PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE NINTH EDITION.
CONTENTS.
MAPS AND PLANS.
GENEALOGICAL TABLES.
A HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
CHAPTER I. CELTIC AND ROMAN BRITAIN
CHAPTER II. THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH.
CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSION OF BRITAIN AND THE RISE OF WESSEX.
CHAPTER IV. THE DANISH INVASIONS, AND THE GREAT KINGS OF WESSEX.
CHAPTER V. THE DAYS OF CNUT AND EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.
CHAPTER VI. THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
CHAPTER VII. WILLIAM THE RED HENRY I. STEPHEN. 1087-1154.
CHAPTER VIII. HENRY II. 1154-1189.
CHAPTER IX. RICHARD I. AND JOHN. 1189-1216.
CHAPTER X. HENRY III. 1216-1272.
CHAPTER XI. EDWARD I. 1272-1307.
CHAPTER XII. EDWARD II. 1307-1327.
CHAPTER XIII. EDWARD III. 1327-1377.
CHAPTER XIV. RICHARD II. 1377-1399.
CHAPTER XV. HENRY IV. 1399-1413.
CHAPTER XVI. HENRY V. 1413-1422.
CHAPTER XVII. THE LOSS OF FRANCE. 1422-1453.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WARS OF THE ROSES. 1454-1471.
CHAPTER XIX. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF YORK. 1471-1485.
CHAPTER XX. HENRY VII. 1485-1509.
CHAPTER XXI. HENRY VIII., AND THE BREACH WITH ROME. 1509-1536.
CHAPTER XXII. THE ENGLISH REFORMATION. 1536-1553.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CATHOLIC REACTION. 1553-1558.
CHAPTER XXIV. ELIZABETH. 1558-1603.
CHAPTER XXV. JAMES I. 1603-1625.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE REIGN OF CHARLES I. TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR. 1625-1642.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE GREAT CIVIL WAR. 1642-1651.
CHAPTER XXVIII. CROMWELL. 1651-1660.
CHAPTER XXIX. CHARLES II. 1660-1685.
CHAPTER XXX. JAMES II. 1685-1688.
CHAPTER XXXI. WILLIAM AND MARY. 1688-1702.
CHAPTER XXXII. ANNE. 1702-1714.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RULE OF THE WHIGS. 1714-1739.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIAL EMPIRE OF BRITAIN. 1739-1760.
CHAPTER XXXV. GEORGE III. AND THE WHIGS THE AMERICAN WAR. 1760-1783.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE YOUNGER PITT, AND THE RECOVERY OF ENGLISH PROSPERITY. 1782-1793.
CHAPTER XXXVII. ENGLAND AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 1789-1802.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. ENGLAND AND BONAPARTE. 1802-1815.
CHAPTER XXXIX. REACTION AND REFORM. 1815-1832.
CHAPTER XL. CHARTISM AND THE CORN LAWS. 1832-52.
CHAPTER XLI. THE DAYS OF PALMERSTON. 1852-65.
CHAPTER XLII. DEMOCRACY AND IMPERIALISM. 1865-1885.
CHAPTER XLIII. THE LAST YEARS OF QUEEN VICTORIA, 1886-1901 THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902.
CHAPTER XLIV. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. 1815-1902.
INDEX.
Arnold's School Series.
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A
HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
BY
CHARLES OMAN,
FELLOW OF ALL SOULS' COLLEGE,
AND DEPUTY-PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD;
AUTHOR OF
"WARWICK THE KINGMAKER;" "ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY;
"A HISTORY OF GREECE;" "THE ART OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES;"
"THE HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR," ETC.
ELEVENTH EDITION.
LONDON:
EDWARD ARNOLD.
1904.
PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLES.
