Readings in English history drawn from the original sources
Subtitle: intended to illustrate a short history of England
By: by Edward P. Cheyney
Edition: New edition.
Published: 1935
Language: eng
Number of pages: 849
Copyright date: 1935
Subjects: Sources; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. The geography of England; title: Accounts by ancient geographical observers; title: Accounts by modern observers; title: II. Prehistoric and Celtic Britain; title: The first contact of the Romans with the Britons; title: The customs of the Britons; title: III. Roman Britain; title: The conquest of Britain; title: The organization and defense of the province; title: Later Roman Britain; title: IV. Early Saxon England; title: The Anglo-Saxon settlements; title: The new race; title: The conversion to Christianity; title: V. Later Saxon England; title: The attack of the Danes; title: Alfred and the life of his times; title: The political organization of England; title: VI. The Danish and the Norman conquest; title: The Danish conquest; title: The Norman conquest; title: VII. England under the Normans; title: Immediate results of the conquest; title: William and the church; title: Domesday Book; title: William II and Lanfranc; title: The reign of Henry I; title: Stephen and the anarchy; title: Feudalism; title: VIII. Foundations of national unity; title: Henry II and his reforms; title: The struggle with Thomas; title: Giraldus Cambrensis and the conquest of Ireland; title: Richard I and the third crusade; title: The reign of John; title: IX. The formation of a united English nation; title: The universities; title: The monasteries; title: Towns and guilds; title: Rural life; title: Conflicts between Henry III and the barons; title: The reign of Edward I; title: X. The first half of the Hundred Years' War; title: The early occurrences of the War; title: The culmination of the reign of Edward III; title: The Quarrel over appointments from Rome; title: The Black Death and its effects; title: The political and social struggle; title: Wycliffe and the Lollards; title: The English language and literature; title: XI. The houses of Lancaster and York; title: The growth of the powers of parliament; title: Rising of Glendower and the renewal of the French War; title: Joan of Arc and the close of the Hundred Years' War; title: The Wars of the Roses; title: The reigns of Edward IV and Richard III; title: XII. The early Tudor period; title: Henry VII and his policy; title: Henry VIII; title: The early stages of the Reformation; title: The reign of Edward VI; title: The reign of Queen Mary; title: XIII. The reign of Elizabeth I; title: The early period of Queen Elizabeth; title: The struggle with the catholics; title: Commerce and explorations; title: Mary Queen of Scots and the Armada; title: Personal characteristics of Elizabeth; title: The close of Elizabeth's reign; title: XIV. The personal monarchy of the early Stuarts; title: Royal, parliamentary, and Puritan theories; title: The religious question; title: The Spanish Marriage project; title: Francis Bacon and Walter Raleigh; title: The settlement of America; title: Contests between the King and parliament; title: The period of personal government of Charles I; title: XV. The Great rebellion and the Commonwealth; title: The Impeachment of Strafford; title: The crisis of 1642; title: The period of the war; title: The trial and execution of the King; title: The Commonwealth; title: XVI. Restoration and revolution; title: The restoration settlement; title: Social conditions under Charles II; title: Death of Charles II and accession of James II; title: The revolution; title: XVII. Foundation of the British Empire; title: The reign of William and Mary; title: The reign of Anne; title: George I, George II, and Sir Robert Walpole; title: The rebellion of the young pretender and the Wesleyan movement; title: The growth of imperial interests; title: XVIII. The Industrial revolution, the American revolution, and the French revolution; title: George III and the new ministry; title: The Industrial revolution; title: The opposition to the government; title: The struggle with the American colonies; title: Dissatisfaction with the government; title: The French revolution and wars of Napoleon; title: XIX. The period of reform; title: Contests between conservatives and radicals; title: Early reforms; title: The Reform Bill of 1832; title: General reform legislation; title: Queen Victoria; title: Chartism and the Corn Laws; title: XX. The growth of democracy; title: The middle years of the century; title: England and the Civil War in America; title: The completion of parliamentary reform; title: Irish Home rule; title: The British Empire; title: XXI. Social changes and the Great War; title: Social legislation; title: The budget and the Parliament Act; title: Socialistic tendencies; title: The Great War; title: Attempts at reconstruction.