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t. e. England became inhabited more than 800,000 years ago, as the discovery of stone tools and footprints at Happisburgh in Norfolk have indicated. [1] The earliest evidence for early modern humans in Northwestern Europe, a jawbone discovered in Devon at Kents Cavern in 1927, was re-dated in 2011 to between 41,000 and 44,000 years old. [2]
There is evidence for the presence of Christianity in Roman Britain as early as the 3rd century. In 313, Constantine I, emperor in the west, and emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan allowing the practice of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The following year, three bishops from Britain attended the Council of Arles.
The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state, the historian Simon Schama said:
Slavery in Britain existed before the Roman occupation and until the 11th century, when the Norman conquest of England resulted in the gradual merger of the pre-conquest institution of slavery into serfdom, and all slaves were no longer recognised separately in English law or custom. By the middle of the 12th century, the institution of slavery ...
Protestantism originated from the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. The term Protestant comes from the Protestation at Speyer in 1529, where the nobility protested against enforcement of the Edict of Worms which subjected advocates of Lutheranism to forfeit all of their property. [1] However, the theological underpinnings go back much ...
Christianity is the third largest religion in Pakistan, [1] [2] making up about 1.27% of the population according to the 2017 Census. [3] [1] Of these, approximately half are Catholic and half Protestant (primarily Anglican and Presbyterian ). A small number of Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Oriental Orthodox Christians also live in Pakistan.
History professor Joanne Pearson commented that "Morgan's lifetime saw both the heyday and the demise of the story in Wales" of an alleged early entry of Christianity, which began with works written the year Morgan was born by Bishop Thomas Burgess arguing that Paul the Apostle converted Britain to Christianity and ended with an essay by Vicar John Pryce which refuted the arguments for an ...
