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The English (The Peoples of Europe)

The English (The Peoples of Europe) Paperback - 1995

by Elton, Geoffrey

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  • Title The English (The Peoples of Europe)
  • Author Elton, Geoffrey
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Unknown Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, England
  • Date 1995-02-17
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR004145299
  • ISBN 9780631196068 / 0631196064
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.95 x 5.96 x 0.83 in (22.73 x 15.14 x 2.11 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Dewey Decimal Code 942

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From the rear cover

During the fifth century following the withdrawal of the Roman military establishment from England, the armed incursions of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and others of the Barbarian tribes from across the North Sea increased, and soon became a surge. After a relatively short time the subjugation of the British was complete and England a patchwork of warring domains and isolated settlements. Yet within the space of two centuries the English (as the tribes may collectively be called) had achieved a sense of themselves that may fairly be described as nationhood. It is the evolution of this sense and of the distinctive characteristics of England and the English that gave it form and substance which Geoffrey Elton traces through twelve centuries. The result is the first one-volume history of the English nation from its origins to the present for over twenty years: it is a tour de force.

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About the author

Professor Sir Geoffrey Elton was fellow of Clare College, Cambridge since 1954 and between 1967 and 1983 was Professor of English Constitutional History. He was President of the Royal Historical Society between 1972 and 1976, of the Selden Society between 1983 and 1985 and of the Ecclesiastical History Society in 1983-84.

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