Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text-books of English History B.C. 55-A.D. 1832

Charles William Colby

Longmans, Green, & Company, 1907 - Great Britain - 325 pages

Julius Cæsar	1

Tacitus on the Geography and Inhabitants of Britain	2

The Speech of Galgacus	3

The Primitive Germans	4

The Coming of the English to Britain	5

St Augustine the Missionary	6

Alcuin to Charlemagne	7

Alfreds Love of Learning	8

Junius to the Duke of Bedford	98

Burke on Conciliation with the Colonies	99

John Howard the Prison Reformer	100

The Black Death	101

The Steam Engine	102

A Bull of Gregory XI against John Wyclif	103

The Revolution Society	104

Wat Tylers Rebellion PART IV LANCASTRIAN AND YORKIST PERIOD 101 103	105

Alfreds Wars with the Danes	9

A Letter from Canute to his People	10

The Guild of St Peters at Abbotsbury	11

The Battle of Stamford Bridge	12

The Sufferings of the Medieval	26

The Prowess of Cœur de Lion PAGE	27

A Town Charter	28

The Interdict	29

The Extortion of Magna Carta	30

The Difficulties of the Medieval Scholar	32

Saxons and Normans	33

Gregory VII to William the Conqueror	36

Domesday Book	38

The Conquerors Character	39

The First Crusade	41

A Sudden Campaign of William Rufus	44

The Charter of Liberties 36 38 39 41	46

Adulterine Castles in the Reign of Stephen 49	52

The First Norman Invasion of Ireland	53

The Murder of Becket	56

The Burning and Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral	59

Two Speeches of Queen Elizabeth	61

William FitzStephens Description of London	63

The Fight of the Revenge	67

The Wonderful Work of God in the Guidance of Bullets	73

The CoffeeHouse	79

Patersons Claims for the Bank of England	85

An English View of Wallace and Bruce	90

The Price of Food under Edward II	92

Troubles at Bristol	93

The Failure of the Bardi 89 90	96

The Battle of Crecy	97

The Rate of Wages in 1795	107

Jenners Petition to Parliament	108

A Scene in Parliament	109

The Berlin Decree	110

A Reluctant Alderman	111

English Feeling towards Napoleon after Waterloo	112

Joan of Arcs Trial	113

Hole and Corner Surgery	114

OConnells Police	115

The Second Reading of the Reform Bill	116

The Duke of Wellington	117

The Princes in the Tower 119	122

PAGE	123

Diversities of English Speech in 1385 and 1490	127

A Venetian View of English Society	129

John Cabots First Voyage	133

The Revival of Learning in England	135

53	137

56	139

A Letter of Wolsey to Pace	140

Sheep Walks	142

An Oath of Allegiance to Henry VIII	145

The Suppression of Glastonbury Abbey	147

An Edict against Religious Innovations	150

59	152

The Loss of Calais	154

BRUNSWICK PERIOD	177

A South Sea Tract	229

Bolingbroke and Walpole	235

Life on Board a ManofWar	242

The Earl of Chatham	250

Title	Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text-books of English History B.C. 55-A.D. 1832
Editor	Charles William Colby
Edition	2
Publisher	Longmans, Green, & Company, 1907
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	23 Jul 2010
Length	325 pages

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