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History of England Part 2
by
Charles M. Andrews
part of the
English History Series
Table of Contents
HENRY III AND EDWARD I
Henry III
Relations with the Continent
Henry's Minority: Wise Government of Hubert de Burgh
Coming of the Aliens
Papal Demands upon England
The Sicilian Crown
The National Movement: the Friars and Robert Grosseteste
The Resistance of the Barons
Provisions or Reforms of Oxford
The Barons' War: the Battle of Lewes
Simon's Government
The First Great Parliament
Simon's Defeat and Death
Edward I
Edward's Attack on the Feudal Claims of the Barons
The Further Correction of Abuses
Conquest of Wales
Two Years of Great Laws, 1283-1285
Organization of the Militia and Local Police
Edward and the Church
The Succession in Scotland
Edward's Quarrel with France
Edward's Revenue
The Model Parliament
Submission of Scotland
Edward's Quarrel with the Papacy
Trouble with the Barons: Statute of Quia Emptores
Confirmation of the Charters
Peace with France
The Scottish War of Independence
Edward II and the Scots
Misgovernment of Edward II: his Deposition
Mortimer and the Young Edward
THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES. EDWARD III AND RICHARD II
Character of the New Era
Wars with Scotland and France: the Beginning of the Hundred Years' War
Parliament and the Revenues
Sources of Edward's Wealth
The War with France
The Position of Edward III
The Black Death
The Manorial System
The Effects of the Black Death: Statute of Laborers
Last Years of Edward III
The Good Parliament
State and Church: Religious Degeneration
John Wiclif
Accession of Richard II
The Condition and Grievances of the Peasantry
The Peasant Revolt of 1381
A Religious Revolt: the Lollards
Period I. Richard's Misrule: Resistance of Parliament
Period II. Cooperation of Richard in Good Government
Period III. Deposition of Richard II
Character of Richard's Reign
THE LANCASTRIAN KINGS AND THE WARS OF THE ROSES
The Position and Character of Henry IV
Attempts to dethrone Henry IV
The Church under Henry IV: The Lollards
Henry V
Further Persecution of the Lollards: Oldcastle
The Increasing Power of Parliament
Continuation of the Hundred Years' War: Henry's Victories
Close of the Hundred Years' War: Loss of France
Factional Struggles in England
Protest against Misrule and Extravagance: Cade's Rebellion
The Wars of the Roses: I (to 1460). Struggle of Parties to control the King
The Wars of the Roses: II (1460 I461). Attempt of Yorkists to seize the Crown
The Wars of the Roses: III (1461-1471). Struggle of Edward IV to Maintain his Crown
Edward IV as Undisputed King: Foreign and Commercial Policy
Usurpation of Richard of Gloucester
Richard III
The Results of the Wars
Decay of Villeinage
Enclosures
The Industrial Revolution of the Fifteenth Century
Growth of Foreign Trade
THE TUDORS AND THE REFORMATION
Character of the Period
Henry's Claims and Character
Conspiracies against Henry VII
The King's Council
Parliament under Henry VII
Henry's Methods of Obtaining Money
Commerce, Agriculture, and Colonization
Henry's Foreign Alliances
General View of the Last Years of the Fifteenth Century
Henry VIII
The New Learning at Oxford
Foreign Alliances: Cardinal Wolsey
Wolsey's Diplomacy
Wolsey's Ambition
The Divorce
Fall of Wolsey
Thomas Cromwell and his Policy
The Separation from Rome
Persecution of 1535 and 1536: Execution of Anne Boleyn
The Pilgrimage of Grace
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Henry's Attitude toward Superstitions and Dogma
Fall of Cromwell
Wars with France and Scotland
Relations with Wales and Ireland
The Revenues and the Coinage
Henry's Influence
The Howards and the Seymours
The First Period of the Reign of Edward VI (1547-1549): the Protector Somerset
Religious Changes
Social Discontent: Kett's Rebellion
The Scottish Campaign
Fall of Somerset
The Second Period of the Reign of Edward VI (1549-1553): Warwick's Tyranny
Attitude toward Social Troubles
Lady Jane Grey
General Character of the Age of Mary and Elizabeth
The Catholic Reaction, First Period: Moderation (1553)
Catholic Reaction, Second Period : The Spanish Marriage (1553 I554)
Catholic Reaction, Third Period : Persecutions (1554- 1558)
Relations with France: the Loss of Calais
Accession of Elizabeth
The Difficulties of Elizabeth's Position abroad
Elizabeth's Position at Home
The Religious Settlement
Cecil's Policy abroad
Maintenance of Peace
The Condition of Scotland
End of Mary Stuart's Reign as Queen of France: Cecil's New Policy
Mary Stuart in Scotland
Fall of Mary Stuart
England's Security and Prosperity in 1568
Agriculture and Labor
England's Struggle with Catholicism
The Ridolfi Plot
Loyalty of Parliament during the Struggle
Period of Shifting Diplomacy in Foreign Relations (1572 1580)
Measures against the Jesuits: Drake and Spain
Plots and Counterplots: Execution of Mary Stuart
The Spanish Armada
After the Armada: Significance of the Victory
Rise of the Puritans
Elizabeth and the Puritans: the Question of Vestments
Division among the Reformers: Presbyterians and Independents
Persecution of the Extreme Protestants
Last Years of Queen Elizabeth's Reign
Greatness of the Elizabethan Era
