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Bible, new translation of the, 213

INDEX

the King James's translation (1611), 236,
237

Bible of English Liberty," 298
Bill, Root and Branch" (1641), 249
Exclusion (1679), 249

of Rights, the (1689), 298

Reform (1832), 375, 380

Irish Home Rule (1893), 424

See also Laws

Bills, Money," in Parliament (1407), 150,
390 (and note 1)

Bishops, appointment of (Henry I), 67, 68
must furnish soldiers, 68

the seven (1688), 289, 291

song about one of the seven, 290, 291
tried and acquitted (1688), 289, 291
"Black Death" or Plague (1349), 130
effect on labor, 130, 131

"Black Hole" of Calcutta (1756), 335

"Black Prince" (1346), 124, 125, 128, 129, 132

Blake, Admiral, 264

Blenheim (blen'im) Palace, 310
Blood, circulation of, discovered, 319
"Bloody Assizes" (1685), 286
"Blue-Coat Schools," 206

Boadicea (bo-ad-i-ce'ah), revolt of (61), 14

Boers (boorz), the, in South Africa, 428, 431
See also Wars

Boleyn (bool'in), Anne, 192, 200

Bonner, Bishop, 209

Books, early, written by monks, 28, 29, 49,

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Bread, dear, 421

England imports breadstuffs, 421

Breda (bra'dah), Declaration of (1660), 268
(and note)

Bretigny (bray-teen-ye'), 128. See Treaties
Bribery in Parliament, 330

Bright, John, 395, 400 (note)
Britain before history began, 1

conquered by the Romans, 11, 13
Christianity introduced into, 14, 15
how the Romans ruled, 18, 19
abandoned by the Romans (410), 20
what Rome gained from, 22

See also Great Britain and England

Britons, the ancient, 1, 2, 4, 5
what we owe to them, 4

names given by the, 5

conquered by the Romans, 13-15
conquered by the Saxons, 24, 25

noted Americans descended from, 25
See also Druids and Welsh

Bruce, Robert, 114, 119, 120

"Bubble, South Sea," the (1720), 328. See
also Companies, Panic, and Speculation

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Budget, Lloyd George's (1909-1910), 436, 437
Bunyan, John, 272

Burgoyne's Defeat, 346. See Battles
Burke, Edmund, 343, 345, 349

Burleigh, Lord, 212, 213. See also Cecil

"Cabal," the (1667-1673), 276 (and note)
Cabinet, growth of the (1721-1911), 324-326
what it is, 325 (and notes 2, 4)

plot to murder the, 370

sovereign's power over the, 379, 385

is now the real King, 326, 380

See also House of Commons and Prime

Minister

Cable, the Atlantic, 398. See also Telegraph
Cabots, the, discover America (1497), 184, 426
Cade's rebellion (1450), 159

Cæsar invades Britain (55 B.C.), 11-13
Calais (kal-ay') taken (1347), 127
loss of (1558), 210

Cambridge, 176, 188, 231
Canada, growth of, 422

Canals, construction of, 360
Cannon, first used (1346), 127

Canon Law, 59, 77, 85, 86, 143, 193. See
also Law

Canute (can'ute), King, 35, 36
Caractacus (kar-ak'ta-kus), 13

Caroline, Queen, not crowned (1821), 370
Castles, Norman, 55, 70, 79, 80
Tower of London, 55, 285
"Saucy Castle," 99.

of Edward I in Wales, 113, 145
give way to Manor Houses, 220
Catharine of Aragon (ar'a-gon), 183, 191, 193,
195, 198

Cathedrals, ancient, 79, 80, 146

modern (St. Paul's), 232, 275

Catholics, work of early, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 48
at tomb of Edward the Confessor, 38
Henry VIII's action respecting, 195, 202
Catholicism and Protestantism com-
pared, 202, 206, 207, 212

