Where does English culture derive from?

"Britain" and "British" derive from a Roman term for the inhabitants' language of the British Isles, called "Brythonic" or p-Celtic. Englishness is highly regionalized. The most important regional divide is between the south and the north. read more

English culture today is not English culture one hundred years ago and it most certainly isn't English culture two hundred years ago when England was colonizing the world and the world was busy changing England's sense of itself. read more

Many English words used today come from these ancient Vikings. Words like “sky,” “leg,” “skull,” “egg,” “crawl,” “ lift” and “take” are from the old languages of the far northern countries. read more

Like most of Southern Europe, the primary source of the current French culture can be traced to the Roman Empire. French is mostly derived from Latin. Political institutions of the 'Ancien Régime' (the Old Order, pre-1789) evolved over centuries but primarily came from the Romans. read more