1461 |date=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |author-link=G. L. Harriss}} |
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* {{Cite book |title=Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 |last=Israel |first=Jonathan |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1989a |isbn=9780191591822 |edition=E-book }} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Israel |first=Jonathan |title=The Dutch Republic and the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688/89 in England |publisher=Trustees National Maritime Museum |date=1989b |isbn=978-0948065033 |location=Greenwich |pages=31–44}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Jacob |first=E.F. |title=The Fifteenth Century, 1399–1485 |date=1961 |publisher=Oxford History of England |author-link=E. F. Jacob}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Jenkins |first=Elizabeth |title=Elizabeth the Great |date=1964 |publisher=Time Incorporated |author-link=Elizabeth Jenkins (writer)}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Jones |first=J. Gwynfor |title=Wales and the Tudor state: government, religious change and the social order, 1534–1603 |date=1989 |publisher=University of Wales Press}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Levin |first=Carole |title=The heart and stomach of a king: Elizabeth I and the politics of sex and power |date=2013 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Loades |first=David Michael |title=Politics and nation: England 1450–1660 |date=1999 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |author-link=David Michael Loades}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Loades |first=David Michael |title=Power in Tudor England |date=1997 |author-link=David Michael Loades}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=McCaffrey |first=Wallace |title=Elizabeth I}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=McKisack |first=May |title=The Fourteenth Century, 1307–1399 |date=1959 |publisher=Oxford History of England |author-link=May McKisack}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Neale |first=J.E. |title=Queen Elizabeth I: a biography |date=1957 |author-link=J.E. Neale}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Penn |first=Thomas |title=Winter king: Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England |date=2012 |author-link=Thomas Penn}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Powicke |first=Maurice |title=The Thirteenth Century, 1216–1307 |date=1962 |publisher=Oxford History of England |author-link=Maurice Powicke}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Ridley |first=Jasper G. |title=Henry VIII |date=1985}} |
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* {{Cite book |last1=Clayton |first1=F. David Roberts |title=A History of England, Volume 1: Prehistory to 1714 |last2=Bisson |first2=Douglas |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Thomson |first=John A.F. |title=The Transformation of Medieval England 1370–1529 |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge}} |
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* {{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Penry |title=The Later Tudors: England, 1547–1603 |date=1995 |publisher=Oxford University Press |author-link=Penry Williams}} |
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The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the early 10th century, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of England was among the most powerful states in Europe during the medieval and early modern colonial periods.
During the early tenth century, the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united by Edward the Elder (reigned 898–924) and Æthelstan (reigned in 924–939) to form the Kingdom of England. In 1016, the kingdom became part of the North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between England, Denmark and Norway. The Norman Conquest in 1066 led to the transfer of the English capital city and chief royal residence from the Anglo-Saxon one at Winchester to Westminster, and the City of London quickly established itself as England's largest and principal commercial centre.[4]
Histories of the Kingdom of England from the Norman Conquest of 1066 conventionally distinguish periods named after successive ruling dynasties: Norman/Angevin 1066–1216, Plantagenet 1216–1485, Tudor 1485–1603 and Stuart 1603–1707 (interrupted by the Interregnum of 1649–1660). Dynastically, all English monarchs after 1066 ultimately claim descent from the Normans; the distinction of the Plantagenets is merely conventional, beginning with Henry II (reigned 1154–1189) as from that time, the Angevin kings became "more English in nature"; the houses of Lancaster and York are both Plantagenet cadet branches, the Tudor dynasty claimed descent from Edward III via John Beaufort and James VI and I of the House of Stuart claimed descent from Henry VII via Margaret Tudor.
The completion of the conquest of Wales by Edward I in 1284 put Wales under the control of the English crown. Edward III (reigned 1327–1377) transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe; his reign also saw vital developments in legislation and government—in particular the evolution of the English parliament. From the 1340s the kings of England also laid claim to the crown of France, but after the Hundred Years' War and the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses in 1455, the English were no longer in any position to pursue their French claims and lost all their land on the continent, except for Calais. After the turmoils of the Wars of the Roses, the Tudor dynasty ruled during the English Renaissance and again extended English monarchical power beyond England proper, achieving the full union of England and the Principality of Wales in 1542. Henry VIII oversaw the English Reformation, and his daughter Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603) the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, meanwhile establishing England as a great power and laying the foundations of the British Empire by claiming possessions in the New World.