Queen Mary's effort to restore Catholi-
cism, 208

power of, reduced in House of Lords, 198
excluded from House of Commons, 214
shut out from Parliament, 279

excluded from the Irish Parliament, 338
debarred from the Crown (1689, 1701),

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Cavaliers and Roundheads, 251

Caxton prints first English books (1477), 165,

167, 170, 179, 241

Cecil (ses'sil), Lord Burghley, 212, 213
Celts in Britain, 2

Cerdic, Saxon Chief or King, 30
Chancellor, the Lord, 72

Chancery Court of, 73 (note 1), 415. See
Court

Channel, influence in history, 7-9

Charity, monastic, 200
Charity schools, 206, 405

Charles I, King, 244

grants" Petition of Right" (1628), 245
extorts" ship-money" tax, 247
angers the Scottish Church, 247
Long Parliament meets (1640), 248
"Grand Remonstrance," 249
attempts to arrest members of Parlia-
ment, 249

civil war breaks out (1642), 251
tried and beheaded (1649), 256
Charles II, proclaimed King (1650), 258
comes to England (1660), 268
his character, 269

forms the "Cabal" (1667), 276

his secret Treaty of Dover (1670), 276, 278
so-called "Popish Plot," 279

political parties, rise of, 280
political reforms, 282

death of, 282

Charters, William I's to London (1066), 53
Henry I's Charter of Liberties (1100), 67
Henry II's (1154), 83

Richard I's to towns (1189-1199), 94, 95
John's Magna Carta (1215), 101, 104
Magna Carta reissued (1216, 1217), 106
Magna Carta reaffirmed (1253), 109
curse on breakers of (1253), 109
Provisions of Oxford (1258), 108
Edward I's Confirmation of the (1297),

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330, 337, 342, 343

Chaucer (chaw'ser), poet, 132, 136

Children, in factories and mines, 381

as chimney sweeps, 381

cruel treatment of, 381
laws to protect (1833), 381
feeding destitute school (1908), 436
China, and Opium War (1839), 398

the "Open Door" in, 399

agreement with, about opium (1911), 399
Chivalry (shiv'al-ry), 78, 126, 127, 144
Christianity introduced into Roman Britain,
14-15

persecuted by the Romans, 15

finally accepted by the Romans, 16
King Arthur a champion of, 24

Pope sends missionaries to England, 25
coming of St. Augustine (597), 25

Christianity, Augustine makes many con-
verts, 26

conversion of North of England, 26, 28
good work of the monks, 28, 29, 33, 34
effect of Council of Whitby (664), 29
Edward the Confessor, 36, 38, 50

See also Catholics, Church, Protestants,
Religion

"Chronicle, the Anglo-Saxon," 28, 49, 50
Church, Catholic, first in Britain, Roman
Period, 14

St. Augustine organizes (597), 26
general Council at Whitby (664), 29
protects the weak and oppressed, 29, 48
right of sanctuary in, 48

good work done by the monks, 28, 29,

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Church, Elizabeth declared "governor" of
Protestant, 214

Act of Uniformity and Protestant (1559),

214

and State, union of, 214

the Thirty-Nine Articles (1563), 215, 237
Elizabeth imprisons and tortures Catho-
lics, 214

Elizabeth's religion, 215

the Scottish, and Charles I, 247, 248
Scottish, established in England, 253
mutilation of church edifices, 264

Episcopal worship restored, 270, 271-272
James II and the English, 284, 287-291
the Revolution and the (1688), 292, 298,

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how supported now, 404 (note 1)
Irish, disestablished (1869), 404

See also Clergy, Dissenters, Heresy,
Laws, Monks, Pope, Religion
Church architecture, 79, 80, 146
Cities, rapid growth of, 362, 363, 373
many unrepresented, 373-374
effect of Reform Bill on (1832), 379
labor in overcrowded, 422

Civil Service Reform (1870), 414
Civil War, the great, 251. See Wars
Clarendon, Constitutions of (1164), 86
Clarendon, Lord, 270, 275

