To the counsels of friends at present engaged in active school work we have everywhere tried to pay attention; but no matter how carefully prepared a textbook may be, the results to be gained from its use must chiefly depend upon the teacher, and those who have taught history themselves will know that it is an exceptionally hard subject to deal with satisfactorily.

It is neither customary nor needful to give a list of the books used in preparing such a work as this. It will be enough, we hope, for us to say that we have written it from the main original documents upon which our knowledge of English history must depend, though we have not, of course, omitted to consult modern writers. Those of our friends to whom we owe special gratitude for help or advice should know that we feel it, though their names are not recorded here.

The Index will give the main references, and the headings affixed to each section will be found to yield a running epitome of the contents of the book.

The work was originally written in three parts, each of which is complete in itself.

The first part, for which Mr. F. York Powell alone is responsible, ends with the death of Henry VII. The second and third parts, on the same plan and scale, are the work of Mr. T. F. Tout. In the present re-issue the three parts are brought together in a single volume to form a complete History of England.

The separate indices have been carefully fused into one by Mr. T. Bateson.

The present edition has been revised throughout and brought up to date.

April, 1900.

F. Y. P.

T. F. T.

CONTENTS

BOOK I.-The Old English.

(Το 1066.)

CHAP.

I. Britain and the Britons, .

II. The Romans in Britain, 55 B.C. to 410 A. D.,

III. The English Conquest and Settlement to 550,

IV. The English become Christian. Overlordship of North-

umberland and Marchland Kings, 550-795,

V. The West Saxon Kings and the Danes, 795-901,

VI. The English Emperor-Kings, 901-1012,

VII. The Danish Kings of England, 1012-1042,

VIII. The Great Earls, Edward and Harold, 1042-1066, .

BOOK II.-The Norman Kings.

(1066-1154-)

1. William the Conqueror, 1066-1087,

II. William the Red, 1087-1100,

III. Henry the Scholar, 1100-1135,

IV. Stephen of Blois, 1135-1154,

V. England under the Norman Kings,

BOOK III.-Henry II.'s Constitution and Policy.

CHAP.

BOOK IV.-English Kings of Imperial Policy.

(1272-1399.)

I. Edward I. of Westminster, 1272-1307,

II. Edward II. of Caernarvon, 1307-1327,

III. Edward III. of Windsor, 1327-1377,

IV. Richard II. of Bordeaux, 1377-1399,

V. England in the Fourteenth Century,

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182

208

218

242

266

BOOK V.-The Struggles of York and Lancaster at

Home and Abroad.

(1399-1509.)

I. Henry IV. of Bolingbroke, 1399-1413,

II. Henry V. of Monmouth, 1413-1422,

III. Henry VI. of Windsor, 1422-1461 and 1471,

IV. Edward IV. of Rouen, 1461-1483,

286

298

312

329

V. Edward V. of Westminster, 1483, and Richard III., 1483, 339

VI. Henry VII., 1485-1509,

VII. England in the Fifteenth Century,

348

359

BOOK VI.—The Tudor Monarchy and the Reformation.

(1509-1603.)

INTRODUCTION,

373

I. Henry VIII. and Wolsey, 1509-1529,

375

II. Henry VIII. and the Beginnings of the Reformation,

III. Edward VI. and the Establishment of Protestantism,

1547-1553,

423

IV. Mary and the Romanist Reaction, 1553-1558,

434

V. The Reformation Settlement in England and Scotiand,

VI. The Counter-Reformation and the rivalry of Elizabeth

and Mary Stewart, 1559-1587,

VII. The Elizabethan Seamen and the Triumph of Elizabeth,

BOOK VII.-The Stewarts and the Struggle between

King and Parliament.

(1603-1689.)

CHAP.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION,

551

I. James I. and the Beginnings of the Struggle, 1603-1625,

II. The Personal Government of Charles I., 1625-1638,

III. The Fall of the Monarchy of Charles I.-The Long

Parliament and the Great Rebellion, 1637-1649,

553

573

591

IV. The Commonwealth, 1649-1653, and 1659-1660, and the

Protectorate, 1653-1659,

622

V. Charles II. and the Restoration, 1660-1685,

VI. James II. and the Fall of the Stewarts, 1685-1689, .

VII. Foreign Trade and Colonies in the Seventeenth Century,

VIII. England in the Seventeenth Century,

644

669

681

702

BOOK VIII.-The Whig Aristocracy.

(1689-1760.)

INTRODUCTION,

721

I. William and Mary, 1689-1694; William III., 1689-1702,

BOOK IX.-George III. and the Restoration
of the Royal Power.

(1760-1820.)

792

INTRODUCTION,

III. Great Britain during the Eighteenth Century-The

Industrial Revolution, .

I. George III.'s First Struggles for Power, 1760-1782,

II. George III.-The American Revolution, and the Younger

Pitt, 1765-1789,

IV. George III.-The War against the French Revolution,

1789-1802,

833

840

1815; The Regency, 1810-1820, .

VI. George III.-The Struggle against Napoleon, 1803-

851

CHAP.

BOOK X.-The Rise of the People.

INTRODUCTION,

(1820-1900.)

I. George IV., 1820-1830,

II. William IV., 1830-1837,

III. Victoria-Melbourne and Peel, 1837-1846,

IV. Victoria-Russell and Palmerston, 1846-1865,

V. Victoria-Gladstone and Disraeli, 1865-1887,.

VI. Victoria-Home Rule and the Empire, 1886-1900,

VII. The United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century,.

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