A Pictorial History of England

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J.H. Butler, 1880 - 448 trang
 

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Pages Esquires and Knights
79
Henry and the clergy Death of Becket
85
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XLIX Earl Strongbow goes over to Ireland to assist Dermot Macmorrogl The English conquer Ireland
89
The sons of Henry rebel
91
Penance of Henry II Fresh rebellions of his sons Death of Henry II
92
Of Richard the Lionhearted
94
Exploits of Richard in Palestine
96
Philip returns to Europe More of Richards exploits
97
Shipwreck of Richard c
99
LVIInterdict and excommunication Richard returns to England
101
Death of Richard the Lionhearted
103
LVIIIJohn surnamed Lackland
104
John quarrels with the pope About the Jews
106
Magna Charta signed The French invade England Death of John
108
Henry III Coats of arms or Armorial Bearings
111
Disturbed state of England Of benevolences
112
The king and pope vs the churchmen
113
Simon de Montfort The Mad Parliament
115
Prince Edward Battle of Lewes The Mise of Lewes
116
A change in the constitution of Parliament Prince Edward escapes from imprisonment The barons subdued
117
Prince Edward goes on a crusade Death of Henry III About paint ing and illuminated manuscripts
119
Architecture Trade and the merchants of England
121
State of learning Friar Bacon Judicial Astrology Trials by combat
122
Edward I Tournaments Battle of Chalons
124
More about Edward Conquest of Wales Massacre of the Welsh Bards
126
The Maid of Norway Edward interferes in the affairs of Scotland
128
Wallace Edwards vow Death of Edward
130
Edward II Battle of Bannockburn c
131
Famines Agriculture Customs of the time
133
Edward II receives Hugh Spencer into favor He is dethroned and cruelly murdered by Isabella and Roger Mortimer
134
Edward III War with Scotland c Peace with Scotland
136
Edward III He makes war on Scotland Claims the crown of France
138
Edward III makes war upon Philip King of France Cannon used
140
Battle of Cressy Death of the King of Bohemia Siege of Calais Story of Eustace de St Pierre
142
The Knights of the Garter The Charter House School
144
Dress in the reign of Edward III
146
Battle of Poictiers King John of France taken prisoner Generous conduct of the Black Prince
147
Honorable conduct of John King of France Death of Edward III
150
Richard II succeeds to the throne Insurrection under Wat Tyler and Jack Straw The Templars and the temple
152
The insurrection quelled
155
Character of Richard II Chaucer and Robert Langland
156
Anecdote illustrating the manners of the times
157
The king resigns his power to a regency Death of the Duke of Gloucester
159
Trial by combat between the Dukes of Hereford and Norfolk c
160
Henry of Lancaster returns to England and compels Richard II to resign the crown Death of Richard
162
Henry IV keeps the throne Owen Glendower
163
Several rebellions against Henry IV c
167
Henry seizes the young Prince of Scotland Character of James I of Scotland
168
Anecdotes of Prince Henry Death of Henry IV
169
Prince Henry and the Lollard Dress of the ladies
171
Henry V Persecution of the Lollards Lord Cobham
172
Henry V invades France c
173
Henry again invades France c His death
176
Domestic habits of the English in the Fifteenth Century
178
Domestic habits continued State of learning Whittington Lord Mayor
179
Joan of Arc the Maid of Orleans
181
Henry VI c Murder of the Duke of Gloucester
184
CHAPTER PAGE CV The Duke of York forms a design to claim the crown Insurrection of Jack Cade 18
186
Battle of St Albans The Duke of York claims the crown Warwick the kingmaker
188
Continuation of the war between the Two Roses Death of the Duke of York His son proclaimed king by the title of Edward IV
189
Edward IV The civil war continues
192
Marriage of King Edward IV Battle of Barnet Death of War wick c
195
Edward IV is outwitted by Louis of France
198
Invention of the art of printing
200
Richard Duke of Gloucester seizes upon the young king Edward V
202
Richard III usurps the crown c
203
A plot for placing Henry Tudor on the throne
207
Battle of Bosworthfield Death of Richard III
208
Amusements Christmas Dress
210
End of the line of Plantagenet cRise of the commons
215
A new impostor Adventures of Perkin Warbeck
217
Conclusion of the story of Perkin Warbeck c
218
Architecture of Henry VII s time Discoveries
220
Death of Henry VII The Star Chamber
223
Henry VIII Rise of Wolsey
224
More about Cardinal Wolsey
227
Henry invades France Battle of the Spurs Battle of Flodden Field Charles V visits England
228
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Thomas Cranmer Disgrace and death of Wolsey
230
Suppression of the religious houses Warwick rules the country
247
The religious houses Fashions of dress c
248
Lady Jane Grey c
250
The manners of Queen Marys time The houses of the nobles Some
253
Manners of the English Commerce
255
Queen Mary c Execution of Lady Jane Grey
257
Persecution of the Protestants
260
War with France Battle of St Quentin The English lose Calais Death of Mary
262
Elizabeth proclaimed quer The Reformed faith restored Prosper ous state of the kingdom
263
Elizabeths court Robert Dudley
265
Elizabeths costume The Queen of Scots
266
Continuation of the Story of Mary
268
Continuation of the Story of Mary
269
Elizabeth detains Mary as a prisoner c
271
A new plot in favor of Mary is detected Mary is put to death
273
The Invincible Armada Elizabeth and her subjects
275
Sir Walter Raleigh Virginia settled The Earl of Essex
277
Dress in the time of Elizabeth
279
Queen Elizabeths progresses c
280
Death of Lord Burleigh Lord Essex and Elizabeth
282
Execution of Essex Death of Elizabeth
283
Character and anecdotes of Elizabeth Spenser
