A Short History of EnglandCambridge University Press, 1967 - 294 Seiten This is an agreeable narrative, easy to read, of the history of the English nation through twenty centuries. It is intended for the reader who wants a comprehensive survey that brings out the important lines of development but does not clog the story with too many facts, dates, treaties and battles. Underlying the account is a professional scholar's acquaintance with historical scholarship, conveyed as a stimulating succession of ideas. The reader gets a strong sense of the evolution of English society: the mixture of law, custom and innovation in its constitutional history; its curious blend of characteristics. There are numerous lively - and sometimes surprising - quotations from the sources. Its compass is the whole field of English history from the Roman occupation to the end of the nineteenth century; a brief postscript brings the story up to the present day. |
Inhalt
On the Character of English History | 1 |
Roman Britain | 11 |
Saxon England | 25 |
The AngloNorman State | 41 |
Common Law and Charter | 61 |
The High Middle Ages | 80 |
The NationState | 102 |
The First Elizabethan Age | 121 |
The Century of Success | 179 |
The first British Empire | 199 |
The Age of Everything | 219 |
War and Peace | 233 |
Victorian Ages | 248 |
Imperial and Edwardian | 264 |
Postscript | 281 |
Further Reading | 284 |
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