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Britain has been many centuries in the making. The Romans conquered most of Britain, but were unable to subdue the fiercely independent tribes in the west and far north. Further waves of invaders followed: Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Vikings and Normans. All these contributed to the mixture we call English.^or many centuries this country was known simply as England, and this historical study must deal first with the development of England. To the west and north, Wales and Scotland fought for their independence so passionately that it took hundreds of years to bring them under English domination.
