History of England

Introduction

The main body of this article traces some of the developments that influenced the evolution of the British constitution. It does so mainly by reviewing the broad outcomes of sequences of events, often without giving any attention to individual events. The timelines subpage takes a different approach by listing those events that are conventionally considered most influential. Readers who want to examine individual events in more detail are invited to make use of the links on that subpage as well as those on the present page.