British Consciousness and Identity
Subtitle: The Making of Britain, 15331707
Contributors: Brendan Bradshaw (Editor); Peter Roberts (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780521893619
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; History - General History; History; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Western Europe - General; Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603; History / Europe / Western; History / Great Britain; History-Europe - Great Britain - General
First sentence: The concept of Britain which dominated the history of Wales in the Tudor period was the long-held belief that the Welsh were the descendants of the ancient Britons and that they spoke 'the British tongue'.