A Student's History of England, v. 1: B.C. 55-A.D. 1509 From the Earliest Times to the Death of King Edward VII

1. =The First Measures of Henry VII. 1485--1486.=--Henry VII. owed his success not to a general uprising against Richard, but to a combination of the nobles who had hitherto tak...

1. =Palaeolithic Man of the River-Drift.=--Countless ages ago, there was a period of time to which geologists have given the name of the Pleistocene Age. The part of the earth's...

Augustine's mission 597 AEthelfrith's victory at Chester 613 Penda defeats Eadwine at Heathfield 633 Penda's defeat at Winwaed 655 Theodore Archbishop of Canterbury 668 Offa def...

Accession of Henry II. 1154 Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury 1162 The Constitutions of Clarendon 1164 Murder of Archbishop Thomas 1172 The Assize of Arms 1181 Fall of the Kingdo...

Accession of Edward I. 1272 Death of Alexander III. 1285 The Award of Norham 1292 The Model Parliament 1295 The First Conquest of Scotland 1296 Confirmatio Cartarum 1297 Complet...

Accession of Henry III. 1216 The Fall of Hubert de Burgh 1232 The Provisions of Oxford 1258 Battle of Lewes 1264 Battle of Evesham 1265 Death of Henry III. 1272

Death of Eadgar 975 Accession of AEthelred 979 Accession of Cnut 1016 Accession of Eadward the Confessor 1035 Banishment of Godwine 1051 Accession of Harold and Battle of Senlac...

1. =Mortimer's Government. 1327--1330.=--Edward III. was only fifteen at his accession. For three years power was in the hands of his mother's paramour, Mortimer. Robert Bruce,...

Accession of Henry IV. 1399 Statute for the burning of heretics 1401 Battle of Shrewsbury 1403 Fight at Bramham Moor 1408 Succession of Henry V. 1413 Battle of Agincourt 1415 Tr...

1. =The First Months of the Conquest. 1066--1067.=--Though at the time when William was crowned he had gained actual possession of no more than the south-eastern part of England...

Coronation of Edward IV. 1461 Restoration of Henry VI. 1470 Edward IV. recovers the crown--Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury 1471 Edward V. 1483 Richard III. deposes Edward V. 14...

Landing of the Jutes in Thanet A.D. 449? The West Saxons defeated at Mount Badon 520 The West Saxons take Sorbiodunum 552 Battle of Deorham 577 The West Saxons defeated at Faddi...

The Accession of Henry I. 1100 Battle of Tinchebrai 1106 Death of Henry I. and Accession of Stephen 1135 The Civil War 1139 Treaty of Wallingford 1153 Death of Stephen 1154

1. =The Accession of John. 1199.=--After Richard's death there were living but two descendants of Henry II. in the male line--John, Richard's only surviving brother, and Arthur,...

1. =The West Saxon Supremacy.=--It was quite possible that the power founded by Ecgberht might pass away as completely as did the power which had been founded by AEthelfrith of...

1. =The First Years of Peace. 1360--1364.=--To hold his new provinces the better, Edward sent the Black Prince to govern them in =1363= with the title of Duke of Aquitaine. King...

The accession of Henry VI. 1422 The relief of Orleans 1429 End of the alliance with the Duke of Burgundy 1435 Marriage of Henry VI. with Margaret of Anjou 1445 Murder of the Duk...

1. =Progress of the War with France. 1382--1386.=--In =1382= Richard at the early age of fifteen was married to Anne of Bohemia. Though he was a young husband he was at all even...

1. =Richard in England. 1189.=--Richard was accepted without dispute as the master of the whole of the Angevin dominions. He was a warrior, not a statesman. Impulsive in his gen...

Accession of William II 1087 Norman rebellion against William II. 1088 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury 1093 The Council of Rockingham, and the First Crusade 1095 Conquest of Je...

1. =The First Years of Richard II. 1377--1378.=--"Woe to the land," quoted Langland from Ecclesiastes, in the second edition of _Piers the Plowman_, "when the king is a child."...

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Murder of the Duke of Suffolk and Jack Cade's rebellion 1450 First Protectorate of the Duke of York 1453 First Battle of St. Albans and second Protectorate of the Duke of York 1...

1. =Eadgar and Dunstan. 959--975.=--Eadgar was known as the Peaceful King. He had the advantage, which Eadwig had not, of having the Church on his side. He maintained order, wit...

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