From the accession of James VI and I in 1603, the Stuart dynasty ruled England in personal union with Scotland and Ireland. Under the Stuarts, the kingdom plunged into civil war, which culminated in the execution of Charles I in 1649. The monarchy returned in 1660, but the Civil War had established the precedent that an English monarch cannot govern without the consent of Parliament. This concept became legally established as part of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. From this time the kingdom of England, as well as its successor state the United Kingdom, functioned in effect as a constitutional monarchy.[g] On 1 May 1707, under the terms of the Acts of Union 1707, the parliaments, and therefore Kingdoms, of both England and Scotland were mutually abolished. Their assets and estates united 'for ever, into the Kingdom by the name of Great Britain', forming the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Parliament of Great Britain.[5][6]
Name
The Anglo-Saxons referred to themselves as the Engle or the Angelcynn, originally names of the Angles. They called their land Engla land, meaning "land of the English", by Æthelweard Latinized Anglia, from an original Anglia vetus, the purported homeland of the Angles (called Angulus by Bede).[7] The name Engla land became England by haplology during the Middle English period (Engle-land, Engelond).[8] The Latin name was Anglia or Anglorum terra, the Old French and Anglo-Norman one Engleterre.[9]
The standard title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was Rex Anglorum ("King of the English"). Cnut, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period Rex Anglorum remained standard, with occasional use of Rex Anglie ("King of England"). From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of Rex or Regina Anglie. In 1604 James I, who had inherited the English throne the previous year, adopted the title (now usually rendered in English rather than Latin) King of Great Britain.[h]
History
Anglo-Saxon England
The kingdom of England emerged from the gradual unification of the early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdoms known as the Heptarchy: East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, Kent, Essex, Sussex, and Wessex. The Viking invasions of the 9th century upset the balance of power between the English kingdoms, and native Anglo-Saxon life in general. The English lands were unified in the 10th century in a reconquest completed by King Æthelstan in 927.[11]
During the Heptarchy, the most powerful king among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms might become acknowledged as Bretwalda, a high king over the other kings. The decline of Mercia allowed Wessex to become more powerful, absorbing the kingdoms of Kent and Sussex in 825. The kings of Wessex increasingly dominated the other kingdoms of England during the 9th century. In 827, Northumbria submitted to Egbert of Wessex at Dore, briefly making Egbert the first king to reign over a united England.[12]
In 886, Alfred the Great retook London, which he apparently regarded as a turning point in his reign. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says that "all of the English people (all Angelcyn) not subject to the Danes submitted themselves to King Alfred."[13] Asser added that "Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, restored the city of London splendidly ... and made it habitable once more."[14] Alfred's restoration entailed reoccupying and refurbishing the nearly deserted Roman walled city, building quays along the Thames, and laying a new city street plan.[15]
During the following years Northumbria repeatedly changed hands between the English kings and the Norwegian invaders, but was definitively brought under English control by Eadred in 954, completing the unification of England. At about this time, Lothian, a portion of the northern half of Northumbria (Bernicia), was ceded to the Kingdom of Scotland. On 12 July 927 the monarchs of Britain gathered at Eamont in Cumbria to recognise Æthelstan as king of the English.[11]
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England has remained in political unity ever since. During the reign of Æþelræd the Unready (978–1016), a new wave of Danish invasions was orchestrated by Sweyn I of Denmark, culminating after a quarter-century of warfare in the Danish conquest of England in 1013. But Sweyn died on 2 February 1014, and Æþelræd was restored to the throne. In 1015, Sweyn's son Cnut (commonly known as Canute) launched a new invasion. The ensuing war ended with an agreement in 1016 between Canute and Æþelræd's successor, Edmund Ironside, to divide England between them, but Edmund's death on 30 November of that year left England united under Danish rule. This continued for 26 years until the death of Harthacnut in June 1042. He was the son of Canute and Emma of Normandy (the widow of Æþelræd the Unready) and had no heirs of his own; he was succeeded by his half-brother, Æþelræd's son, Edward the Confessor.[16]
Norman Conquest
