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First Published in 1947,
A History of England combines a concise record of events with an absorbing picture of England's evolution in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. This comprehensive volume is a must read for students of British history.
List of contents
1. Britain under the Romans
2. The Anglo-Saxons
3. Alfred: The Danish Invasions: The Norman Conquest
4. The Angevins and the Great Charter
5. Edward I and 'Parliaments'
6. The Hundred Years War: Lancastrians and Yorkists
7. The End of the Middle Ages
8. The Tudor Monarchy and the Church
9. The Elizabethan Age
10. The Breakdown of the Royal Government
11. The Civil War: Oliver Cromwell and Puritan England
12. The Reign of Charles II: The Revolution of 1688: The War Against Louis XIV
13. England in the Eighteenth Century
14. Walpole: Chatham: The Loss of America: The Defeat of Napoleon
15. England in the Nineteenth Century
16. Free Trade: Sir Robert Peel and Lord Palmerston
17. Mr. Gladstone and Ireland: Imperialism: The South African War
18. The Early Twentieth Century and the First German War
19. Great Britain Between the Two Wars: Domestic Politics and Economic Problems
20. British Foreign Policy from 1919 to 1939
21. The Second German War and After
Index
About the author
E. L. Woodward was Professor of Modern History and of International Relations at Oxford and Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
Summary
First Published in 1947, A History of England combines a concise record of events with an absorbing picture of England’s evolution in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. This comprehensive volume is a must read for students of British history.
