English Chess Pieces by Berkeley - Cardinal Red

Board Not Included The coastline and landscape of what would become modern Britain began to emerge at the end of the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago. What had been a cold, dry tundra on the north-western edge of Europe grew warmer and wetter as the ice caps melted. The Irish Sea, North Sea and the Channel were all dry land, albeit land slowly being submerged as sea levels rose. But it wasn’t until 6,100 BC that Britain broke free of mainland Europe for good, during the Mesolithic period – the Middle Stone Age. The story of England is a tale of an indomitable people. From it’s early origins, warring tribes and then feudal barons battled for supremacy across the land. Following full or partial invasions by the Romans, the Vikings and the Normans a unified country began to emerge under a succession of despotic monarchs. The end of Roman rule facilitated the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain which historians often regard as the origin of England and of the English people. The Anglo-Sa