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LECTURE XVII. -THE CONQUEROR'S SONS.
William Rufus. His brother Robert. The king and the barons.
The English people. Anselm. The Crusades. Henry Beauclerc.
His marriage. The English take his part. Peace, order, and
justice. Stephen and Matilda. Misery of the country. The
agreement and promised reform. Death of Stephen ...
LECTURE XVIII.-HENRY PLANTAGENET.
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Character of Henry. His marriage. His dominions. Distinction
between English and Normans disappears. Destruction of the
castles. Condition of Ireland. The conquest
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LECTURE XIX.-CHURCH AND STATE.
Disputes between Church and State. Investitures. Ecclesiastical
Courts. Thomas à Becket as chancellor-as archbishop. Ex-
communication. Death of Becket. He is looked on as a saint.
Henry does penance
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LECTURE XX-THE SONS OF HENRY.
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Henry's family troubles. His death. Richard Coeur-de-Lion.
Chivalry. Richard's absence from England. John Sans-terre.
Prince Arthur. Loss of Normandy
LECTURE XXI.-MAGNA CHARTA.
The dispute with the Pope. Stephen Langton. John becomes the
Pope's vassal. The archbishop and the barons demand the
Charter. The changes it introduced. John breaks the Charter.
The French invasion. Death of John
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LECTURE XXII.-HENRY III.
RELIGION AND
EDUCATION.
Gothic architecture and Westminster Abbey.
Extortions of the
Pope. The Grey Friars and the Black Friars. The universities.
Roger Bacon
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LECTURE XXIII.-THE PARLIAMENT.
The foreigners. The king's extravagance. Demands for money.
The barons resist. Simon de Montfort. The parliament.
Character of Prince Edward. The last Crusade
227
LECTURE XXIV.-EDWARD I. ENGLAND AND WALES.
Edward's government. Dispute about taxation. Humphrey Bohun.
The old over-lordship of England in Wales and Scotland. The
Welsh people. Conquest of Wales
236
LECTURE XXV.-EDWARD I. SCOTLAND.
The inhabitants of Scotland. The old laws. Candidates for the
crown. Edward claims the over-lordship. John Balliol. The
first revolt. The first conquest. The Stone of Destiny
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LECTURE XXVI.-SCOTLAND VICTORIOUS.
Wallace. Battle of Stirling Bridge. The second conquest. Battle
of Falkirk. Robert Bruce. His coronation. Death of Edward
LECTURE XXVII.-CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN WAR.
Edward II. His father's last commands. Piers Gaveston. The
Lords Ordainers. The Despensers. The queen. Deposition of
Edward. His murder. Edward III. The French wars.
Froissart. The Black Prince. Battle of Crecy. Calais
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LECTURE XXVIII.-GLORY AND SORROW.
The Battle of Poitiers. The Black Death. The serfs.
Aquitaine. The Black Prince and the parliament.
the prince.
LECTURE XXIX.-MEDIEVAL ENGLAND.
The English people five hundred years ago. The language. The
writers. The friars. The clergy
288
LECTURE XXX.-MEDIEVAL ENGLAND (continued).
The knights. The state of education. The households, dress, and
luxury of the rich. The condition of the poor
296
LECTURE XXXI.- NEW ASPIRATIONS.
Wycliffe. The English Bible. Richard II. Wat Tyler and the insurrection of the people. Its results
306
LECTURE XXXII.-RICHARD THE REDELESS.
Character of Richard. His uncles. Troubles of the reign. Death
of the Duke of Gloucester. Richard aims at absolute power.
Henry of Lancaster. His banishment. His return. Deposition
of Richard
318
LECTURE XXXIII.-HENRY OF LANCASTER.
The Lollards. Persecution. Prince Harry. The Border Wars.
Percy and Douglas. Owen Glendower. Battle of Shrewsbury.
The King of Scotland
LECTURE XXXIV.-THE CONQUEST OF France.
Character of Henry V. Lord Cobham and the Lollards. The war
with France. Harfleur. Battle of Agincourt. Rouen. Treaty
of Troyes. The king's marriage. His death and burial
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LECTURE XXXV.-FRANCE RECOVERS.
Henry VI. The Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester. Cardinal Beau-
fort. The Maid of Orleans. Coronation of Charles VII. of
France. Death of the Maid
347
LECTURE XXXVI.-LOSS OF FRANCE AND TROUBLES
IN ENGLAND.
End of the Hundred Years' War. Margaret of Anjou. Death of
Gloucester and Suffolk. Cade's revolt. The principal actors in
the Wars of the Roses
357
LECTURE XXXVII.-WARS OF THE ROSES.
The old nobility and their armies. End of the feudal system.
Causes of the war. Condition of the people. Edward IV. His
marriage. Vicissitudes
369
LECTURE XXXVIII.-THE END OF THE WAR.
Caxton and the printing-press. Richard III. His victims. Murder
of the young princes. Henry Tudor. Battle of Bosworth Field
LECTURE XXXIX.-THE RENAISSANCE.
Peace after war. Henry VII. His character. He suppresses the
power of the nobles. England prospers. Discovery of America.
The revival of learning
LECTURE XL.-THE STATE OF RELIGION.
Worldliness of the Church. The monasteries. The Oxford re-
formers. The New Testament. Henry VIII. and Dean Colet
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LECTURE XLI,-THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH.
Cardinal Wolsey. His rise and greatness. Henry and Katherine.
Fall of Wolsey. The Pope's supremacy renounced. The king
declared head of the Church. Deaths of More and Fisher
411
LECTURE XLII.--THE REFORMERS.
Cranmer and Cromwell. The English Bible. Tyndale. The New
Testament burnt at St. Paul's. The Bible published by authority.
Dissolution of the monasteries. Death of Henry VIII.
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LECTURE XLIII.-THE STRUGGLE OF THE CHURCHES.
Edward VI. Protector Somerset. The Reformation urged forward.
Revolt in the west.
Death of Edward. Lady Jane Grey. Mary and Philip. Roman-
ism restored. The Protestant martyrs
Revolt in the east. Death of Somerset.
432
LECTURE XLIV.-THE TWO QUEENS.
Elizabeth. Her character. Her ministers. The Church and the
Puritans. Mary, Queen of Scots. Babington's conspiracy. Trial
and execution of Mary
446
LECTURE XLV.-GLORIANA.
The Spanish Armada. The English fleet. The English sailors. The
conflict. England's triumph. Literature. Shakespeare and the
theatre. Death of Elizabeth
LECTURE XLVI.-JAMES OF SCOTLAND.
The Stuarts. The divine right of kings. James and the Church of
The Puritans and the Romanists. The Pilgrim
England.
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