Claverhouse (klǎ'verz), hunts Covenanters,

272

Clergy, at Council of Whitby (664), 29

St. Dunstan's great work (960-988), 33
eminent, 33, 56, 84, 85, 101, 102, 136, 189,
192, 196, 204, 209, 289, 291, 312
appointment of bishops, 67
furnish soldiers, 68

resist feudal claims, 76 (note 1)

right of trial in Church Courts, 59, 77, 86
and Constitutions of Clarendon (1164),
86

Clive's campaigns in India (1751-1757), 335,
336

Coal and coal mines, 7, 320, 373, 381

Coats of arms, 144

Cobden, Richard, 395

Coffeehouses opened (1650), 321
Coinage, reforms in, 83, 233

Colet (kol'ět), John, 189

Colonies planted in America (1585, 1607), 221,
239

emigration to, 239, 240, 241, 262
England protects her (1756-1763), 336,
337

seizure of a Dutch colony, 272

policy of England toward her, 264, 341,
346

taxation of American, 341-346
American Revolution, 346-348
independence of America (1782), 348
planted in Ireland (1611, 1653), 241, 258
expansion of British (1837-1911), 422, 424
once regarded as a burden, 423, 424
Imperial Federation of, 424, 432, 434
impose duties on English goods, 433

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Colonies, England the greatest colonizing
power, 9, 338

England's drumbeat circles the world,
338

Commerce, England as a center of, 9, 10
England has the greatest, 9 (and note 3)
early English, 22, 25, 34, 51, 122, 146, 177,
230

early, of London, 34

in wool (14th century), 122, 146
with India, 222, 233

slave trade, 25, 233, 351

with American colonies, 342, 344
and the Dutch, 262, 320
with Ireland, 303, 360
with China, 398

with Africa, 423, 428
with federated colonies, 433
in general, 222, 320, 342, 423
free trade established, 397

See also Manufactures and Trade
Common Law, 47. See also Law
Commons, rise of House of (1265, 1295), 110,
112. See also House of Commons
Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649-1660),

257

"Companies, Bubble," 328, 382, 411

Company, East India (1600), 222, 233, 320, 335,
336, 344, 349, 399
Compurgation, 47

Conformity in worship enforced, 237. See
also Laws

Conservative Party, 280. See also Parties
Constitution, growth of the, 104, 298

Magna Carta (1215), 102
Petition of Right (1628), 245

of the Commonwealth and Protectorate
(1649-1657), 257, 260, 262
Habeas Corpus Act (1679), 282
Bill of Rights (1689), 298
Act of Settlement (1701), 299
"the Bible of English Liberty," 298
England's constitutional leadership, 441
See also Cabinet, Government, Laws,
Parliament, Parties, and the Constitu-
tional Summary and Documents in
the Appendix

Convention Parliament (1660), 267
Convention Parliament (1689), 296
See also Parliament

Corn Laws, 395, 420. See also Laws
Corn-Law Rhymes, 395
Coronation chair, the, 114
Coronation Oath, 213 (and note 1)
Cotton manufactures, 361, 362
Council, English Church (664), 29
the National (Saxon), 43
the Great (Norman), 71-72
known later as Parliament, 72
of State (1649), 258

the King's Private, 72

Charles II's "Cabal" (1667), 276

develops into the Cabinet (1721), 324
Councils, County, 404, 413

Parish, 414

Counselors, Elizabeth's, 212, 218
Counties Palatine, the, 58

Courts of Justice, 46, 47, 59, 68, 72, 73

(note 1), 130, 141, 214, 256, 286, 300, 415, 416

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Free Towns, 95

great abuses in some, 85, 246, 279, 287,
288, 294

High Commission, 214, 246, 249, 289
High, of Parliament, 256, 349
King's Bench, 73 (note 1)

