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The Political History of England, Volume I (of 12): From the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest

The Political History of England, Volume I (of 12): From the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest

by Thomas Hodgkin

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Author
Hodgkin, Thomas, 1831-1913
Title
The history of England, from the earliest times to the Norman Conquest
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Longmans, Green, and Co.,1906.
Credits
MWS, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- To 1066
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 68870
Release Date
August 30, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND
  3. 3.I. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.ERRATA.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. THE PREHISTORIC FOREWORLD.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. CÆSAR IN BRITAIN. — NOTE ON CÆSAR’S POINTS OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE IN HIS EXPEDITIONS TO BRITAIN.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE CENTURY OF SUSPENSE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF BRITAIN.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE ROMAN OCCUPATION.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE ANGLO-SAXON CONQUEST.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE COMING OF AUGUSTINE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. EDWIN OF DEIRA.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. OSWALD OF BERNICIA.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. OSWY AND PENDA.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. TERRITORIAL CHANGES—THE CONFERENCE AT WHITBY—THE GREAT PLAGUE.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. KING EGFRID AND THREE GREAT CHURCHMEN: WILFRID THEODORE, CUTHBERT.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE LEGISLATION OF KING INE. — NOTE ON ANGLO-SAXON MONEY.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE EIGHTH CENTURY.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. EARLY DANISH INVASIONS—EGBERT AND ETHELWULF.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. ETHELWULF’S SONS—DANISH INVASIONS TO THE BAPTISM OF GUTHRUM.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. ALFRED AT PEACE.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. ALFRED’S LAST DAYS. — NOTE. ON THE EXTENT OF THE DANELAW.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. EDWARD AND HIS SONS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. EDGAR AND DUNSTAN.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. EDWARD THE MARTYR—OLD AGE OF DUNSTAN—NORMANS AND NORTHMEN.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. ETHELRED THE REDELESS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. CANUTE AND HIS SONS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. LEGISLATION OF THE LATER KINGS.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR. (1042–1066.)
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. STAMFORD BRIDGE AND HASTINGS.
  32. 32.APPENDIX I. AUTHORITIES.
  33. 33.APPENDIX II. GENEALOGY OF NORTHUMBRIAN KINGS.
  34. 34.Untitled
  35. 35.APPENDIX III. GENEALOGY OF WEST SAXON KINGS BEFORE EGBERT
  36. 36.Untitled
  37. 37.FOOTNOTES.
  38. 38.INDEX.
  39. 39.Transcriber’s Notes

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