A History of England

About this eBook

Author

Oman, Charles, 1860-1946

Title

A history of England

Credits

E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Anna Whitehead, Christian Boissonnas,

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

47753

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47753

Release Date

December 23, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A HISTORY OF ENGLAND. — PREFACE
2. 2.PREFACE TO THE NINTH EDITION. — CONTENTS.
3. 3.MAPS AND PLANS.
4. 4.GENEALOGICAL TABLES. — A HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. CELTIC AND ROMAN BRITAIN — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSION OF BRITAIN AND THE RISE OF WESSEX. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE DANISH INVASIONS, AND THE GREAT KINGS OF WESSEX. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE DAYS OF CNUT AND EDWARD THE CONFESSOR. — FOOTNOTE:
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE NORMAN CONQUEST. — FOOTNOTE:
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. WILLIAM THE RED—HENRY I.—STEPHEN. 1087-1154. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. HENRY II. 1154-1189. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. RICHARD I. AND JOHN. 1189-1216.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. HENRY III. 1216-1272. — FOOTNOTE:
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. EDWARD I. 1272-1307. — FOOTNOTE:
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. EDWARD II. 1307-1327. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. EDWARD III. 1327-1377. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. RICHARD II. 1377-1399.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. HENRY IV. 1399-1413. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. HENRY V. 1413-1422.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE LOSS OF FRANCE. 1422-1453.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. THE WARS OF THE ROSES. 1454-1471. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF YORK. 1471-1485.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. HENRY VII. 1485-1509. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. HENRY VIII., AND THE BREACH WITH ROME. 1509-1536. — FOOTNOTE:
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. THE ENGLISH REFORMATION. 1536-1553. — FOOTNOTE:
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. THE CATHOLIC REACTION. 1553-1558. — FOOTNOTE:
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. ELIZABETH. 1558-1603. — FOOTNOTE:
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. JAMES I. 1603-1625. — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. THE REIGN OF CHARLES I. TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR. 1625-1642. — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. THE GREAT CIVIL WAR. 1642-1651. — FOOTNOTES:
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. CROMWELL. 1651-1660.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. CHARLES II. 1660-1685. — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. JAMES II. 1685-1688. — FOOTNOTE:
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. WILLIAM AND MARY. 1688-1702. — FOOTNOTES:
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. ANNE. 1702-1714. — FOOTNOTES:
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RULE OF THE WHIGS. 1714-1739. — FOOTNOTE:
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIAL EMPIRE OF BRITAIN. 1739-1760.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. GEORGE III. AND THE WHIGS—THE AMERICAN WAR. 1760-1783.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE YOUNGER PITT, AND THE RECOVERY OF ENGLISH PROSPERITY. 1782-1793.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. ENGLAND AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 1789-1802. — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. ENGLAND AND BONAPARTE. 1802-1815. — FOOTNOTES:
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. REACTION AND REFORM. 1815-1832. — FOOTNOTES:
44. 44.CHAPTER XL. CHARTISM AND THE CORN LAWS. 1832-52. — FOOTNOTES:
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. THE DAYS OF PALMERSTON. 1852-65. — FOOTNOTE:
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. DEMOCRACY AND IMPERIALISM. 1865-1885. — FOOTNOTES:
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. THE LAST YEARS OF QUEEN VICTORIA, 1886-1901—THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899-1902. — FOOTNOTES:
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. 1815-1902. — FOOTNOTES:
49. 49.INDEX. — Arnold's School Series. — Transcriber's Note:

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