A Short History of England

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Author

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936

Credits

E-text prepared by Sigal Alon, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries ( www.archive.org/details/toronto)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Great Britain -- History

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Text

eBook-No.

20897

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20897

Release Date

March 25, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Sigal Alon, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries ( http://www.archive.org/details/toronto ) — A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY G. K. CHESTERTON — LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS MCMXVII
2. 2.CONTENTS — A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND
3. 3.I — INTRODUCTION
4. 4.II — THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN
5. 5.III — THE AGE OF LEGENDS
6. 6.IV — THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS
7. 7.V — ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS
8. 8.VI — THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES
9. 9.VII — THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS
10. 10.VIII — THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND
11. 11.IX — NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS
12. 12.X — THE WAR OF THE USURPERS
13. 13.XI — THE REBELLION OF THE RICH
14. 14.XII — SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS
15. 15.XIII — THE AGE OF THE PURITANS
16. 16.XIV — THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS
17. 17.XV — THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS
18. 18.XVI — ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS
19. 19.XVII — THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN
20. 20.XVIII — CONCLUSION — THE END

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