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<p>Britain's 1000-year prominence on the international stage endures. Posterity owes the English language (spoken now by more than half the world's population) a tradition of democratic freedom, governmental and legal systems which have been adapted in many countries, and world figures in science, literature, and the arts. The British<br>Inheritance is shared not just by the peoples of the UK but also by those of many lands-the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and<br>India-which were once its colonies and are now its allies and partners.<br> Britain's rich historical heritage is evident in the great archive and manuscript collections found in such institutions as the Public Record Office, British Library, National Library of Scotland, Scottish Record Office, and National Library of Wales. From King Arthur, Alfred the Great, and William the Conqueror to the end of the Empire, swinging England of the 1960s, and the multicultural Britain of the '90s, this volume displays, in chronological order, key documents which illuminate defining moments in British history. The documents are accompanied by lively commentaries by experts and curators, placing the material in context

Author

Andrew Prescott; Elizabeth Hallam Smith; British Library; Great Britain Public Record Office

Publisher

Berkeley: University of California Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520224704

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Humanities