tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post64318076150317731..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - on being BritishJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-51519140826601799192009-11-01T09:01:31.940+11:002009-11-01T09:01:31.940+11:00That's a very interesting one, Marcellous. Nei...That's a very interesting one, Marcellous. Neither had I because of the conflation of British with English.<br /><br />One of the things that makes Davies' work so fascinating is the way he explores constitutional forms across the Isles and the language linked to them.<br /><br />As an example, after he became King of England on the death of Elizabeth, James wanted a single title, King of Great Britian. This was blocked by the English dominated Parliament, so James after calling himself King of Great Britian once again became King of Ireland, Scotland and England. <br /><br />Because Davies writes outside the conventional frames, he actually manages to critique a remarkable number of conventionally (and passionately)held views in all the Kingdoms/states.<br /><br />So in a formal sense the Irish were Irish for much of the period, but were also formally British for part of the period!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-38627838409660181692009-11-01T00:30:08.637+11:002009-11-01T00:30:08.637+11:00I've never thought that the Irish were British...I've never thought that the Irish were <em>British</em>: cf the United Kingdom of Great Britain and [later: Northern] Ireland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com