The peace lasted until the death of the childless Edward in January 1066. His brother-in-law was crowned King Harold, but his cousin William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, immediately claimed the throne for himself. William launched an invasion of England and landed in Sussex on 28 September 1066. Harold and his army were in York following their victory against the Norwegians at the Battle of Stamford Bridge (25 September 1066) when the news reached him. He decided to set out without delay and confront the Norman army in Sussex so marched southwards at once, despite the army not being properly rested following the battle with the Norwegians. The armies of Harold and William faced each other at the Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066), in which the English army, or Fyrd, was defeated, Harold and his two brothers were slain, and William emerged as victor. William was then able to conquer England with little further opposition. He was not, however, planning to absorb the Kingdom into the Duchy of Normandy. As a mere duke, William owed allegiance to Philip I of France, whereas in the independent Kingdom of England he could rule without interference. He was crowned on 25 December 1066 in Westminster Abbey, London.[17]
High Middle Ages
In 1092, William II led an invasion of Strathclyde, a Celtic kingdom in what is now southwest Scotland and Cumbria. In doing so, he annexed what is now the county of Cumbria to England. In 1124, Henry I ceded what is now southeast Scotland (called Lothian) to the Kingdom of Scotland, in return for the King of Scotland's loyalty. This final cession established what would become the traditional borders of England which have remained largely unchanged since then (except for occasional and temporary changes). This area of land had previously been a part of the Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria. Lothian contained what later became the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. This arrangement was later finalized in 1237 by the Treaty of York.[18]
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The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the Kingdom of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanctioned by the Papal bull Laudabiliter.[19] At the time, Gaelic Ireland was made up of several kingdoms, with a High King claiming lordship over most of the other kings.[20]
The Duchy of Aquitaine came into personal union with the Kingdom of England upon the accession of Henry II, who had married Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. The Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy remained in personal union until John Lackland, Henry II's son and fifth-generation descendant of William I, lost the continental possessions of the Duchy to Philip II of France in 1204. A few remnants of Normandy, including the Channel Islands, remained in John's possession, together with most of the Duchy of Aquitaine.[21]
Conquest of Wales
Up until the Norman Conquest of England, Wales had remained for the most part independent of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, although some Welsh kings did sometimes acknowledge the Bretwalda. Soon after the Norman Conquest of England, however, some Norman lords began to attack Wales. They conquered and ruled parts of it, acknowledging the overlordship of the Norman kings of England but with considerable local independence. Over many years these "Marcher Lords" conquered more and more of Wales, against considerable resistance led by various Welsh princes, who also often acknowledged the overlordship of the Norman kings of England.[22]
Edward I defeated Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, and so effectively conquered Wales, in 1282. He created the title Prince of Wales for his heir, the future Edward II, in 1301. Edward I's conquest was brutal and the subsequent repression considerable, as the magnificent Welsh castles such as Conwy, Harlech, and Caernarfon attest.[23]
Late Middle Ages
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Edward III was the first English king to have a claim to the throne of France. His pursuit of the claim resulted in the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453), which pitted five kings of England of the House of Plantagenet against five kings of France of the Capetian House of Valois. Extensive naval raiding was carried out by all sides during the war, often involving privateers such as John Hawley of Dartmouth or the Castilian Pero Niño. Though the English won numerous victories, they were unable to overcome the numerical superiority of the French and their strategic use of gunpowder weapons. England was defeated at the Battle of Formigny in 1450 and finally at the Battle of Castillon in 1453, retaining only a single town in France, Calais.[24]
During the Hundred Years' War an English identity began to develop in place of the previous division between the Norman lords and their Anglo-Saxon subjects. This was a consequence of sustained hostility to the increasingly nationalist French, whose kings and other leaders (notably the charismatic Joan of Arc) used a developing sense of French identity to help draw people to their cause.[25]
The kingdom had little time to recover before entering the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487), a series of civil wars over possession of the throne between the House of Lancaster (whose heraldic symbol was the red rose) and the House of York (whose symbol was the white rose), each led by different branches of the descendants of Edward III. The end of these wars found the throne held by the descendant of an initially illegitimate member of the House of Lancaster, married to the eldest daughter of the House of York: Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.[26]
Tudor period
Wales retained a separate legal and administrative system, which had been established by Edward I in the late 13th century. The country was divided between the Marcher Lords, who gave feudal allegiance to the crown, and the Principality of Wales. Under the Tudor monarchy, Henry VIII replaced the laws of Wales with those of England (under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542). Wales was incorporated into the Kingdom of England, and henceforth was represented in the Parliament of England.[27]
