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Charles M Andrews - History of England

The History of England by Charles M Andrews is one of the books of the Allyn and Bacon series of School Histories. Charles McLean Andrews (Wikipedia) (February 22, 1863 - September 9, 1943) was one of the most distinguished American historians of his time and widely recognized as a leading authority on American colonial history. He is especially known as a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied, and generally praised the British Empire in the 18th century.

First published in 1903 and later revised in 1933 his 'History of England' is a very readable and concise presentaition of the history of england from the time of the early Celts to the death of Queen Victoria.

This web version of the books has been scanned and OCRd from the original 1903 edition and has been formatted and linked to make it suitable for a web environment. The text of the book has not been intentionaly altered in any way. Please send any errors you see to the Editor.


The book is presented in a series of parts containing about 100 of the original book pages. It is planned to release these parts as free pdf files.

  1. Charles M Andrews - History of England pages 1-115 Contents
    THE ANGLO-SAXON CONQUEST -- Early Settlements - Christianity
    THE DANES AND THE RISE OF WESSEX -- Invasion - Alfred - Wessex - Edgar
    ANGLO-SAXON INSTITUTIONS -- Goverment - Land System - Life
    THE NORMAN CONQUEST -- William - General Character - William II - Henry I - Stephen HENRY II AND HIS SONS -- Administration - Richard I - John - The Church - Magna Carta
  2. Charles M Andrews - History of England pages 116-328 Contents
    HENRY III -- First Parliament - Simon de Montfort
    EDWARD I -- Reforms - Wales - Scotland and France - Revenue - Parlement - The Baron's
    EDWARD II -- Mortimer's Regency
    The End of the Middle Ages
    EDWARD III -- Hundred Years War - Parlement - War With France - Manorial System - Black Death - English Bible
    RICHARD II -- Peasant's Revolt - The Lollards - Parlimentary Power - Depositoin
    THE LANCASTRIAN KINGS AND THE WARS OF THE ROSES HENRY IV -- Attempts to Dethrone - The Church - The Lollards
    HENRY V -- Oldcastle - Henry's Victories - Loss of France - Cade's Rebellion - Wars of the Roses
    THE TUDORS AND THE REFORMATION
    HENRY VII -- Henry's Claims - Conspiracies - King's Council - Commerce, Agriculture, and Colonization
    HENRY VII -- Oxford - Wolsey - Thomas Cromwell - Anne Boleyn - Dissolution of the Monasteries
    EDWARD VI -- Religious Changes - Kett's Rebellion - Somerset - Warwick's Tyranny
    MARY -- The Spanish Marriage - Persecutions - Loss of Calais
    ELIZABETH -- Religious Settlement - Mary Stuart - Agriculture and Labor - Drake and Spain - Armada - Elizabethan Era

  3. Charles M Andrews - History of England pages 329-545 Contents
    THE STUARTS AND PARLIAMENT
    JAMES I (VI of Scotland)-- The Spanish Policy - Policy of Peace Abroad - The Spanish Marriage
    CHARLES I -- The Petition of Right - The Scottish Revolt - The Execution of Charles I
    The "THOROUGH" Policy of Wentworth and Laud
    Establishment of the Protectorate
    CROMWELL's Experiments in Government (1654-1658) -- Cromwell's Place in History
    The Restoration of the Stuarts
    Reign of Charles II -- The Dutch War - Period of the Cabal - The Exclusion Bill
    Fall of Clarendon
    JAMES II -- Uprisings of Argyle and Monmouth - The Declaration of Indulgence - The Revolution of 1688
    EXPANSION OF ENGLAND UNDER PARLIAMENTARY RULE
    William III -- Resistance of the Scottish Highlanders: Glencoe - National Uprising in Ireland: Battle of the Boyne
    Accession of ANNE -- War of the Spanish Succession: The Causes
    The Hanoverian Succession: GEORGE I
    Ministry of WALPOLE -- Accession of George II (172I-1742) - The Young Pretender: Uprising of 1745 - William Pitt
    Accession and Policy of GEORGE III -- The Peace of Paris - Treaty of Peace (1783)
    War with the United States (1812)
    Continuance of the Struggle with NAPOLEON: The Peninsular War
    ERA OF REFORM, DEMOCRACY, AND EMPIRE
    Accession of Queen VICTORIA -- The Chartist Movement - The Crimean War - The Crisis in Ireland
    The Elections of 1900
    Death of Queen VICTORIA: Accession of EDWARD VII


John Richard Green - A History of the English People

John Richard Green (Wikipedia) (12 December 1837 - 7 March 1883) started his career as clergyman but due to poor healt he gave up this work in 1869. He then worked as a librarian and began to write on the history of the English people. He wrote and had published between 1878 and 1880 "A Short History of the English People" in 4 volumes. His work may be said to have begun a new epoch in the writing of history where the social, industrial, and moral progress of the people became the main theme.

This web version of the books has been scanned and OCRd from the 1900 edition, published by Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, and has been formatted and linked to make it suitable for a web environment. The text of the book has not been intentionaly altered in any way. Please send any errors you see to the Editor.


The book is presented in a series of parts containing about 200 of the original book pages. It is planned to release these parts as free pdf files.

  1. John Richard Green - A History of the English People Vol. 1 pages 1-278 Contents
    EARLY ENGLAND - THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF BRITAIN.449-577 - THE ENGLISH KINGDOMS - WESSEX AND THE NORTHMEN - FEUDALISM AND THE MONARCHY.954--1071 - ENGLAND UNDER FOREIGN KINGS THE CONQUEROR - THE NORMAN KINGS - HENRY THE SECOND.1154-1189 - THE ANGEVIN KINGS THE CHARTER - JOHN - HENRY THE THIRD
  2. John Richard Green - A History of the English People Vol. 1 pages 279-578 Contents
    THE CHARTER-Continued - EDWARD THE FIRST - THE PARLIAMENT - EDWARD II EDWARD THE THIRD - THE PEASANT REVOLT - RICHARD THE SECOND.1381-1400 THE HOUSE OF LANCASTER 1399-1422 - THE WARS OF THE ROSES-1422