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> [In the 16th and 17th centuries, most people in Britain lived in small village communities. They knew all their neighbours. They dressed alike, and almost all were white. The vast majority belonged to the same religion and spoke much the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/in-the-16th-and-17th-centuries-most-people-in-britain-lived-in-small/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

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