Historicizing “Britain”Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Historicizing “Britain”Historicizing “Britain” The terms “British” and “Britain” are derived from European peoples called Celts or “Bretons”, who inhabited the British Isles and the northern coast of France (still called “Brittany”)Historicizing “Britain”The terms “British” and “Britain” are derived from European peoples called Celts or “Bretons”, who inhabited the British Isles and the northern coast of France (still called “Brittany”)The Celts had invaded the British Isles, and settled there, in the 4th Century before the Christian eraHistoricizing “Britain”The terms “British” and “Britain” are derived from European peoples called Celts or “Bretons”, who inhabited the British Isles and the northern coast of France (still called “Brittany”)The Celts had invaded the British Isles, and settled there, in the 4th Century before the Christian eraThe Celtic invaders spoke a language that is related to modern Welch and IrishHistoricizing “Britain”The terms “British” and “Britain” are derived from European peoples called Celts or “Bretons”, who inhabited the British Isles and the northern coast of France (still called “Brittany”)The Celts had invaded the British Isles, and settled there, in the 4th Century before the Christian eraThe Celtic invaders spoke a language that is related to modern Welch and IrishThe British Isles were invaded again, by the Romans, around the time of ChristHistoricizing “Britain”The terms “British” and “Britain” are derived from European peoples called Celts or “Bretons”, who inhabited the British Isles and the northern coast of France (still called “Brittany”)The Celts had invaded the British Isles, and settled there, in the 4th Century before the Christian era The Celtic invaders spoke a language that is related to modern Welch and IrishThe British Isles were invaded again, by the Romans, around the time of ChristBritain was part of the Roman Empire, but the Romans didn’t settleHistoricizing “Britain”The terms “British” and “Britain” are derived from European peoples called Celts or “Bretons”, who inhabited the British Isles and the northern coast of France (still called “Brittany”)The Celts had invaded the British Isles, and settled there, in the 4th Century before the Christian era The Celtic invaders spoke a language that is related to modern Welch and IrishThe British Isles were invaded again, by the Romans, around the time of ChristBritain was part of the Roman Empire, but the Romans didn’t settleThe British Isles were invaded again, in the 5th and 6th centuries, by the Angles and Saxons; they spoke a Germanic language that is a direct ancestor of Modern EnglishHistoricizing “Britain”The terms “British” and “Britain” are derived from European peoples called Celts or “Bretons”, who inhabited the British Isles and the northern coast of France (still called “Brittany”)The Celts had invaded the British Isles, and settled there, in the 4th Century before the Christian era The Celtic invaders spoke a language that is related to modern Welch and IrishThe British Isles were invaded again, by the Romans, around the time of ChristBritain was part of the Roman Empire, but the Romans didn’t settleThe British Isles were invaded again, in the 5th and 6th centuries, by the Angles and Saxons; they spoke a Germanic language that is a direct ancestor of Modern EnglishThe British Isles were invaded again, in 1066, by the William, Duke of NormandyHistoricizing “Britain”The terms “British” and “Britain” are derived from European peoples called Celts or “Bretons”, who inhabited the British Isles and the northern coast of France (still called “Brittany”)The Celts had invaded the British Isles, and settled there, in the 4th Century before the Christian era The Celtic invaders spoke a language that is related to modern Welch and IrishThe British Isles were invaded again, by the Romans, around the time of ChristBritain was part of the Roman Empire, but the Romans didn’t settleThe British Isles were invaded again, in the 5th and 6th centuries, by the Angles and Saxons; they spoke a Germanic language that is a direct ancestor of Modern EnglishThe British Isles were invaded again, in 1066, by the William, Duke of Normandy For more than 200 years, the language of the English government and legal system was