English national feeling emerged only with the philological revolution and World War I

Evidence

It is nice that what eventually became the late British Empire has not been ruled by an ‘English’ dynasty since the early eleventh century: since then a motley parade of Normans (Plantagenets), Welsh (Tudors), Scots (Stuarts), Dutch (House of Orange) and Germans (Hanoverians) have squatted on the imperial throne. No one much cared until the philological revolution and a paroxysm of English nationalism in World War I. House of Windsor rhymes with House of Schöonbrunn or House of Versailles. — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 402

Categorization

• XREF: Evidence for nationalism as a modern construct rather than ancient essence — core scaffolding for how ‘the nation’ is imagined, not found. — connects to: British national identity was never homogeneous but always internally contested; Elizabeth’s reign saw the emergence of a national consciousness in England. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 918; World War I revealed nationalist loyalties overriding international worker solidarity

Related

• British national identity was never homogeneous but always internally contested (similarity 0.84)
• Churchill’s work reflects historical perceptions of English national identity. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Elizabeth’s reign saw the emergence of a national consciousness in England. #contradicts (0.90) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 918
• World War I revealed nationalist loyalties overriding international worker solidarity #corroborates (0.78)