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CONTENTS.
I.-THE RACES OF BRITAIN.
THE TAURANIAN THEORY.-WELSH PRETENTIONS.--GAEL. -KYMRY.--GALLI.---
BELGE.-TRACES OP EARLY GERMANIC SETTLEMENTS ON THE EAST COAST.-
CIVILIZATION OF THE NATIVES.-DRUIDICAL RELIGION
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II.-THE ROMAN CONQUEST.
CÆSAR'S INVASION.-BRITISH INDEPENDENCE AND CYMBELINE.—THE CLAUDIAN
CONQUEST.-CARACTACUS. -THE REVOLT OP BOADICEA.-WARS AND PUBLIC
POLICY OF AGRICOLA.-SEVERUS
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III.—THE ROMANS IN ENGLAND.
ROMAN PROVINCES.-
MUNICIPAL CHARACTER OF THE ROMAN OCCUPATION.-
CONSTITUTION OF THE TOWNS.-ROMAX ROADS.-ROMAN ARTS AND
INSTITUTIONS. — NATIONALITY OP THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS. GENERAL
INFLUENCES OF THE OCCUPATION
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IV.-DECLINE OF THE ROMAN DOMINION.
CAUSES OF WEAKNESS IN THE EMPIRE.--REVOLT OF CARAUSIC8.- CONSTANTIUS
AND CONSTANTINE.-THE ROMAN WALL.-REVOLTS OF MAXIMI's AND
CONSTANTINE.-BRITAIN LEFT TO ITSELF.
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V.-THE EARLY BRITISH CHURCII.
DOUBTFUL HISTORY OF THE EARLY BRITISH CHURCH.REASONS
FOR
AND
AGAINST ITS EXISTENCE. - CHRISTIANITY NOT ROMAN IN ITS ORIGIX.
BARBAROUS AND SEMI-PAGAN CHARACTER OF EARLY BRITISH CHRISTIANITY.
NEO-DRUIDISM
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VI.-THE SAXON CONQUEST.
THE SAXON INVASION UN HISTORICAL.-BRITISH AND ANGLO-SAXON LEGENDS.-
THEIR MYTHICAL CHARACTER. —DISINTEGRATION OF THE ROMAN POWER IN
BRITAIN. THE CITIES AND THE NATIVE PRINCES.-SEPARATE CONQUESTS
OF KENT, SUSSEX, THE WESTERN COUNTIES, AND NORTHUMBRIA.—REASONS
OF THE ANGLO-SAXON SUCCESS.-BRITONS NOT EXTERMINATED.-PROOFS OF
THEIR CONTINUANCE IN ENGLAND
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VII.-THE ANGLO-SAXON TYPE.
DISTINCTION OF ANGLES, SAXONS, AND JUTES. -ANGLO-SAXON PHYSIQUE AND
CHARACTER.--POSITION OF WOMEN.--ABSENCE OF THE FAMILY FEELING.–
CIVILIZATION. -RANKS AND THEIR PRIVILEGES. -BRITISH POPULATION.
ODINISM OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS
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VIII.-THE ROMAN MISSION.
THE KINGDOM OF KENT. -GREGORY THE GREAT.-AUGUSTINE's MISSION.
DIFFICULTY OF CHANGING OLD HABITS.-GREGORY'S TOLERANCE.-FRUIT-
LESS ATTEMPT AT UNION WITH
THE BRITISH CHURCH.-RE-ACTIONS.
NORTHUMBRIA.—PAULINUS, EDWIN, AND COIFI.—THE GAELIC PARTY OVER-
COME.--CONSTITUTION OF ENGLISH DIOCESES.- CONNECTION WITH ROME.-
ARISTOCRATIC CHARACTER OF ENGLISH RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS.
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IX.-FEDERAL MONARCHIES.
STRUGGLE OF ANGLES AND SAXONS FOR SUPREMACY.-KENT, NORTHUMBRIA,
AND MERCIA.-GROWTH OF THE WEST-SAXON NATIONALITY.--OFFA'S CHA-
RACTER AND CRIMES. ---HIS POLICY PROVINCIAL RATHER THAN NATIONAL.
-CHARLEMAGNE's RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.--FORTUNES OF OFFA's
FAMILY
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X. -THE DANES.
