A History of England
Principally in the Seventeenth Century

Table of Contents

Book XX. William III and Parliament During the War with France, 1690–1697: Introduction
1. Formation of the Grand Alliance
2. William III in 1691
3. Parliamentary grants
4. The war in 1692, 1693
5. Tories and Whigs in the sessions of 1692 and 1693
6. National debt, and Bank of England
7. Parliamentary proceedings in the session of 1694, 1695
8. Campaign of 1695
9. French and Jacobite schemes of invasion
10. Association
11. The Peace of Ryswick
Book XXI. The Later Years of William III, 1697–1702: Introduction
1. Relations between France and England after the conclusion of Peace
2. Parliamentary proceedings in the session of 1697, 1698
3. Reduction of the army in the session of 1698, 1699
4. Changes in Court and State
5. Affairs in Ireland, Scotland, and North America
6. Origin and conditions of the Hanoverian Succession
7. Change in European politics
8. Conflicts between Tories and Whigs
9. Breach with France
10. Constitutional opposition between Whigs and Tories
Book XXII: Introduction
1. The first years of the reign of Queen Anne
2. The latter years of Queen Anne
3. George I
4. George II
Appendix
Section 1:
1. James I in alliance with the powers opposed to the Spanish monarchy
2. The Peace of Susa, April 1629
3. Catholic factions in England
4. The English court and state in the year 1634
5. Relation of Charles I to the court of Rome
6. Relation of the French government to the Rebellion in Scotland
7. Relation of France to the opposition in England, 1640, 1641
8. French missions, 1642–1645
9. The counsels of the Earl of Holland
10. Mazarin's dread of an English Republic
11. Participation of Queen Henrietta Maria in the negotiations at Newcastle
12. Scheme for the abdication of Charles I
13. Communications from and to Holmby
14. Speech of Cromwell, April 13, 1657
15. First proceedings of the Restoration government.

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