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A Long and Illustrious History
This chapter traces Britain's history from the Stone Age to the present day — the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings; the Middle Ages and the Black Death; the Tudors and Stuarts; Britain's rise as a global power; the World Wars; and modern Britain since 1945. Six sections, in order:
3.1
Early Britain
Stone Age to the Norman Conquest
3.2
The Middle Ages
Magna Carta, the Black Death, rise of Parliament
3.3
The Tudors and Stuarts
Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Civil War, the Restoration
3.4
A Global Power
Union with Scotland, Industrial Revolution, the Empire
3.5
The 20th Century
The First and Second World Wars, partition of Ireland
3.6
Britain Since 1945
The NHS, migration, the Swinging Sixties, Brexit