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British people, or '''Britons''', Compact Oxford English Dictionary , Oxford University Press, 2007 are a Online or Citizens of the United Kingdom , of the Isle Of Man , one of the Channel Islands , or of one of the British Overseas Territories . In an historical context, the word is used to refer to the ancient Brython s, the Indigenous inhabitants of most of Great Britain. ORIGINS and as the Romans failed to establish control of the Scottish Highlands the frontier was effectively drawn at the Antonine Wall , then around AD 200 at Hadrian's Wall . The Post-Roman Period brought a series of invasions, and in Medieval Britain control of territory by Brython s became confined to Wales , Cornwall and Cumbria . The term ''Britannia'' remained in use as the Latin name for the island, and '' Historia Britonum '' claimed legendary British origins as a prestigious Genealogy for Welsh kings, followed by the '' Historia Regum Britanniae '' which popularised this pseudo-history to support the claims of the kings of England . Today only the Welsh and the genetic descendants of the Cornish Britons remain in the same locations as their Dark-Age and Medieval ancestors. The Bretons in Brittany are related, having migrated in the Post-Roman period. During the years of Tudor rule in England and Wales, the idea of Britannia and the term ''British'' became increasingly politically important. This coincided with the assuming by King Of England (and Wales) of the title of the King Of Ireland in 1542 on to the personal Union Of The Crowns of England and Scotland under James Stuart in 1603. It was during this period that the terms ''British Isles'' and ''British Empire'' were coined, but the kingdoms remained separate and ''British'' only became synonymous with a national civic identity with the formation in 1707 of the Kingdom Of Great Britain and the state that subsequently merged into the United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland . It in turn became the United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland with the secession of what became the Republic Of Ireland . BRITISH IDENTITY In the United Kingdom "Britishness" today See Also: Britishness "Britishness" today is political concept that seeks to develop or more often define what it is to be British. The term is often associated with the British Unionist tradition however the term '' Unionist '' is often associated with Northern Ireland and so ''Britishness'' is more often used. It can be seen however that Britishness evokes a range of responses and attitudes that make an exact definition elusive. Ethos, November 2005 Most recently this concept has been used by 2006 . One focus can be seen in terms of celebrating the best of the United Kingdom. That is to stress that what unites the United Kingdom is stronger than the issues dividing it, such as support in 2006 |
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