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A N I LLU STRATED
HISTORY OF
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BRITAIN
David McDowall
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Contents
Earliest times
Chapter 1
Chapter
2
The foundation stones
The island' Britain
's
prehi
stor y'
The
C
elts· The Romans' Roman
life
The
Saxon
invasion
The invaders
'
Governme
nt
and society' C
hristianity:
the pa
rtne rship
of C
hurch
an
d
state
' The
Vikings
'
W
ho
sho
uld be kin
g?
The Celtic kingdoms
Wales
'
Ireland
'
Scotl
and
3
11
Chapter
3
18
The early
Middle
Ages
Chapter 4
Conquest and feudal rule
T
he
Norman Conquest·
Feudalism
.
Kingshi
p: a
famil
y
busine
ss'
Magna Carta
and
th
e
decline
of
feudalism
The power of the kings
of
Eng
land
C
hurch
and stat
e
'
T
he beginn
ings
of
Parliament· Dealin
g
with
the Celts
Government and society
23
Chapter 5
Chapter
6
29
34
T
he
growth of govern
ment · Law
and
just
ice'
Religious belie
fs· O
rdina ry people
in
co
untry
and
town' The growt
h
of
towns as
centres of
wealth : Language,
literature
and cu
lture
The late
Middle
Ages
Chapter 7
The century of war
,
plague and disorder
War with Scotl
and
and Fran
ce'
The age
of ch
ivalry
' The century of plagues
'
The poor in revolt· Heresy
and ortho
doxy
The crisis of kings and nob
les
T
he
cr
isis
of
kingshi
p ' Wa
les in revolt· The
struggle
in
France
'
The
Wa
rs
of the
Roses
. Sco
tla nd
Government and society
Gover
nment
and socie
ty '
The co
ndition
of
women
·
Language
and culture
43
Chapter
8
51
Chapter 9
57
The Tudors
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
The birth of the nation sta
te
T
he new mon
arch y
'
The Reformation' The Prot
estant- Catholic struggle
England and her neighbo
urs
T
he
new fore
ign
policy
' The new tradin
g empire
'
Wales' Ireland
· Sco
tla nd
and
England' Mary Q
ueen
of Scots
and
th
e Sco
tt ish Reform
ati on
'
A Scottish
kin
g for
England
Government and society
67
73
Cha
pter
12
79
Tudor parliaments' Rich
and
poor in town
and count
ry' Domestic life'
Lan
guage and
culture
The Stuarts
Chapter 13
Chapt
er
14
Crown and
Parliament
Parliament against
the
C
rown ' Religious disagreemen
t· C
ivil
war
Republican and
Re
storation
Britain
Rep
ublican Britain
' Catho
licism,
the C
rown
and
th
e
new
const
itut iona l
monarchy
'
Sco
tla nd and Ireland' Foreign relati
on s
Life
and th
ought
T
he revolut
ion
in th
ought ·
Life
and work
in
the Stuart age'
Famil
y
life
87
92
Chapter
15
98
The eighteenth century
C
ha pte r
16
T
he political world
Polit
ics
and fi
na nce '
W
ilkes and libert
y ·
Rad
icalism and
the loss
of the American
co
lon ies' Ireland
'
Sco
tla nd
Life in town and country
T
own
life' The rich· The
co
untrys ide'
Family
life
T
he years of revolution
Industri
al
revoluri
on
.
Soc
iety
and religion
' Revolu
tion in
France
and the
Na
poleonic W
ars
107
Chapter
17
Chapter 18
114
121
The
nineteenth
century
Chapter
19
Chapter 20
The years of power and danger
The danger
at
home,
1815-
32
.
Reform
' Workers revo
lt · Famil
y
life
The years of self-confidence
T
he railway
'
The rise of th
e
middl
e
classes
'
The
growth of
towns
and cities'
Popul
ation and
politi
cs ' Q
ueen
and
mon
arch y· Q
ueen
an
d
emp
ire'
Wa
les,
Sco
tland
and
Irelan
d
The end of an age
Soc
ial
and eco
nomic improvem
en ts '
The importan
ce of sport· C
ha nges in
th
inki ng'
T
he
end of "Eng
land's
summe
r"
.
The
stor
m
clo
uds
of
war
131
138
Chapter
21
151
The twentieth century
Chapter 22
Britain at war
The First W
orld
W
ar '
The rise
of
th
e
Labour Party
'
The rights
of
women'
Ireland' Disappointmen
t and
depression
'
The
Second World War
159
Chapter 23
The age of uncertainty
The new international
order'
The welfare
state
'
Yout
hful Britain
' A popular
mon
arch y '
The
loss
of emp
ire ' Britain,
Europe
and
the U
ni ted
States' Northe
rn
Ireland
.
Scotla
nd
and W
ales ' The
years of
disconten
t ·
The new
po
lit ics '
Britain
: past,
presen
t
and futur
e
168
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