History of England Chapters 1-16, Vol. 1 : Prehistory to 1714 (Chapers 1-16)

by Roberts, Clayton; Roberts, David; Bisson, Douglas R.

• ISBN13: 9780132064750
• ISBN10: 0132064758
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

For two-semester, junior/senior-level courses in the History of England. Volume II may be used for a one-semester course in Modern England. This two-volume broad, narrative account of English historyfrom the first settlers in the Paleolithic Age to the present daydraws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research to illuminate the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past, and focuses on how and why events occurred.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Land and the People	1	(18)
The Earliest Inhabitants	4	(2)
The Neolithic Revolution	6	(2)
The Early Bronze Age	8	(2)
Stonehenge	10	(2)
The Late Bronze Age	12	(2)
The Celts	14	(3)
Further Reading	17	(2)
Roman Britain: 55 B.C.E.--450 C.E.	19	(15)
Hadrian's Wall	22	(4)
The Roman Town	26	(2)
The Countryside	28	(2)
The Collapse of Roman Rule	30	(3)
Further Reading	33	(1)
Anglo-Saxon England: 450--1066	34	(33)
The Conquest of Britain	34	(4)
The Conversion to Christianity	38	(3)
The Creation of the English Monarchy	41	(4)
Alfred the Great and his Successors	45	(2)
Anglo-Saxon Government	47	(3)
The Structure of Society	50	(2)
Open Fields and Royal Boroughs	52	(7)
Monasticism and Learning	59	(5)
The Survival of the English Monarchy	64	(2)
Further Reading	66	(1)
Norman England	67	(26)
The Conquest of England	68	(4)
Feudalism	72	(5)
Domesday Book and the Manors of England	77	(3)
The Norman Church	80	(3)
The Machinery of Government	83	(4)
Tyranny and Anarchy	87	(4)
Further Reading	91	(2)
The Angevins	93	(29)
The New Agriculture	93	(5)
Wool, Trade, and Towns	98	(3)
The Twelfth-Century Renaissance	101	(3)
The English Common Law	104	(4)
Henry II and the Church	108	(3)
The Angevin Empire	111	(2)
Wales, Ireland, and Scotland	113	(3)
Richard I and King John	116	(2)
Magna Carta	118	(2)
Further Reading	120	(2)
The Thirteenth Century: 1216--1307	122	(38)
Barons and Knights	122	(4)
Manor and Village	126	(5)
Town and Guild	131	(2)
Bishops, Priests, and Friars	133	(3)
The Cathedral	136	(7)
The University	143	(3)
Henry III and the Provisions of Oxford	146	(3)
Edward I and Statute Law	149	(2)
Wales, Gascony, and Scotland	151	(4)
The Origins of Parliament	155	(3)
Further Reading	158	(2)
War and Crisis: 1307--1399	160	(31)
Edward II and the Barons	161	(3)
Edward III and the Hundred Years' War	164	(5)
The Evolution of Parliament	169	(3)
The Transformation of the Manor	172	(2)
The Impact of the Black Death	174	(2)
The Peasants' Revolt	176	(2)
John Wyclif and Lollardy	178	(2)
The Emergence of an English Nationality	180	(6)
Richard II and the Defeat of Absolutism	186	(4)
Further Reading	190	(1)
Lancaster and York: 1399--1485	191	(25)
Henry IV and the Foundations of Lancastrian Rule	192	(1)
Henry V and the War in France	193	(3)
Henry VI and the Decline of the Monarchy	196	(3)
The Wars of the Roses	199	(3)
Edward IV and the Restoration of Royal Power	202	(3)
Depression and Economic Change	205	(3)
Late Medieval Culture	208	(4)
Richard III and the Fall of the House of York	212	(2)
Further Reading	214	(2)
The Reign of Henry VII: 1485--1509	216	(23)
Engrossment and Enclosure	219	(3)
Industry: Urban and Rural	222	(2)
Commerce: Foreign and Domestic	224	(2)
The Consolidation of Power	226	(3)
The Revival of Royal Power	229	(4)
The New Learning	233	(3)
Medieval and Modern	236	(1)
Further Reading	237	(2)
War and Reformation: 1509--1547	239	(30)
War and Diplomacy	241	(4)
The Divorce	245	(3)
Parliament and the Break with Rome	248	(3)
Resistance and Rebellion	251	(3)
The Dissolution of the Monasteries	254	(2)
The Tudor Revolution in Government	256	(4)
Scotland and France	260	(2)
The Growth of Protestantism	262	(5)
Further Reading	267	(2)
Protestant and Catholic: 1547--1558	269	(18)
Somerset and Reform	269	(3)
Ket's Rebellion	272	(2)
The Economic Crisis of 1551	274	(2)
The Ascendancy of Northumberland	276	(3)
The Accession of Queen Mary	279	(3)
The Return to Rome	282	(2)
The Spanish Connection	284	(2)
Further Reading	286	(1)
Elizabethan England: 1558--1603	287	(39)
Elizabeth and the Church	287	(2)
Elizabeth and Scotland	289	(3)
The Catholic Threat	292	(2)
The Puritan Threat	294	(1)
Economic Recovery	295	(2)
The Voyages of Discovery	297	(4)
The War Against Spain	301	(3)
Elizabeth and the Government of England	304	(3)
The Rise of the Gentry	307	(4)
Yeomen and Husbandmen	311	(2)
Beggars and Vagabonds	313	(1)
The Ascendancy of London	314	(3)
The Elizabethan World Picture	317	(4)
Postlude	321	(3)
Further Reading	324	(2)
Early Stuart England: 1603--1640	326	(24)
The Accession of James I	326	(3)
James and the Law	329	(3)
Government by Court Favorites	332	(2)
Charles I and the Arts	334	(4)
Charles I and Parliament	338	(3)
The Eleven Years of Prerogative Government	341	(2)
Economic Depression	343	(2)
The Expansion of England	345	(4)
Further Reading	349	(1)
The English Revolution: 1640--1660	350	(30)
The Causes of the English Revolution	351	(3)
The Failure of Reform	354	(4)
Roundheads and Cavaliers	358	(4)
The Rise of Independency	362	(2)
The Commonwealth	364	(3)
The Triumph of Property	367	(2)
Overseas Expansion	369	(2)
The Search for Consent	371	(5)
The Restoration	376	(3)
Further Reading	379	(1)
Restoration and Revolution: 1660--1689	380	(28)
The Scientific Revolution	381	(4)
Causes and Consequences	385	(3)
Restoration Society	388	(4)
Rural Society	392	(3)
The Restoration Settlement	395	(2)
The Failure of the Restoration Settlement	397	(3)
The Reign of James II	400	(3)
The Glorious Revolution	403	(2)
The Revolutionary Settlement	405	(2)
Further Reading	407	(1)
War and Society	408	(33)
The War of the League of Augsburg	409	(2)
The Financial Revolution	411	(1)
The Politics of War and Peace	412	(3)
The War of the Spanish Succession	415	(3)
The Politics of Victory	418	(3)
The New World of Trade	421	(3)
The Social Pyramid	424	(2)
The Augustan Age	426	(3)
Marriage, Courtship, and the Family	429	(6)
The Act of Union with Scotland	435	(1)
The Treaty of Utrecht	436	(2)
The Hanoverian Succession	438	(1)
Further Reading	439	(2)
Appendix	441	(4)
Index	445

