A History of England
Principally in the Seventeenth Century

Table of Contents

Preface
Book I. The Chief Crises in the Earlier History of England: Introduction
1. The Britons, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons
2. Transfer of the Anglo-Saxon crown to the Normans and Plantagenets
3. The crown in conflict with Church and nobles
4. Foundation of the parliamentary constitution
5. Deposition of Richard II. The House of Lancaster
Book II. Attempts to Consolidate the Kingdom Independently in its Temporal and Spiritual Relations: Introduction
1. Re-establishment of the supreme power
2. Changes in the condition of Europe
3. Origin of the Divorce Question
4. The separation of the English Church
5. The opposing tendencies within the schismatic state
6. Religious reform in the English Church
7. Transfer of the government to a Catholic queen
8. The Catholic-Spanish government
Book III. Queen Elizabeth. Close Connexion of English and Scottish Affairs: Introduction
1. Elizabeth's accession
2. Outlines of the Reformation in Scotland
3. Mary Stuart in Scotland
4. Interdependence of the European dissensions in politics and religion
5. The fate of Mary Stuart
6. The invincible Armada
7. The later years of Queen Elizabeth
Book IV. Foundation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. First Disturbances under the Stuarts: Introduction
1. James VI of Scotland, his accession to the throne of England
2. First measures of the new reign
3. The Gunpowder Plot and its consequences
4. Foreign policy of the next ten years
5. Parliaments of 1610 and 1614
6. Survey of the literature of the epoch
Book V. Disputes with Parliament during the Later Years of the Reign of James I and the Earlier Years of the Reign of Charles I: Introduction
1. James I and his administration of domestic government
2. Complications arising out of the affairs of the Palatinate
3. Parliament of the year 1621
4. Negotiations for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a Spanish Infanta
5. The Parliament of 1624. Alliance with France
6. Beginning of the reign of Charles I, and his first and second parliament
7. The course of foreign policy from 1625 to 1627
8. Parliament of 1628. Petition of Right
9. Assassination of Buckingham. Session of 1629.

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