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During the 1530s, Henry VIII overthrew the power of the Catholic Church within the kingdom, replacing the pope as head of his own English Church and seizing the Catholic Church's lands, thereby facilitating the creation of a variation of Catholicism that became more Protestant over time. This had the effect of aligning England with Scotland, which also gradually adopted a Protestant religion, whereas the most important continental powers, France and Spain, remained Roman Catholic.[28]
The "Tudor conquest" (or reconquest) of Ireland' took place under the Tudor dynasty. Following a failed rebellion against the crown by Silken Thomas, the Earl of Kildare, in the 1530s, Henry VIII was declared King of Ireland in 1542 by statute of the Parliament of Ireland, with the aim of restoring such central authority as had been lost throughout the country during the previous two centuries.[29]
Calais, the last remaining continental possession of the Kingdom, was lost in 1558, during the reign of Philip and Mary I. Their successor, Elizabeth I, consolidated the new and increasingly Protestant Church of England. She also began to build up the kingdom's naval strength, on the foundations Henry VIII had laid down. By 1588, her new navy was strong enough to defeat the Spanish Armada, which had sought to invade England to halt English support for the Dutch rebels and to put a Catholic monarch on the throne in her place.[30][31][32]
Early modern history
The House of Tudor ended with the death of Elizabeth I on 24 March 1603. James I ascended the throne of England and brought it into personal union with the Kingdom of Scotland. Despite the Union of the Crowns, the kingdoms remained separate and independent states: a state of affairs which lasted for more than a century.[33]
Civil War and Interregnum
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The Stuart kings overestimated the power of the English monarchy, and were cast down by Parliament in 1645 and 1688. In the first instance, Charles I's introduction of new forms of taxation in defiance of Parliament led to the English Civil War (1641–45), in which the king was defeated, and to the abolition of the monarchy under Oliver Cromwell during the Interregnum of 1649–1660.[34]
After the trial and execution of Charles I in January 1649, the Rump Parliament passed an act declaring England to be a Commonwealth on 19 May 1649. The monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished, and so the House of Commons became a unitary legislative chamber with a new body, the Council of State becoming the executive. However the Army remained the dominant institution in the new republic and the most prominent general was Oliver Cromwell. The Commonwealth fought wars in Ireland and Scotland which were subdued and placed under Commonwealth military occupation.[35]
Meanwhile, relations with the Dutch Republic had deteriorated. Despite initial English support during the Dutch War of Independence against the Spanish, tensions arose as the Dutch Republic emerged as England's principal commercial and naval rival. By the mid-17th century, it had become the foremost trading nation. In response the English, alarmed by their waning competitiveness, implemented stricter trading policies to curb Dutch dominance. The First Anglo-Dutch War which followed, however, failed to resolve the commercial issues.[36][37]
In April 1653 Cromwell and the other Grandees of the New Model Army, frustrated with the members of the Rump Parliament who would not pass legislation to dissolve the Rump and to allow a new more representative parliament to be elected, stopped the Rump's session and declared the Rump dissolved.[38]
After an experiment with a Nominated Assembly (Barebone's Parliament), the Grandees in the Army, through the Council of State imposed a new constitutional arrangement under a written constitution called the Instrument of Government. Under the Instrument of Government executive power lay with a Lord Protector (an office to be held for the life of the incumbent) and there were to be triennial Parliaments, with each sitting for at least five months. Article 23 of the Instrument of Government stated that Oliver Cromwell was to be the first Lord Protector. The Instrument of Government was replaced by a second constitution (the Humble Petition and Advice) under which the Lord Protector could nominate his successor. Cromwell nominated his son Richard who became Lord Protector on the death of Oliver on 3 September 1658.[39]
Restoration and Glorious Revolution
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Richard proved to be ineffectual and was unable to maintain his rule. He resigned his title and retired into obscurity. The Rump Parliament was recalled and there was a second period where the executive power lay with the Council of state. But this restoration of Commonwealth rule, similar to that before the Protectorate, proved to be unstable, and the exiled claimant, Charles II, was restored to the throne in 1660.[40]
In 1665 the unresolved commercial issues with the Dutch led to the Second Anglo-Dutch War, which culminated in the disastrous Raid on the Medway and forced the humiliated Charles in to an unfavourable peace treaty. The treaty eliminated a number of long-standing issues, and in the long-term made it possible for the two countries to unite against the expansionist policies pursued by Louis XIV of France. In the short-term however, Charles' desire to avenge this setback led to the Third Anglo-Dutch War in 1672. Despite attaining French support this time, Dutch naval successes made Parliament unwilling to support Charles' war effort any further, and he was again forced to make peace.[41]