285
James I and his court Sir Walter Raleigh introduces tobacco and potatoes
286
Conspiracy to place Arabella Stuart on the throne Sir Walter Raleigh
288
The Gunpowder Plot
290
Prince Henry Condition of the people c
293
Anecdotes of James I The Bible translated Coaches introduced
295
The Earl of Somerset and Duke of Buckingham Death of James I
296
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE CLXIII Lord Bacon Lord Napier Sir Edward Coke The Puritans
298
Charles I Murder of the Duke of Buckingham
300
Wentworth Earl of Strafford The Scotch covenanters
303
Distress of the king Death of Strafford
305
Dress of the cavaliers and puritans Costume of the ladies c 30
306
Hampden Pym Sir Henry Vane Commencement of hostilities Battles of Edgehill and of Marston Moor c
308
Oliver Cromwell
311
The Battle of Naseby c
313
Cromwell discovers the insincerity of the king The latter attempts to escape but is detained in the Isle of Wight
316
Charles is tried for high treason His execution
318
Anecdotes of Charles I c The sect of Quakers rises
322
England a Commonwealth c
324
Adventures of Charles after the battle of Worcester
326
Success of the English in a war with Holland Cromwell makes him self ruler
328
Cromwell made protector c
331
Richard Cromwell proclaimed protector c Charles II proclaimed king
334
Milton Andrew Marvell Algernon Sydney James Harrington
337
Character of Charles II c
339
Great plague in London followed by a great fire Great improve ments in London Sir Matthew Hale and Sir Christopher Wren
341
Charles sacrifices the Earl of Clarendon The king a pensioner of France c
344
The terms Whig and Tory Death of Russell and Sydney Death of Charles II
347
Poets and Philosophers of the time of Charles II
349
James II Maria dEste General Dalziell c
351
James II seeks to restore popery Cruelties practised by Jeffries and Kirk Rash conduct of James James flies to France
353
The Revolution of 1688 William and Mary called to the throne
356
The Highlanders refuse to acknowledge William and Mary Massacre of Glencoe Death of James II
358
Peace of Ryswick Death of Mary of William
360
Style of living and manners Arms and dress of the soldiers
362
Queen Anne The Duke of Marlborough Battle of Blenheim
364
Gibraltar taken from the Spaniards Sir Cloudesley Shovel Robin son Crusoe
366
Marlboroughs victorious Career Peace of Utrecht Death of Anne Union between Scotland and England
368
Great men of Queen Annes time Newton Locke Clarke Pope Addison Swift Watts
370
George I Rebellion in Scotland
372
Of the rising in England The SouthSea scheme Death of George I
374
George II Queen Caroline War on the Continent Battle of Fon tenoy Ansons voyage round the world
377
The young Pretender lands in Scotland and marches into England Is compelled to retreat
379
The Pretender is victorious at Falkirk but defeated at Culloden Adventures of Prince Charles Edward
381
The style of dress in George II s time Old style and new style
384
The Seven Years War General Washington Capture of Quebec and death of Wolfe Death of George II Sir Robert Walpole
387
George III Political contests John Wilkes Passage of the Stamp Act
389
Death of the Earl of Chatham Mobs in London British generosity Peace of Versailles
391
The writers and poets of the reign of George II
394
Attempts to murder the king The younger Pitt Duties of the kings ministers
397
The French Revolution breaks out War between France and Eng land
400
Gloomy state of affairs in 1797 The Bank of England suspends pay ment
402
Bonaparte returns to France He leads his army over the Alps and defeats the Austrians in Italy Expedition against Copenhagen under Lord Nelson
404
JHAPTER PAGE
406
The king visits Ireland and Scotland A Highlanders dress
428
Great change in the habits of George IV His death Improvement
437
The Crimean War English view of the civil war in America Marriage
444

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Trang 322 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Trang 260 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Trang 316 - The noise and cracking and thunder of the impetuous flames, the shrieking of women and children...
Trang 10 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Trang 275 - Good Mr. Jowler, we pray you speak to the King (for he hears you every day, and so doth he not us) that it will please his Majesty to go back to London, for else the country will be undone ; all our provision is spent already, and we are not able to entertain him longer.
Trang 271 - King James was wont to be very earnest with the country gentlemen to go from London to their country houses. And sometimes he would say thus to them, "Gentlemen, at London you are like ships at sea, which show like nothing; but in your country villages you are like ships in a river, which look like great things.
Trang 227 - It was not till the end of this reign that any salads, carrots, turnips, or other edible roots, were produced in England. The little of these vegetables that was used was formerly imported from Holland and Flanders". Queen Catherine, when she wanted a salad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither on purpose.
Trang 226 - Ho! man: will they not suffer my bill to pass?" And laying his hand on Montague's head, who was then on his knees before him, "Get my bill passed by to-morrow, or else to-morrow this head of yours shall be off.
Trang 263 - That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very long, the End of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of Gold and Jewels.
Trang 48 - ... while the tide was rising ; and as the waters approached, he commanded them to retire, and to obey the voice of him who was lord of the ocean.

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