A Short History of England

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Cambridge University Press, 1967 - 294 strani
This is an agreeable narrative, easy to read, of the history of the English nation through twenty centuries. It is intended for the reader who wants a comprehensive survey that brings out the important lines of development but does not clog the story with too many facts, dates, treaties and battles. Underlying the account is a professional scholar's acquaintance with historical scholarship, conveyed as a stimulating succession of ideas. The reader gets a strong sense of the evolution of English society: the mixture of law, custom and innovation in its constitutional history; its curious blend of characteristics. There are numerous lively - and sometimes surprising - quotations from the sources. Its compass is the whole field of English history from the Roman occupation to the end of the nineteenth century; a brief postscript brings the story up to the present day.
 

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On the Character of English History
1
Roman Britain
11
Saxon England
25
The AngloNorman State
41
Common Law and Charter
61
The High Middle Ages
80
The NationState
102
The First Elizabethan Age
121
The Century of Success
179
The first British Empire
199
The Age of Everything
219
War and Peace
233
Victorian Ages
248
Imperial and Edwardian
264
Postscript
281
Further Reading
284

The Civil War
139
The Withdrawing Roar
160

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