Chapter 2

CHAP. I. The Entry and Settlement of the Saxons, and their Conversion to Christianity 227

II. Establishment of Christianity--of Monastic Institutions --and of their Effects 240

III. Series of Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Alfred: with the Invasion of the Danes 255

IV. Reign of King Alfred 261

V. Succession of Kings from Alfred to Harold 269

VI. Harold II.--Invasion of the Normans.--Account of that People, and of the State of England at the Time of the Invasion 280

VII. Of the Laws and Institutions of the Saxons 291