CONTENTS.
Leopold von Ranke
BOOK I.
THE CHIEF CRISES IN THE EARLIER HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
PAGE
Introduction
3
Chap. I.
The Britons, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons
5
The Anglo-Saxons and Christianity
10
II.
Transfer of the Anglo-Saxon crown to the Normans and Plantagenets
22
The Conquest
28
III.
The crown in conflict with Church and Nobles
39
Henry II and Becket
41
John Lackland and Magna Charta
47
IV.
Foundation of the Parliamentary Constitution
58
V.
Deposition of Richard II. The House of Lancaster
74
BOOK II.
ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE KINGDOM INDEPENDENTLY IN ITS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL RELATIONS.
Introduction
91
Chap. I.
Re-establishment of the supreme power
93
II.
Changes in the condition of Europe
104
Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey in their earlier years
109
III.
Origin of the Divorce Question
120
IV.
The Separation of the English Church
134
V.
The opposing tendencies within the Schismatic State
151
VI.
Religious Reform in the English Church
171
VII.
Transfer of the Government to a Catholic Queen
186
VIII.
The Catholic-Spanish Government
199
BOOK III.
QUEEN ELIZABETH. CLOSE CONNEXION OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH AFFAIRS.
Introduction
221
Chap. I.
Elizabeth's accession. Triumph of the Reformation
222
II.
Outlines of the Reformation in Scotland
238
III.
Mary Stuart in Scotland. Relation of the two Queens to each other
254
IV.
Interdependence of the European dissensions in Politics and Religion
280
V.
The fate of Mary Stuart
300
VI.
The Invincible Armada
316
VII.
The later years of Queen Elizabeth
330
BOOK IV.
FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. FIRST DISTURBANCES UNDER THE STUARTS.
Introduction
359
Chap. I.
James VI of Scotland: his accession to the throne of England
361
Origin of fresh dissensions in the Church
361
Alliance with England
364
Renewal of the Episcopal Constitution in Scotland
368
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