Making of the English: ideas of race in British scholarship 1870-1914 (original) (raw)

This essay explores how British scholarship between 1870 and 1914 developed new racial histories of both India and Britain, driven by emerging archaeological discoveries and a shift from philological to racial interpretations of history. It argues that the new understanding of the 'Teutonic Englishman' as part of a complex British racial identity reflected broader historiographical changes, impacting perceptions of the Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain and suggesting a re-envisioned narrative of historical migrations and conquests.