History of the British Isles coalition with the Northern Irish unionist party, the DUP in order to have a working majority in the House of Commons. History of the British Isles The British Isles have witnessed intermittent periods of competition and cooperation between the people that occupy the various parts of Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Ireland, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the smaller adjacent islands. Today, the British Isles contain two sovereign states: the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. There are also three Crown dependencies: Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. The United Kingdom comprises England,
Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles Taylor published the first comprehensive study of the available evidence, entitled "Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles". In 1994, the archaeologist George Eogan published an academic monograph on the subject, entitled "The Accomplished Art: Gold and Gold-Working in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze Age", which was brought out through the U.K.-based Oxbow Books. In it, Eogan noted that his study was "not a "corpus" or catalogue" of artefacts, instead being "an evaluation and interpretation of the material in social terms". Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles Gold working in the Bronze Age British Isles refers to