Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth ...

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F. Warne & Company, 1865 - Great Britain - 687 pages
 

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Contents

Cędmon the Poet
61
Alfred the Fugitive
72
Edwin the Fair
78
The Danish Power
86
Earl Godwin
93
The Banishment of Godwin
99
The Battle of Hastings
111
Speeches before the Battle
119
Chronological List of
128
Conqueror
135
Death and Burial
150
Character of the Con
156
Death of the Red King
164
Character of Rufus
173
Robert the Captive
179
Oppressions of the People
187
No Normans
194
Stephen and Maud
203
Accession of Henry II
215
The Fall of Thomas
221
The King and the Arch
229
bishop
235
The Conquest of Ireland BURKE
239
Administration of the Laws G L CRAIK
247
The Death of Henry II THIERRY
253
Character of the Norman HALLAM
259
Richard the Crusader
266
The Crusade
273
Death and Character
282
John and Arthur
291
Shaksperes Arthur
300
King John and the Barons HUME
309
The First Naval Victory SOUTHEY
315
Page
318
The Battle of Cressy
385
The Battle of Poitiers
393
Bertrand du Guesclin
404
The Banishment of
410
The Return of Bolingbroke SHAKSPERE
416
How Sir John Froissart
426
The Discontents in England FROISSART
433
The Deposition of
439
The Revolt of
447
The Battle of Shrews
454
King Henry V and
465
The Battle of Agincourt SHAKSPERE
475
The Slaughter of
484
The Siege of Orleans
490
The Maid of Orleans
497
The Insurrection of Cade HALL
506
The Battle of Towton
513
The Death of Lord
520
Lambert Simnel
527
The Cornish Insurrection
538
The Tragedy of Perkin REV JAMES
545
Character of Henry VII LORD BACON
551
The Trial of Queen
559
The Reign of Henry VIII PENNY CYCLO
568
The Field of the Cloth
574
Evil MayDay
579
The Fall of Anne Boleyn
585
The Translation of
599
Suppression of the
605
Condition of the People
616
Edward VI and
623
and Execution of Mary GOLDSMITH
651
The Fall of Essex
659
The Government of
666

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Bibliographic information

TitleHalf Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth ...
Compiled byCharles Knight
Illustrated byCharles Knight
PublisherF. Warne & Company, 1865
Original fromUniversity of Minnesota
Digitized15 May 2012
Length687 pages
  
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