EGBERT'S SUZERAINTY.-ÆTHELWULF.---FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE DANES.-
CONLICT
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PAGANISM AND CHRISTIANITY.INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIAN
IDEAS UPON ODINISM.-LEADING FEATURES OF NORSE CHARACTER.--EUROPE
SAVED FROM IMPERIALISM AND ROTTENNESS BY THE DANES.-SAGAS OF
RAGNAR LODBROC, AND BEORN.--DANISH CONQUEST OF NORTHUMBRIA
AND ANGLIA
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ALFRED'S YOUTH.-WARS WITH THE DANES UNDER ÆTHELRED.-CHARACTER OF
ALFRED'S GOVERNMENT.—THE DANES OCCUPY MERCIA, AND ENTER WESSEX
FROM THE SOUTH.-ALFRED'S EXILE-DEFEAT OF THE DANES AT EDINGTON,
AND TREATY OF WEDMOR.-LATER INVASIONS AND REPULSES OF THE DANES.
-ALFRED'S PUBLIC WORKS.ALFRED AS LAWGIVER.-OLD AND NEW INSTI-
TUTIONS.—FORMATION OF A FLEET.REVIVAL OF LEARNING. THE KING'S
PRIVATE LIFE.-RELIGIOUS AND ARISTOCRATIC TENDENCIES OF ALFRED's
MIND
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XII.—THE SAXON SOVEREIGNTY.
ACCESSION AND REIGN OF EDWARD.--ATHELSTANE'S PARENTAGE.-SUBJUGA-
TION OF NORTHUMBRIA.---KELATIONS OF ENGLAND WITH THE CONTINENT.
-ATHELSTANE'S LAWS.-EDMUND.--EDRED.—REVIVAL OF THE MILITARY
SPIRIT
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XIII.-DUNSTAN.
EARLY LIFE OF DUNSTAN-STATE OF THE CHURCH.-REASONS FOR CLERICAL
CELIBACY.-QUARREL WITH EDWI.-EDWI'S CONDUCT AND DEPOSITION.-
CHARACTER OF EDGAR AND HIS REIGN.-EDWARD THE MARTYR.-RE-
ACTION AGAINST THE MONASTIC MOVEMENT.--DUNSTAN'S TRIUMPH.-MUR-
DER OF EDWARD
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XIV.-THE DANISH CONQUEST.
EFFECTS OF DUNSTAN'S POLICY.--RENEWED DANISH INVASIONS. WORTHLESS
CHARACTER OF ETHELRED, --THE DANISH MASSACRE. MARTYRDOM OF
ÆLFEG.-SWEYN OVERRUNS THE COUNTRY.
LEADRIC STREONA, --REIGN OF
EDMUND IRONSIDES.--ACCESSION OF CANUTE.-POLITICAL REVIEW OF THE
KEIGN
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XV.-THE ANGLO-DANISH EPOCH.
CHARACTER OF CANUTE.---FAVOUR SHOWN TO THE CHURCH.-FEUDALISM AND
GAME LAWS.-HAROLD HAREFOOT.-MURDER OF ALFRED, AND QUESTION
OF GODWIN'S COMPLICITY.-HARDICANUTE'S REIGN.--ACCESSION OF EDWARD
THE CONFESSOR.-GODWIN'S ASCENDANCY THREATENED BY NORMAN INFLU-
ENCES.- BANISHMENT AND RETURN TO POWER OF GODWIN-RIVALRY OF
HAROLD AND TOSTIG.-EDWARD'S DEATH AND CHARACTER
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XVI.-ANGLO-SAXON POLICE.
BRITAIN DIVIDED ANEW.--HUNDREDS AND TITHINGS.--THE EALDORMAN AND
COUNTY COURTS.-MUTUAL POLICE, OR FRANK-PLEDGE SYSTEM.-- FEUDAL
JURISDICTIONS.-A CASE OF CRIMINAL LAW.-NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE RE-
QUIRED IN DOUBTFUL CASES.-TRIAL OF THURKILL AND HIS WIFE.-BINARY
JURISDICTION OF STATE AND CHURCH : THE STATE ASSESSING DAMAGE, THE
CHURCH PUNISHING SIN
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XVII.-ANGLO-SAXON CIVIL LAW.
ROMANO-BRITISH CHARACTER OF THE CITIES.—MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION AND
LAWS DERIVED FROM THE ROMANS. -TENURES OF LAND AND RIGHTS OF
BEQUEST.-ACTIONS FOR
LAND.-SALES OF CHATTELS REGULATED AS
PUBLIC CONTRACTS.-PROPERTY INSURED BY THE STATE. PRINCIPLE OF
MUTUAL INSURANCE IN THE PRIVATE GUILDS.-ANGLO-SAXON AND WELSH
CONTRASTS
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XVIII.—THE ANGNO-SAXON COMMONWEALTH.
