A Short History of England

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A Short History of England (1917)
by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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3755A Short History of England1917Gilbert Keith Chesterton

A SHORT HISTORY

OF ENGLAND BY

G. K. CHESTERTON

LONDON

CHATTO & WINDUS

MCMXVII

PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY

WILLIAN CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

LONDON AND BECCLES.

CONTENTS
		PAGE
I.	INTRODUCTION	1
II.	THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN	6
III.	THE AGE OF LEGENDS	19
IV.	THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS	30
V.	ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS	43
VI.	THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES	58
VII.	THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS	71
VIII.	THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND	86
IX.	NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS	104
X.	THE WAR OF THE USURPERS	119
XI.	THE REBELLION OF THE RICH	133
XII.	SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS	151
XIII.	THE AGE OF THE PURITANS	163
XIV.	THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS	179
XV.	THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS	195
XVI.	ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS	209
XVII.	THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN	223
XVIII.	CONCLUSION	238

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