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_Forces at Work._--The Anglo-Saxon invasion and gradual conquest and settlement. The coming of Christianity and its struggle with the pagan view of life. The inroads of the Danes and the growth of national feeling under Alfred. The subsequent Danish rule and the Gallicising of...
_Forces at Work._--The Anglo-Saxon invasion and gradual conquest and settlement. The coming of Christianity and its struggle with the pagan view of life. The inroads of the Dane...
7. PART II.--MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD (_1066-1350_)._Forces at Work._--Effects of the Norman Conquest. Growth of feudalism. The struggle between the king and barons, and between ecclesiastical and civil power. The spread of monas...
8. PART III.--THE EARLY RENAISSANCE (_1350-1500_)._Forces at Work._--The growing social unrest following the Plague. The growth of town life and industries. The strengthening of Parliament under the Lancastrians. The decay of t...
9. PART I.--RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION (_1500-1579_)._Forces at Work._--The accession of the Tudors making for peace and social development. The introduction and spread of the new learning by Erasmus and others. The Reformation. H...
10. PART II.--THE ELIZABETHANS (_1579-1630_)._Forces at Work._--An age of expansion, geographically and mentally. England becomes a power of the first rank, and her new position in the world of affairs is emphasised by the...
11. PART I.--AGE OF MILTON (_1630-1660_)._Forces at Work._--The national unity of the Elizabethan age changes to one of internal strife and dissension. The struggle between the doctrine of the “divine right of kings” a...
12. PART II.--AGE OF DRYDEN (_1660-1700_)._Forces at Work._--The rigour of the Puritans did not long survive the death of Cromwell. In _1660_, the Stuarts were restored and the pendulum swung from restriction to license...
13. PART III.--AGE OF POPE (_1700-1740_)._Forces at Work._--Under Anne the chief influences which left their mark on literature were the War of the Spanish succession, the rise of political parties, the Act of Settleme...
14. PART I.--AGE OF JOHNSON (_1745-1798_)._Forces at Work._--The age is one of rapid and vigorous growth in science and speculation. Note particularly the influence of the “encyclopedists” and the French “salons.” In po...
15. PART II.--AGE OF WORDSWORTH (_1798-1832_)._Forces at Work._--Note the influence of German thought, the effects of the French Revolution and of the War between England and France, _1793-1815_. Also the attitude of the En...
16. PART I.--THE AGE OF TENNYSON (_1832-1870_)._Forces at Work._--This was an age of rapid change, and many events call for remark. Note especially the transcendental movement and its effects in England and America, the spre...