A History of Britain The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country situated in the British Isles， which is a union make up of four countries: England， Scotland， Wales and Northern Ireland， including several overseas It’s said that: to study the history of Britain is to learn a story about how a country was conquered and had been However， I would like to divide the history of Britain into three parts， which not only about how the Britain was formed， but also what have had great influence in the Britain along the historical The first part is about the ancient B The origin of the English history is acknowledged known as the roman invasion of 55BC It was under the charge of Julius Caesar when the first roman invasion took place， and in AD43， a well-planned and much larger invasion came England was influenced by the roman so strongly that even nowadays you can feel that deeply in E After nearly 400 years， the Roman Empire was tired to manage the issue of England because of the difficulties closer to their But the local people were not strong enough to protect themselves at that time and were conquered by anther invasion from Northwestern Europe， including angles， Saxons and It was this invasion established the language which now is known as Old E After hundreds years later， the king of Wessex， Alfred the great， unified and stabilized the country with his The second part refers to the feudalism The feudalism which based on the land had occurred under the Anglo-Saxon kings， for the purpose of his power Before Henry II， the king’s power was limited by the barony and the C It was Henry II， who succeeds in reversing the power back from the barony and the Church to the monarchical In 1215， the nobility and the leading Church force their king John to sign the Magna Carta to impose the legal limits on king’s personal powers in raisi
