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英格兰人民及其历史
(uk) Robert Toombs
If a nation is a group of people with kinship ties, political identities and representative institutions, then the English have a right to claim to be the oldest people in the world. The English first existed as an idea, before they had a common ruler, before the country they inhabited even had a name. They have persisted as an identifiable entity ever since, with their national institutions dating back to the earliest years of their history. The English had passed through many great changes of fortune in their journey from those precarious days of invasion and conquest. Their political, economic and cultural exchanges have left good or bad traces around the world. This book describes their history and their significance, starting with the monasteries of Northumbria and the wetlands of Wessex, to England's vitality around the world today. Robert Toombs outlines important threads throughout the story, including participatory governance, language, law, religion, land and sea, and changing relationships with other peoples. The most important of these connections is the way in which English people understand their nation's history, debate it, forget it, and are shaped by history. These different and sometimes conflicting understandings are an inherent part of their identities. The first single-volume history of England in more than half a century, this length incorporates a wealth of recent scholarship to offer a challenging, modern account of a long and evolving story that reveals the strength and resilience of English government, deep patterns of division, and enduring capacity to unite in the face of danger.
If a nation is a group of people with kinship ties, political identities and representative institutions, then the English have a right to claim to be the oldest people in the world. The English first existed as an idea, before they had a common ruler, before the country they inhabited even had a name. They have persisted as an identifiable entity ever since, with their national institutions dating back to the earliest years of their history. The English had passed through many great changes of fortune in their journey from those precarious days of invasion and conquest. Their political, economic and cultural exchanges have left good or bad traces around the world. This book describes their history and their significance, starting with the monasteries of Northumbria and the wetlands of Wessex, to England's vitality around the world today. Robert Toombs outlines important threads throughout the story, including participatory governance, language, law, religion, land and sea, and changing relationships with other peoples. The most important of these connections is the way in which English people understand their nation's history, debate it, forget it, and are shaped by history. These different and sometimes conflicting understandings are an inherent part of their identities. The first single-volume history of England in more than half a century, this length incorporates a wealth of recent scholarship to offer a challenging, modern account of a long and evolving story that reveals the strength and resilience of English government, deep patterns of division, and enduring capacity to unite in the face of danger.