Following the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, an attempt by James II to reintroduce Roman Catholicism—a century after its suppression by the Tudors—led to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, in which he was exiled by the Dutch prince William of Orange. William and his wife Mary were subsequently crowned by Parliament.[42] William reoriented England's foreign policy to support the Dutch Republic in its wars against Louis XIV of France.[i][43]
Union with Scotland
In the Scottish case, the attractions were partly financial and partly to do with removing English trade sanctions put in place through the Alien Act 1705. The English were more anxious about the royal succession. The death of William III in 1702 had led to the accession of his sister-in-law Anne to the thrones of England and Scotland, but her only surviving child had died in 1700, and the English Act of Settlement 1701 had given the succession to the English crown to the Protestant House of Hanover. Securing the same succession in Scotland became the primary object of English strategic thinking towards Scotland. By 1704, the Union of the Crowns was in crisis, with the Scottish Act of Security allowing for the Scottish Parliament to choose a different monarch, which could in turn lead to an independent foreign policy during a major European war.[44]
A Treaty of Union was agreed on 22 July 1706, and following the Acts of Union of 1707, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain, the independence of the kingdoms of England and Scotland came to an end on 1 May 1707. The Acts of Union created a customs union and monetary union and provided that any "laws and statutes" that were "contrary to or inconsistent with the terms" of the Acts would "cease and become void".[45]
The English and Scottish Parliaments were merged into the Parliament of Great Britain, located in Westminster, London. At this point England ceased to exist as a separate political entity, and since then has had no national government. The laws of England were unaffected, with the legal jurisdiction continuing to be that of England and Wales, while Scotland continued to have its own laws and law courts. This continued after the 1801 union between the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.[46]
Government
Territorial divisions
The counties of England were established for administration by the Normans, in most cases based on earlier shires established by the Anglo-Saxons. They ceased to be used for administration only with the creation of the administrative counties in 1889.[47]
Unlike the partly self-governing boroughs that covered urban areas, the counties of medieval England existed primarily as a means of enforcing central government power, enabling monarchs to exercise control over local areas through their chosen representatives – originally sheriffs and later the lord-lieutenants – and their subordinate justices of the peace.[48] Counties were used initially for the administration of justice, collection of taxes and organisation of the military, and later for local government and electing parliamentary representation.[49] Some outlying counties were from time to time accorded palatine status with some military and central government functions vested in a local noble or bishop. The last such, the County Palatine of Durham, did not lose this special status until the 19th century.[50]
Although all of England was divided into shires by the time of the Norman Conquest, some counties were formed considerably later, up to the 16th century. Because of their differing origins the counties varied considerably in size. The county boundaries were fairly static between the 16th century Laws in Wales acts and the Local Government Act 1888.[51] Each shire was responsible for gathering taxes for the central government; for local defence; and for justice, through assize courts.[52]
The power of the feudal barons to control their landholding was considerably weakened in 1290 by the statute of Quia Emptores. Feudal baronies became perhaps obsolete (but not extinct) on the abolition of feudal tenure during the Civil War, as confirmed by the Tenures Abolition Act 1660 passed under the Restoration which took away knight-service and other legal rights. Tenure by knight-service was abolished and discharged and the lands covered by such tenures, including once-feudal baronies, were henceforth held by socage (i.e., in exchange for monetary rents). The English Fitzwalter Case in 1670 ruled that barony by tenure had been discontinued for many years and any claims to a peerage on such basis, meaning a right to sit in the House of Lords, were not to be revived, nor any right of succession based on them.[53]
The Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 followed the conquest of Wales by Edward I of England. It assumed the lands held by the Princes of Gwynedd under the title "Prince of Wales" as legally part of the lands of England, and established shire counties on the English model over those areas. The Marcher Lords were progressively tied to the English kings by the grants of lands and lordships in England. The Council of Wales and the Marches, administered from Ludlow Castle, was initially established by Edward IV of England to govern the lands held under the Principality of Wales in 1472.[54]
At the same time the Council of Wales was created in 1472, a Council of the North was set up for the northern counties of England. After falling into disuse, it was re-established in 1537 and abolished in 1641. A very short-lived Council of the West also existed for the West Country between 1537 and 1540.[55]
