What is the exact meaning of England vs. Britain before/during/after the formation of the Kingdom of England in the Middle Ages?
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England wasn't formed though then, so I am confused.
Wikipedia is being a little obscure here. It would have been clearer to say
The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group who inhabited parts of what is now England in the Early Middle Ages.
However, that's a bit verbose to go in the first sentence of an article.
The name "England" has changed down the years, having been formerly something like "Angle-Land," which survives in the French name "Angleterre." The invaders who became the Anglo-Saxons were traditionally from three groups of tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. Those tribes did not move as a whole to Great Britain: the Jutland peninsula that forms a large part of Denmark used to be "Jute-Land", and the area known as Saxony within Germany takes its name from the Saxons, albeit indirectly.
Great Britain is the name of the island, which is independent of the names of the states that exist on it. Brittany, now a part of northwest France, was "Little Britain" because it was inhabited by the same tribes as made up the ancient Britons.
Calling the island "England" is a mistake, but one that is common in some countries. At present, the island contains most of the area of three countries: England, Wales and Scotland, which are all parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. All of those countries also include smaller islands, which are often included when speaking of "Great Britain" in a political or population context. The other large island in the archipelago is Ireland.
Saying you're in England when you're in Wales or Scotland is often regarded as rude, or at best ignorant, by the Welsh and Scots, and may annoy some people a lot. It's not a mistake the English make when they're in either country.
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All the discussion here leaves out the Normans, which had the "final word" in the shaping of England & Britain. They conquered England in 1066 and set themselves as the rulers. From then on there was no other successful external invasion and the political system and names etc. evolved since then with the descendants of the Normans always on top
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