Excerpts

Ten years have passed since the third edition of this book appeared. The last decade has been an eventful one for the peoples of the British Isles: The longest serving prime minister of the century was removed from power by her own colleagues; a moribund Labor Party, out of office for almost two decades, revived to score its greatest electoral triumph under the youngest man to serve as prime minister since 1812; after 30 years of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland, hopes for a lasting peace blossomed on a rainy Easter Sunday; the Channel Tunnel, the fear and folly of an earlier age when France and Britain were enemies, was completed by the joint effort of the two nations; the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was greeted with such an outpouring of public grief that age-old stereotypes about British reserve vanished in a fortnight. The narrative of recent developments will constitute part of any new edition. But history is about continuities as well as new departures. This is true not only in the making of history but in the writing of it. It is in that spirit that I carry on the work of Clayton and David Roberts. Their work has succeeded in providing a master narrative of the key events of England's history while not neglecting the impact that these events have had on Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. This narrative has not ignored the interpretive dimension at the core of the historical enterprise but has incorporated the fresh perspective and methods that recent scholarship has brought to the study of England's past. Their graceful prose, trenchant analysis, and unobtrusive learning are virtues I can only hope to emulate. I wish to thank the editorial staff of Prentice Hall for their cheerfully rendered assistance. I owe a special debt to Emsal Hasan, whose encouraging words have blessed the project. My Belmont colleague, Richard Fallis, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has supported this project in every way a college administrator can. Finally, I wish to thank my wife, Cynthia Story Bisson. Although a historian of France, she has endured my Anglophilia for more than 20 years. For her love, patience, and gentle criticism I am especially grateful. Douglas Bisson