Pollard, A. F. (Albert Pollard), 1869-1948 / 2008-11-21 00:00:00

EBOOK THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND ***


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THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND
A STUDY IN POLITICAL EVOLUTION
BY A. F. POLLARD, M.A., LITT.D.


CONTENTS
CHAP.
I THE FOUNDATIONS OF ENGLAND, 55 B.C.-A.D. 1066
II THE SUBMERGENCE OF ENGLAND, 1066-1272
III EMERGENCE OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, 1272-1485
IV THE PROGRESS OF NATIONALISM, 1485-1603
V THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT, 1603-1815
VI THE EXPANSION OF ENGLAND, 1603-1815
VII THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
VIII A CENTURY OF EMPIRE, 1815-1911
IX ENGLISH DEMOCRACY
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX


CHAPTER I
THE FOUNDATIONS OF ENGLAND
55 B.C.--A.D. 1066

"Ah, well," an American visitor is said to have soliloquized on the
site of the battle of Hastings, "it is but a little island, and it has
often been conquered." We have in these few pages to trace the
evolution of a great empire, which has often conquered others, out of
the little island which was often conquered itself. The mere incidents
of this growth, which satisfied the childlike curiosity of earlier
generations, hardly appeal to a public which is learning to look upon
historical narrative not as a simple story, but as an interpretation of
human development, and upon historical fact as the complex resultant of
character and conditions; and introspective readers will look less for
a list of facts and dates marking the milestones on this national march
than for suggestions to explain the formation of the army, the spirit
of its leaders and its men, the progress made, and the obstacles
overcome.
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