The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture. The English identity b
The Incipit to Matthew from the Book of Lindisfarne, an Insular masterpiece
A replica of the Sutton Hoo helmet
Æthelred II (c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as 'the Unready', was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death.
Battle of Hastings, 1066 (from the Bayeux Tapestry)
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens and diaspora of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies. British nationality law
English people
…see Catholic Emancipation); Islam (see Islam in England); Judaism, Irreligion, and other faiths (see Religion in England) Related ethnic groups other British people Irish The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common…
Medieval tapestry showing King Arthur, a legendary ancient British ruler who had a leading role in the Matter of Britain, a national myth used as propaganda for the ancestral origins of the British royal family and their British subjects
The Battle of Trafalgar by J. M. W. Turner (oil on canvas, 1822–1824) combines events from several moments during the Napoleonic Wars' Battle of Trafalgar—a major British naval victory upon which Britishness has drawn influence.
A famous First World War-era recruitment poster, stressing the concept of British national identity
Britons gathered in Whitehall to hear Winston Churchill's victory speech on 8 May 1945.