English
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak the English language. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn. England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom and English people in England are British citizens. Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain in the fifth century AD.[8]
Historically, the English population is descended from several peoples — the earlier Britons (or Brythons), the Germanic tribes that settled in the region (including Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons) who founded what was to become England (from the Old English Englaland), and the later Danes, Normans and other groups. Following the Acts of Union 1707, in which the Kingdom of England was succeeded by the Kingdom of Great Britain,[9] English customs and identity became closely aligned with British customs and identity.
Today some English people have recent forebears from other parts of the United Kingdom while some are also descended from more recent immigrants from other European countries and from the Commonwealth.
The English people are the source of the English language, the Westminster system, the common law system, and numerous major sports. These and other English cultural characteristics have spread worldwide, in part as a result of the former British Empire.
Contents [hide]
1 English nationality
1.1 Relationship to Britishness
1.2 Historical origins and identity
2 History of English people
2.1 Early Middle Ages
2.2 Vikings and the Danelaw
2.3 English unification
2.4 Norman and Angevin rule
2.5 In the United Kingdom
2.6 Immigration and assimilation
2.7 Current national and political identity
3 English diaspora
3.1 United States
3.2 Canada
3.3 Australia
3.4 Other communities
4 Culture
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
7.1 Diaspora
8 External links
English nationality
Although
Historically, the English population is descended from several peoples — the earlier Britons (or Brythons), the Germanic tribes that settled in the region (including Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons) who founded what was to become England (from the Old English Englaland), and the later Danes, Normans and other groups. Following the Acts of Union 1707, in which the Kingdom of England was succeeded by the Kingdom of Great Britain,[9] English customs and identity became closely aligned with British customs and identity.
Today some English people have recent forebears from other parts of the United Kingdom while some are also descended from more recent immigrants from other European countries and from the Commonwealth.
The English people are the source of the English language, the Westminster system, the common law system, and numerous major sports. These and other English cultural characteristics have spread worldwide, in part as a result of the former British Empire.
Contents [hide]
1 English nationality
1.1 Relationship to Britishness
1.2 Historical origins and identity
2 History of English people
2.1 Early Middle Ages
2.2 Vikings and the Danelaw
2.3 English unification
2.4 Norman and Angevin rule
2.5 In the United Kingdom
2.6 Immigration and assimilation
2.7 Current national and political identity
3 English diaspora
3.1 United States
3.2 Canada
3.3 Australia
3.4 Other communities
4 Culture
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
7.1 Diaspora
8 External links
English nationality
Although
References: 7.1 Diaspora 8 External links English nationality Although England is no longer an independent nation state, but rather a constituent country within the United Kingdom, the English may still be regarded as a "nation" according to the Oxford English Dictionary 's definition: a group united by factors that include "language, culture, history, or occupation of the same territory".[10] The concept of an "English nation" is far older than that of the "British nation", and the 1990s witnessed a revival in English self-consciousness.[11] This is linked to the expressions of national self-awareness of the other British nations of Wales and Scotland – which take their most solid form in the new devolved political arrangements within the United Kingdom – and the waning of a shared British national identity with the growing distance between the end of the British Empire and the present.[12][13][14]