King's High, 72, 73 (and note 1), 130, 415
Norman, 59, 68, 72, 73

organization of, by Henry I and Henry
II, 68, 86, 90

reforms effected in, 68, 86, 90, 91, 294,
300, 415, 416
Saxon, 43, 46, 47

Star Chamber, 182, 246, 249

Trials, famous, 198, 256, 281, 286, 291, 349,
370

See also Clarendon, Compurgation,
Judges, Jury, Law, Laws, Ordeal,
Trial by Battle

Covenant, the Scottish (1557), 208, 248 (and
note 2)

Parliament signs the (1643), 253
Charles II signs (1650), 259
Parliament burns the (1661), 270
Covenanters, Scottish, hunted down (1661),

272

Cranmer, Archbishop, 205, 209
Crécy (kray-see'), 124. See also Battles
Crime, punishment of, in early times, 47

cruel punishment of, in later times, 286,
287, 294, 350, 357

Cromwell, Oliver, in Civil War, 247, 251, 252,
254, 256

campaign in Ireland, 258
expels Parliament, 260

made Protector (1653), 260, 265
offered title of King, 262
character of, 265, 266
his corpse dug up, 270

Cromwell, Richard, Protector, 266
his incompetency, 266, 267

Cromwell, Thomas, 196

tool of Henry VIII, 196

caught in his own trap, 201

Crosses, Queen Eleanor's, 116

Crown, the, formerly elective (449-1066), 38, 43
oath of allegiance to (1086), 62
territorial sovereignty of, 7

choice of King dependent on Council, 72
struggle of, with the barons, 65, 89
power limited by charters, 67, 83
forced to grant Magna Carta (1215), 102
a bridle put on the (1265), 110, 112, 113
forced to confirm charters, 114

barons depose the King (1327), 121, 139
gives up control of the purse (1407), 129,

150

great power of barons over the, 158

Crown, strife for the, 162

order of succession to the, changed, 174,
196, 296 (and note 2)

absolutism of the (Tudor period), 179,
196, 202, 230

Elizabeth yields to Parliament, 218, 219
James I made King by Parliament, 234
the "divine right " of the, 237, 244
grants the Petition of Right (1628), 245
action of, causes Civil War (1642), 251
Parliament beheads the King (1649), 256
the, abolished (1649-1660), 257
restored by the Convention Parliament
(1660), 268

feudal dues of, abolished (1660), 282
dispensing and suspending power of the,
288 (and note 1)

Revolution of 1688 and the, 296

power of, limited by Mutiny Act (1689),

297

power of, limited by Bill of Rights (1689),
298

Act of Settlement and the (1701), 299
made dependent on Parliament, 299
and Anne's "waiting women," 311
last veto by the (1707), 386

the Cabinet and the, 324-326
Dunning's resolution respecting the
(1780), 341

and the Reform Bill (1832), 378
yields to the Cabinet, 378, 379, 380, 385
has lost the veto power, 386

has less power than the President, 386
social and diplomatic influence of the,
380, 386

the King reigns; the People govern, 380
See also Cabinet, Charters, Constitution,
Government, Laws, Parliament
Crusades, object of (1096-1270), 93-97
results of the, 96-98
Crystal Palace (1851), 397
Curfew, the, 81

Curse of the Charter breakers (1253), 109
Customs develop into common law, 44, 47,
67, 101 (and note)

Danegeld or tax (992), 34

Danelaw, district of the (878), 32

Danes invade England, 6, 8, 17, 31, 32, 34
destroy monasteries, 31

Alfred's battle with the, 31-32

the, get larger part of England (878), 32
give names to places, 6

Sweyn conquers England (1013), 35
Canute's reign (1017), 35-36

what they did for England, 42
Darwin, Charles, scientist, 410

Debt, permanent national, begins (1693), 304
enormous increase of the national, 357
Debtors, imprisonment of, 35!

