Re: "British" isles in 11th century

On Mar 5, 3:43 pm, "wm.k...@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <wm.k...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
A short writerly query. Is this sentence correct in referring to the
"British Isles" at that time?

"The eleventh century found the British Isles under invasion by the
Danes".

Thanks, Bill King.

Yes, perfectly correct.

The expression British Isles comes from the ancient Greeks.

They called the larger island Albion (or Great Britain) and the next
largest Ibernia (or Little Britain).

Many variants of these forms occur in ancient texts.




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