The present work is a shortened form of the author's History of England and Greater Britain... Four chapters have been added, two of which aim to re-survey the relations between the Mother Country and the Self-governing Dominions beyond the seas and British foreign relations from 1870 to 1914, and two of which seek to describe the activities of Britain in the World War I...
Contents:
The Growth and Decline and Fall of the Anglo-Saxon Monarchy – The State of Society at the Close of the Anglo-Saxon Period – The Anglo-Norman Kings (1066-1154). The Strengthening of the Central Power of William and His Sons. – Henry II (1154-1189). The Restoration of the Royal Power, the English Common Law – Richard I (1189-1199) – The Reign of John (1199-1216). The Loss of Normandy, the Quarrel with the Church, the Baronial Revolt and Magna Charta – Henry III. The Struggle of the Barons to Maintain the Charter, to Expel Foreign Influence. Edward I and Edward II (1272-1327). – The Reign of Edward III (1327-1377). The Beginning of the Hundred Years' War. Chivalry at its Height. The Growing Importance of the Commons. – Life in England under the First Three Edwards (1272-1377) – Richard II (1377-1399). The End of the Plantagenet Dynasty – The House of Lancaster in the Ascendant. Henry IV (1399-1413). Henry V (1413-1422) – The Fall of the House of Lancaster. Henry VI (1422-1461) – The Yorkist Kings and the End of the Wars of the Roses. Edward IV (1461-1483); Edward V (1483); Richard III (1483-1485) – The Beginning of the Tudor Absolutism. Henry VII (1485-1509) – The First Years of Henry VIII (1509-1529). The Eve of the Separation from Rome – Henry VIII and the Separation from Rome (1529-1547) – The Henrician Regime (1509-1547) – The Protestant Extremists in Power. Edward VI (1547-1553) – The English Counter-Reformation. Mary (1553-1558) – The Elizabethan Religious Settlement and the Early Years of the Reign (1558-1572) – Elizabeth's Ascendancy and Decline (1572-1603) – Elizabethan England (1558-1603) – James I and the Beginnings of the Puritan Revolution (1603-1625) – Charles I and the Precipitation of the Conflict Between King and People (1625-1640) – The Kingless Decade: the Commonwealth and the Protectorate (1649-1660) – From the Restoration to the Fall of Clarendon (1660-1667) – From the Fall of Clarendon to the Death of Charles II (1667-1685) – James II and the "Glorious Revolution" (1685-1688) – The Early Years of the New Dynasty and the Opening of the Great War. William and Mary (1689-1694) – The Completion of the Revolution of 1688. William Alone (1694-1702) – The End of the Stuart Dynasty. Anne (1702-1714) – The First Hanoverian, George I (1714-1727) – The Ascendancy and Fall of Walpole and the Opening of a New Era of War. The First Part of the Reign of George II (1727-1748) – The Closing Years of George II's Reign (1748-1760) – The First Years of George III (1760-1770) – The American Revolution and the End of the Personal Ascendancy of George III (1770-1783) – Eighteenth Century England to the Eve of the Industrial Revolution – The Younger Pitt: the New Toryism and Administrative Reform (1784-1793) – The Great War with France to the Peace of Amiens (1793-1802) – The Struggle against Napoleon: from Amiens to Waterloo (1802-1815) – From the Overthrow of Napoleon to the Eve of the Great Reform Bill. The Last Years of George III and the Reign of George IV (1815-1830) – England at the Eve of the Reform Bill – The Epoch of Reform. William IV (1830-1837) – The Early Years of Victoria's Reign and the Triumph of Free Trade (1837-1846) – The Palmerstonian Régime and the End of an Epoch (1857-1865) – The Political Rivalry of Gladstone and Disraeli (1865-1880) – The Last Two Decades of Victoria's Reign (1880-1901) – Sketch of the Reign of Edward VII (1901-1910) and of the Early Years of George V (1910-1914) – Britain and Greater Britain in the World War (1914-1918)
Contents:
The Growth and Decline and Fall of the Anglo-Saxon Monarchy – The State of Society at the Close of the Anglo-Saxon Period – The Anglo-Norman Kings (1066-1154). The Strengthening of the Central Power of William and His Sons. – Henry II (1154-1189). The Restoration of the Royal Power, the English Common Law – Richard I (1189-1199) – The Reign of John (1199-1216). The Loss of Normandy, the Quarrel with the Church, the Baronial Revolt and Magna Charta – Henry III. The Struggle of the Barons to Maintain the Charter, to Expel Foreign Influence. Edward I and Edward II (1272-1327). – The Reign of Edward III (1327-1377). The Beginning of the Hundred Years' War. Chivalry at its Height. The Growing Importance of the Commons. – Life in England under the First Three Edwards (1272-1377) – Richard II (1377-1399). The End of the Plantagenet Dynasty – The House of Lancaster in the Ascendant. Henry IV (1399-1413). Henry V (1413-1422) – The Fall of the House of Lancaster. Henry VI (1422-1461) – The Yorkist Kings and the End of the Wars of the Roses. Edward IV (1461-1483); Edward V (1483); Richard III (1483-1485) – The Beginning of the Tudor Absolutism. Henry VII (1485-1509) – The First Years of Henry VIII (1509-1529). The Eve of the Separation from Rome – Henry VIII and the Separation from Rome (1529-1547) – The Henrician Regime (1509-1547) – The Protestant Extremists in Power. Edward VI (1547-1553) – The English Counter-Reformation. Mary (1553-1558) – The Elizabethan Religious Settlement and the Early Years of the Reign (1558-1572) – Elizabeth's Ascendancy and Decline (1572-1603) – Elizabethan England (1558-1603) – James I and the Beginnings of the Puritan Revolution (1603-1625) – Charles I and the Precipitation of the Conflict Between King and People (1625-1640) – The Kingless Decade: the Commonwealth and the Protectorate (1649-1660) – From the Restoration to the Fall of Clarendon (1660-1667) – From the Fall of Clarendon to the Death of Charles II (1667-1685) – James II and the "Glorious Revolution" (1685-1688) – The Early Years of the New Dynasty and the Opening of the Great War. William and Mary (1689-1694) – The Completion of the Revolution of 1688. William Alone (1694-1702) – The End of the Stuart Dynasty. Anne (1702-1714) – The First Hanoverian, George I (1714-1727) – The Ascendancy and Fall of Walpole and the Opening of a New Era of War. The First Part of the Reign of George II (1727-1748) – The Closing Years of George II's Reign (1748-1760) – The First Years of George III (1760-1770) – The American Revolution and the End of the Personal Ascendancy of George III (1770-1783) – Eighteenth Century England to the Eve of the Industrial Revolution – The Younger Pitt: the New Toryism and Administrative Reform (1784-1793) – The Great War with France to the Peace of Amiens (1793-1802) – The Struggle against Napoleon: from Amiens to Waterloo (1802-1815) – From the Overthrow of Napoleon to the Eve of the Great Reform Bill. The Last Years of George III and the Reign of George IV (1815-1830) – England at the Eve of the Reform Bill – The Epoch of Reform. William IV (1830-1837) – The Early Years of Victoria's Reign and the Triumph of Free Trade (1837-1846) – The Palmerstonian Régime and the End of an Epoch (1857-1865) – The Political Rivalry of Gladstone and Disraeli (1865-1880) – The Last Two Decades of Victoria's Reign (1880-1901) – Sketch of the Reign of Edward VII (1901-1910) and of the Early Years of George V (1910-1914) – Britain and Greater Britain in the World War (1914-1918)