Debts, Henry VIII exempted from paying,
196

Declaration, of Sunday Sports (1633), 246,
247

of Breda (1660), 268 (and note) 297

of Indulgence (1673, 1687, 1688), 278,
288, 289, 297

of Right (1689), 296

"Defender of the Faith " (Henry VIII), 190

Deposition, of John (1210), 101
of Edward II (1327), 121
of Richard II (1399), 139
of Charles I (1649), 256
of James II (1689), 296

INDEX

Derby, Lord, Prime Minister, 390, 403 (and
note). See also Prime Ministers
Despenser, Hugh and son (Edward II), 121
Disabling Act (1678), 279. See also Laws
Discovery, geographical (1497), 184-186
Disfranchisement of voters (1430), 158
Dispensing power (James II), 288 (note 1)
Disraeli (diz-rah ́el-ě), 390, 403 (and note).
See also Beaconsfield

Dissenters, in religion, 271 (and note 1)

ejected the Episcopal clergy, 253, 271
severe laws against, 271, 312
persecution of Scottish, 272
and Toleration Act (1689), 297
relieved from paying church rates (1868),

404

as Passive Resisters," 406 (note)
Divine Right of Kings, 237, 244, 306, 312, 316
Divorce question (Henry VIII), 192-195
Domesday Book (1086), 60

the new one (1911), 438

Dover, secret Treaty of (1670), 276. See also
Treaties

Drake, Sir Francis, 221, 225

Dress, styles of, 147, 177, 321, 367

change to modern, 367

Druids in Britain, 2, 13, 14

Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 216, 217
Dunning's famous Resolution (1780), 341
Dunstan's, St., great work (960-988), 33
Dutch, get carrying trade of world (1651), 264
Navigation Act against (1651), 264
Cromwell beats the, at sea (1653), 264
colony in America seized (1664), 272
blockade London (1667), 275
plot against the (1670), 276, 278
William Prince of Orange, 291, 292, 307
William becomes King of England, 296
Duties, customs or taxes on imports, 397, 421
protective, on corn or wheat, 395, 420
protective, abolished in England, 396,

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Education, cheap newspapers and, 397
national system established (1870-1904),
404, 406

universities thrown open to all (1871), 417
Edward the Confessor, King, 36
laws of, highly prized, 101
Edward I, King, 112

important laws of (1279-1290), 117, 118
conquers Wales (1282), 113
expels the Jews (1290), 115

conquers Scotland (1290-1296), 114, 118
his "Complete Parliament" (1295), 112
confirms the Charters (1297), 114
his tomb, 118

Edward II, King, his weak character, 119
his corrupt favorites, 119, 120

the government taken from him, 120
deposed and murdered, 121

Edward III, King, commerce in wool, 122
manufacture of wool (1336), 123

Hundred Years' War begins (1338), 123
battle of Crécy (1346), 124
the "Black Prince," 126
cannon first used (1346), 127
takes Calais (1347), 127

victory of Poitiers (1356), 128

Treaty of Bretigny (1360), 128,
effect of " Black Death

on labor, 130

beginning of English literature (1369), 132

Edward IV, King, Wars of Roses, 164
introduction of printing (1477), 165
extorts "benevolences," 167

Edward V, King (Gloucester Protector), 167
murdered in the Tower, 168

Edward VI, King, seizes lands, 204

establishes Protestantism (1549), 205
and Queen Mary Stuart, 205
founds schools and hospitals, 206
Catholicism and Protestantism

pared, 206

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Edward VII, King, League of Empire (1901),

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the new Domesday Book (1910), 437
"Edward the Peacemaker," 434-435
Egbert, King and Overlord (829), 30

descent of English sovereigns from, 30
Egypt, the English in, 427

Eleanor (el'e-nor), wife of Edward I, 112, 116,
118

Election of Saxon Kings, 38, 43

disorderly Parliamentary, 379

See also Ballot, "Rotten Boroughs," and
Suffrage

Electors disfranchised (1430), 158
Electricity, age of, 398, 419
Eliot, Sir John, 246

Elizabeth, Princess, declared illegitimate, 200
imprisoned by Queen Mary, 208

Elizabeth, Queen, 211

difficulty of her position, 211
the religious problem, 211

her choice of counselors, 212, 218
change in the church service, 213

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