Taxation
In the Anglo-Saxon period, the geld or property tax was first levied in response to Danish invasions but later became a regular tax. The majority of the king's income derived from the royal demesne and the annual "farm" from each shire (the fixed sum paid by sheriffs for the privilege of administering and profiting from royal lands). Kings also made income from judicial fines and regulation of trade.[56] People owed the king service in the form of the trinoda necessitas—fyrd service, burh building, and bridge building.[57]
After the Conquest of 1066, the Normans continued collecting the geld regularly. They also introduced new sources of revenue based on concepts of feudalism. The king was entitled to collect a feudal aid when his eldest son was knighted, his eldest daughter married, or if the king needed to pay his own ransom. The heir to a fief was also required to pay the king a feudal relief before he could take possession of his inheritance. The king was also entitled to his vassals military service, but vassals could pay scutage instead.[58]
Military
In the Anglo-Saxon period, England had no standing army. The king and magnates retained professional household troops (see housecarl), and all free men were obligated to perform military service in the fyrd. In addition, holders of bookland were obligated to provide a certain number of men based on the number of hides they owned.[59]
After the Norman Conquest, the king's household troops remained central to any royal army. The Anglo-Saxon fyrd also remained in use. But the Normans also introduced a new feudal element to the English military. The king's tenants-in-chief (his feudal barons) were obligated to provide mounted knights for service in the royal army or to garrison royal castles. The total number of knights owed was called the servitium debitum (Latin: "service owed"), and historian Richard Huscroft estimates this number was around 5,000. In reality, the servitium debitum was greater than any king would actually need in wartime. Its main purpose was for assessing how much scutage the king was owed. Scutage was used to pay for mercenaries, which were an important part of any Norman army.[60]
See also
- Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom – British royal regalia
- English overseas possessions – Territories ruled by Kingdom of England
- List of English monarchs – English monarchs until 1707
- Privy Council of England – Body of advisers to the sovereign of the Kingdom of England
Notes
- ^ Medieval Latin (until the 14th century), Renaissance Latin (from the 16th century)
- ^ Old Cornish (until the 12th century), Middle Cornish (12th–16th century), Late Cornish (from the 17th century)
- ^ Old Welsh (until the 12th century), Middle Welsh (from the 12th to the 15th century), Modern Welsh (from the 15th century)
- ^ Elected by the Witenagemot
- ^ Officially under a feudal system until 1660
- ^ Continued as monarch of Great Britain until her death in 1714.
- ^ The Constitution of the United Kingdom is "uncodified".
- ^ English and Scot, James insisted, should "join and coalesce together in a sincere and perfect union, as two twins bred in one belly, to love one another as no more two but one estate".[10]
- ^ See the Nine Years' War and War of the Spanish Succession.
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- Bartlett, Robert (2002). England under the Norman and Angevin kings: 1075–1225. Oxford University Press.
- Black, J.B. (1936). The Reign of Elizabeth, 1558–1603.
- Borman, Tracy (2015). Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant.
- Elton, G. R. (1955). England under the Tudors. Methuen.
- Ellis, Steven G. (2014). Ireland in the age of the Tudors, 1447–1603: English expansion and the end of Gaelic rule. Routledge.
- Guy, John (2013). The Tudors: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
- Harriss, G.L. (2005). Shaping the nation: England 1360–1461. Oxford University Press.
- Israel, Jonathan (1989a). Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740 (E-book ed.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780191591822.
- Israel, Jonathan (1989b). The Dutch Republic and the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688/89 in England. Greenwich: Trustees National Maritime Museum. pp. 31–44. ISBN 978-0948065033.
- Jacob, E.F. (1961). The Fifteenth Century, 1399–1485. Oxford History of England.
- Jenkins, Elizabeth (1964). Elizabeth the Great. Time Incorporated.
- Jones, J. Gwynfor (1989). Wales and the Tudor state: government, religious change and the social order, 1534–1603. University of Wales Press.
- Levin, Carole (2013). The heart and stomach of a king: Elizabeth I and the politics of sex and power. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Loades, David Michael (1999). Politics and nation: England 1450–1660. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Loades, David Michael (1997). Power in Tudor England.
- McCaffrey, Wallace. Elizabeth I.
- McKisack, May (1959). The Fourteenth Century, 1307–1399. Oxford History of England.
- Neale, J.E. (1957). Queen Elizabeth I: a biography.
- Penn, Thomas (2012). Winter king: Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England.
- Powicke, Maurice (1962). The Thirteenth Century, 1216–1307. Oxford History of England.
- Ridley, Jasper G. (1985). Henry VIII.
- Clayton, F. David Roberts; Bisson, Douglas (2016). A History of England, Volume 1: Prehistory to 1714. Routledge.
- Thomson, John A.F. (2014). The Transformation of Medieval England 1370–1529. Routledge.
- Williams, Penry (1995). The Later Tudors: England, 1547–1603. Oxford University Press.