A History of England. Volume 1, Prehistory to 1714 /
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2016.
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| Edition: | 6th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Land and the People; The Earliest Inhabitants; The Neolithic Revolution; The Early Bronze Age; Stonehenge; The Late Bronze Age; The Celts; Further Reading; 2. Roman Britain: 55 B.C.E.-450 C.E.; Hadrian's Wall; The Roman Town; The Countryside; The Collapse of Roman Rule; Further Reading; 3. Anglo-Saxon England: 450-1066; The Conquest of Britain; The Conversion to Christianity; The Creation of the English Monarchy; Alfred the Great and His Successors; Anglo-Saxon Government; The Structure of Society; Open Fields and Royal Boroughs.
- Monasticism and LearningThe Survival of the English Monarchy; Further Reading; 4. Norman England; The Conquest of England; Feudalism; Domesday Book and the Manors of England; The Norman Church; The Machinery of Government; Tyranny and Anarchy; Further Reading; 5. The Angevins; The New Agriculture; Wool, Trade, and Towns; The Twelfth-Century Renaissance; The English Common Law; Henry II and the Church; The Angevin Empire; Wales, Ireland, and Scotland; Richard I and King John; Magna Carta; Further Reading; 6. The Thirteenth Century: 1216-1307; Barons and Knights; Manor and Village.
- Town and GuildBishops, Priests, and Friars; The Cathedral; The University; Henry III and the Provisions of Oxford; Edward I and Statute Law; Wales, Gascony, and Scotland; The Origins of Parliament; Further Reading; 7. War and Crisis: 1307-1399; Edward II and the Barons; Edward III and the Hundred Years' War; The Evolution of Parliament; The Transformation of the Manor; The Impact of the Black Death; The Peasants' Revolt; John Wyclif and Lollardy; The Emergence of an English Nationality; Richard II and the Defeat of Absolutism; Further Reading; 8. Lancaster and York: 1399-1485.
- Henry IV and the Foundations of Lancastrian RuleHenry V and the War in France; Henry VI and the Decline of the Monarchy; The Wars of the Roses; Edward IV and the Restoration of Royal Power; Depression and Economic Change; Late Medieval Culture; Richard III and the Fall of the House of York; Further Reading; 9. The Reign of Henry VII: 1485-1509; Engrossment and Enclosure; Industry: Urban and Rural; Commerce: Foreign and Domestic; The Consolidation of Power; The Revival of Royal Power; The New Learning; Medieval and Modern; Further Reading; 10. War and Reformation: 1509-1547; War and Diplomacy.
- The DivorceParliament and the Break with Rome; Resistance and Rebellion; The Dissolution of the Monasteries; The Tudor Revolution in Government; Scotland and France; The Growth of Protestantism; Further Reading; 11. Protestant and Catholic: 1547-1558; Somerset and Reform; Ket's Rebellion; The Economic Crisis of 1551; The Ascendancy of Northumberland; The Accession of Queen Mary; The Return to Rome; The Spanish Connection; Further Reading; 12. Elizabethan England: 1558-1603; Elizabeth and the Church; Elizabeth and Scotland; The Catholic Threat; The Puritan Threat; Economic Recovery.