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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Not quite, between December 1653 to May 1659 the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland was a republic ruled by the Lord Protector (Oliver and Richard Cromwell).
And in 1381 Wat Tyler wouldn't have called it unified  |
During these two episodes the country was still a single state and did not splinter into several countries.
It also remained a kingdom even if the king was in exile during the Commonwealth.
Wat Tyler just led an unsuccessful rebellion. There have also been other rebellions/civil wars but the population still saw themselves as English belonging to a single country and were just fight fighting over who ruled.