Source-book of English History: Leading Documents, Together with Illustrative Material from Contemporary Writers and a Bibliography of Sources

H. Holt, 1909 - Great Britain - 609 pages

CHAPTER IHISTORIANS CATALOGUES AND COLLECTIONS	3

CHAPTER IISOURCES ARRANGED BY EPOCHS	26

From the Charter to the Reformation	34

The Tudor Period	40

The Struggle for Constitutional Government	49

The Hanoverian Period	55

Nineteenth Century	61

Description of the Britons	68

Act of Supremacy	243

Confession made with the Surrender of a Monastery	256

Summons to the Pilgrimage of Grace	263

CHAPTER XVITHE REIGN OF EDWARD VI	273

Speeches at the Trial	276

Journal of Edward VI	279

Execution of Lady Jane Grey	285

Mary attempts to restore Church Lands	291

Consequences of the Withdrawal of the Romans	76

London given up to the Barons	78

CHAPTER IVTHE BIRTH OF THE ENGLISH NATION	79

The Dooms of the Kings Alfred Athelstan and Edgar	87

Festivals and Fasts	93

Second Period of Danish Invasion	99

Letter of Canute to his People	105

Divorce Proceedings announced to the House of Com	106

THE NORMAN RULE	111

Coronation Oath of William the Conqueror	117

The Magna Charta	124

CHAPTER VIII THE EARLY ANGEVINS	130

PART IV	153

The Papal Legate in England	159

The Charge against the King	160

CHAPTER XTHE WINNING OF THE CHARTER	165

CHAPTER XITHE GROWTH OF LAW 81 Summonses to Parliament	181

Confirmation of the Charters PAGE 168	184

189	186

Law of Mortmain	187

Freedom of Parliament 87 Taxation of Religious Houses	189

Jesuits in England under William	191

The Statute of Quia Emptores	193

Coronation Oath of Edward II	195

First Statute of Treasons	196

Second Statute of Provisors	198

Great Statute of Praemunire	199

CHAPTER XII THE BLACK DEATH 94 Spread of the Plague	203

Statute of Labourers	206

CHAPTER XIII LOLLARDY 96 Wycliffite Conclusions	209

Bull of Pope Gregory XI against Wycliffe	211

Reply of Wycliffe to a Summons from the Pope	212

The Duke of Wellington on Emancipation	213

99	214

Henry V to the Sheriff of Kent	219

Henry VI to the Abbot of St Edmondsbury	220

Mandate for the Burning of a Heretic 220	222

PART V	225

1485 to 1603	227

1	234

Henrys Attitude toward Heretics	237

The Death Warrant of Charles I	293

ELIZABETH	298

The Anglican Standpoint	300

Privileges of Parliament	306

Execution of Margaret Clitherow	312

Drakes Famous Voyage	319

Frobishers First Voyage	325

PART VI	333

Levying a Feudal	341

CHAPTER XXITHE PURITAN REVOLUTION	348

ShipMoney declared Illegal	355

ENGLAND A COMMONWEALTH	373

Cromwell disciplines his first Parliament	387

CHAPTER XXIII THE RESTORATION	394

Habeas Corpus	400

James II and the Catholics	409

PART VII	415

William of Orange to the Commons	421

Act of Settlement	431

Union between England and Scotland	443

THE JACOBITE REBELLIONS	456

After Culloden	462

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE	474

Character of the Colonists	480

Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland	487

CHAPTER XXX	497

Speech of Lord Plunkett for the Emancipation Bill	504

Speech on the First Reform Bill	519

Passage of the First Reform Bill	527

Presentation of the National Petition	533

AUSTRALIA	542

227	549

111	550

229	554

Letter of Warren Hastings	557

Victoria Empress of India	565

Convention of Pretoria	571

Convention of London	580

117	597

542	603

Copyright

Title	Source-book of English History: Leading Documents, Together with Illustrative Material from Contemporary Writers and a Bibliography of Sources
Author	Guy Carleton Lee
Edition	2
Publisher	H. Holt, 1909
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	9 Jul 2008
Length	609 pages

Export Citation	BiBTeX EndNote RefMan