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AN ILLUSTRATED
HISTO RY О F
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AN ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY OF
BRITAIN
David McDowall
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An illustrated history of Britain.
1. Great Britain-History
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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Penguin Books Ltd for permission to reproduce an extract from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevdl Coghtll [Penguin C1a5sics, 1951, 1958, 1960), copyright (c) Nevill Coghill, 1951, 1958, 1960.
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Cover photographs by: Bodl~ian Li.brary, Oxford (Ms Bodley 764 f . 41v] (top right}; A.F. Kersnng (middle left); The Marquess of Tavisrock and the Trustees of the Bedford Estates, Woburn Abbey (middle right); The National Maritime Museum, London (middle top &bottom right); National Portrait Gallery, London (top left); Popperfoto (bottom left); Tony Stone Photolibrary-London for the background.
Picture Research by Sandra Assersohn
Contents
Earliest times
Chapter 1 The foundation stones 3
The island ' Britain's prehistory ' The Celts · The Romans ' Roman life
Chapter 2 The Saxon invasion 11
The invaders ' Government and society ' Christianity: the partnership of Church and state ' The Vikings ' Who should be king?
Chapter 3 The Celtic kingdoms 18
Wales * Ireland • Scotland
The early Middle Ages
Chapter 4 Conquest and feudal rule 23
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The Norman Conquest · Feudalism . Kingship: a family business ' Magna Carta and the decline of feudalism
Chapter 5 The power of the kings of England 29
Church and state ' The beginnings of Parliament · Dealing with the Celts
Chapter 6 Government andsociety 34
The growth of government · Law and justice ' Religious beliefs · Ordinary people in country andtown ' The growth of towns as centres of wealth : Language, literature and culture
The late Middle Ages
Chapter 7 The century of war, plague and disorder 43
War with Scotland and France ' The age of chivalry ' The century of plagues ' The poor in revolt · Heresy and orthodoxy
Chapter 8 The crisis of kings and nobles 51
Thecrisis of kingship ' Wales in revolt · The struggle in France ' The Wars of the Roses ■Scotland
Chapter 9 Government and society 57
Government and society ' The condition of women · Language and culture
The Tudors
Chapter 10 The birth of the nation state 67
The new monarchy ' The Reformation ' The Protestant-Catholic struggle
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Chapter 11 England and her neighbours 73
The new foreign policy ' The new trading empire ' Wales ' Ireland · Scotland and England ' Mary Queen of Scots and the Scottish Reformation ' A Scottish king forEngland
Chapter 12 Government andsociety 79
Tudor parliaments ' Rich and poor in town and country ' Domestic life ' Language and culture
The Stuarts
Chapter 13 Crown and Parliament 87
Parliament against the Crown ' Religious disagreement · Civil war
Chapter 14 Republican and Restoration Britain 92
Republican Britain ' Catholicism, the Crown and the new constitutional monarchy ' Scotland and Ireland ' Foreign relations
Chapter 15 Life and thought 98
The revolution in thought · Life and work in the Stuart age ' Family life
The eighteenth century
Chapter 16 The political world 107
Politics and finance ' Wilkes and liberty · Radicalism and the loss of the American colonies ' Ireland ' Scotland
Chapter 17 Life in town and country 114
Town life ' The rich · The countryside ' Family life
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