GROWTH, RIGHTS, AND REVENUES OF ROYALTY.-FUNCTIONS OF THE WITAN.-
GROWTH OF FEUDALISM.--THE ROMAN AND ANGLO-SAXON FAMILY.-GROWTH
OF VILLENAGE.--LOCAL TENURES.-NATURE OF ANGLO-SAXON LIBERTY.-
SOCIETY, FOOD, AMUSEMENTS, AND DRESS IN THE ANGLO-SAXON TIMES . 194
XIX.-ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE.
NATURE AND PREVALENCE OP EARLY POETRY.-CEDMON'S LIFE AND POEMS. --
CÆDMON AND MILTON.—THE DESCENT INTO HELL.-BEDE'S LIFE AND WORKS.
-BEDE'S THEORY OF THE KOSMOS.—ALCUIN'S LIFE AND SCIENTIFIC TEACHING.
--SPURIOUS WORKS ASCRIBED TO GREAT WRITERS.DECLINE OF LEARNING
IN THE NINTH AND TENTH CENTURIES.--LIBRARIES AND LETTERS 208
DISCIPLINE AND INQUISITIONAL POWERS.--IDEALIZATIONS OF PEACE AND
WAR.-INFLUENCE OF TIE CHURCH ON PURITY OF LIFE, CHRISTIAN
CHARITY.--KOSMICAL THEORIES OF A FUTURE LIFE.- MYTHOLOGICAL
PHASE OF INTELLECT.-MIRACLES.-RESULTS OF A BELIEF IN THE SUPER-
NATURAL.--COMPULSORY PROFESSION OF CHRISTIANITY
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HAROLD'S OATH OF FEALTY TO WILLIAM.--REFUSAL TO PERFORM THE COMPACT.
--CONTINENTAL FEELING IN FAVOUR OF WILLIAM'S LAIM.--TOSTIG'S INVA-
SION AND DEFEAT.-NORMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND.-BATTLE OF HASTINGS,
--CHARACTER OF HAROLD.
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XXII.-THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
SUBMISSION OF KENT AND LONDON.—THE CORONATION.-WILLIAM'S FIRST
MEASURES, EXETER REVOLTS AND OBTAINS TERMS.-WAR IN THE MID-
LAND AND NORTHERN COUNTIES.-STORM OF YORK AND DEVASTATION OF
NORTHUMBRIA. -CHANGED POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT.-- RELATIONS
OF NORMANS AND ENGLISH.-HEREWARD AND THE CAMP OF ELY.
FEUDAL REVOLT UNDER RAOUL DE GAEL. —EXECUTION OF WALTHEOF.
EMEUTE AT DURHAM
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XXIII.-RESULTS OF THE CONQUEST.
COMPILATION OF DOMESDAY BOOK.-ITS USE. OMISSIONS.-NUMBERS AND CON-
DITION OF THE POPULATION.-SOCIAL AND MATERIAL ADVANCE UNDER
WILLIAM'S GOVERNMENT. -SMALL AMOUNT OF THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
INTRODUCED.--LEGAL CHARACTER OF THE CHANGES MADE,- THE CHURCH
HIERARCHY AND RITUAL NORMANIZED. -THURSTAN, -GUITMUND.-LIMITA
TION OF THE POWERS OF THE CHURCH.-NORMAN INFLUENCES ON POLICE
AND LAW.-CONTRASTS OF NORMAN AND SAXON CHARACTER
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XXIV.-LAST YEARS OF THE CONQUEROR.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A FEUDAL ARISTOCRACY.--PRINCE ROBERT'S REBELLION.
-IMPRISONMENT OF EUDES OF BAYEUX.-WILLIAM'S DEATH AND TESTA-
MENT.-SCENE AT THE BURIAL.-PERSON AND CHARACTER OF THE CON-
QUEROR
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XXV.-WILLIAM RUFUS.
ACCESSION OF WILLIAM II.REVOLT AND DEFEAT OF THE NOBLES. -MINISTRY OF
RANULF FLAMBAKD. -CHARACTER OF WILLIAM AND HIS GOVERNMENT. -
PETTY WARS, THE FIRST CRUSADE.--OPPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE. - CIR-
CUMSTANCES OF WILLIAM'S DEATH
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XXVI.--HENRY BEAUCLERK.
HENRY'S ACCESSION AND MARRIAGE.--HIS CHARACTER AND TRAINING.-COM.
PROMISES WITH ROBERT.-CONQUEST OF NORMANDY.-PETTY WARS WITH
FRANCE AND ANJOU.-FLEMISH COLONY IN WALES.--NATIONAL DISTRESS.
--POLICE AND JUSTICE.-SHIPWRECK OF PRINCE WILLIAM. ---SUCCESSION TO
THE CROWN.-HENRY'S DEATH .
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