Bible, new translation of the, 213 INDEX the King James's translation (1611), 236, Bible of English Liberty," 298 of Rights, the (1689), 298 Reform (1832), 375, 380 Irish Home Rule (1893), 424 See also Laws Bills, Money," in Parliament (1407), 150, Bishops, appointment of (Henry I), 67, 68 the seven (1688), 289, 291 song about one of the seven, 290, 291 "Black Hole" of Calcutta (1756), 335 "Black Prince" (1346), 124, 125, 128, 129, 132 Blake, Admiral, 264 Blenheim (blen'im) Palace, 310 Boadicea (bo-ad-i-ce'ah), revolt of (61), 14 Boers (boorz), the, in South Africa, 428, 431 Boleyn (bool'in), Anne, 192, 200 Bonner, Bishop, 209 Books, early, written by monks, 28, 29, 49, Bread, dear, 421 England imports breadstuffs, 421 Breda (bra'dah), Declaration of (1660), 268 Bretigny (bray-teen-ye'), 128. See Treaties Bright, John, 395, 400 (note) conquered by the Romans, 11, 13 See also Great Britain and England Britons, the ancient, 1, 2, 4, 5 names given by the, 5 conquered by the Romans, 13-15 noted Americans descended from, 25 Bruce, Robert, 114, 119, 120 "Bubble, South Sea," the (1720), 328. See xliii Budget, Lloyd George's (1909-1910), 436, 437 Burgoyne's Defeat, 346. See Battles Burleigh, Lord, 212, 213. See also Cecil "Cabal," the (1667-1673), 276 (and note) 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 Cæsar invades Britain (55 B.C.), 11-13 Cambridge, 176, 188, 231 Canals, construction of, 360 Canon Law, 59, 77, 85, 86, 143, 193. See Canute (can'ute), King, 35, 36 Caroline, Queen, not crowned (1821), 370 of Edward I in Wales, 113, 145 Cathedrals, ancient, 79, 80, 146 modern (St. Paul's), 232, 275 Catholics, work of early, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 48 Queen Mary's effort to restore Catholi- power of, reduced in House of Lords, 198 excluded from the Irish Parliament, 338 Cavaliers and Roundheads, 251 Caxton prints first English books (1477), 165, 167, 170, 179, 241 Cecil (ses'sil), Lord Burghley, 212, 213 Cerdic, Saxon Chief or King, 30 Chancery Court of, 73 (note 1), 415. See Channel, influence in history, 7-9 Charity, monastic, 200 Charles I, King, 244 grants" Petition of Right" (1628), 245 civil war breaks out (1642), 251 forms the "Cabal" (1667), 276 his secret Treaty of Dover (1670), 276, 278 political parties, rise of, 280 death of, 282 Charters, William I's to London (1066), 53 Richard I's to towns (1189-1199), 94, 95 330, 337, 342, 343 Chaucer (chaw'ser), poet, 132, 136 Children, in factories and mines, 381 as chimney sweeps, 381 cruel treatment of, 381 the "Open Door" in, 399 agreement with, about opium (1911), 399 persecuted by the Romans, 15 finally accepted by the Romans, 16 Pope sends missionaries to England, 25 Christianity, Augustine makes many con- conversion of North of England, 26, 28 See also Catholics, Church, Protestants, "Chronicle, the Anglo-Saxon," 28, 49, 50 St. Augustine organizes (597), 26 good work done by the monks, 28, 29, INDEX Church, Elizabeth declared "governor" of Act of Uniformity and Protestant (1559), 214 and State, union of, 214 the Thirty-Nine Articles (1563), 215, 237 Elizabeth's religion, 215 the Scottish, and Charles I, 247, 248 Episcopal worship restored, 270, 271-272 404 how supported now, 404 (note 1) See also Clergy, Dissenters, Heresy, Civil Service Reform (1870), 414 Claverhouse (klǎ'verz), hunts Covenanters, 272 Clergy, at Council of Whitby (664), 29 St. Dunstan's great work (960-988), 33 resist feudal claims, 76 (note 1) right of trial in Church Courts, 59, 77, 86 Clive's campaigns in India (1751-1757), 335, Coal and coal mines, 7, 320, 373, 381 Coats of arms, 144 Cobden, Richard, 395 Coffeehouses opened (1650), 321 Colet (kol'ět), John, 189 Colonies planted in America (1585, 1607), 221, emigration to, 239, 240, 241, 262 seizure of a Dutch colony, 272 policy of England toward her, 264, 341, taxation of American, 341-346 xlv Colonies, England the greatest colonizing England's drumbeat circles the world, Commerce, England as a center of, 9, 10 early, of London, 34 in wool (14th century), 122, 146 slave trade, 25, 233, 351 with American colonies, 342, 344 with Africa, 423, 428 See also Manufactures and Trade 257 "Companies, Bubble," 328, 382, 411 Company, East India (1600), 222, 233, 320, 335, Conformity in worship enforced, 237. See Conservative Party, 280. See also Parties Magna Carta (1215), 102 of the Commonwealth and Protectorate Convention Parliament (1660), 267 Corn Laws, 395, 420. See also Laws the King's Private, 72 Charles II's "Cabal" (1667), 276 develops into the Cabinet (1721), 324 Parish, 414 Counselors, Elizabeth's, 212, 218 Courts of Justice, 46, 47, 59, 68, 72, 73 (note 1), 130, 141, 214, 256, 286, 300, 415, 416 Free Towns, 95 great abuses in some, 85, 246, 279, 287, High Commission, 214, 246, 249, 289 King's High, 72, 73 (and note 1), 130, 415 organization of, by Henry I and Henry reforms effected in, 68, 86, 90, 91, 294, Star Chamber, 182, 246, 249 Trials, famous, 198, 256, 281, 286, 291, 349, See also Clarendon, Compurgation, Covenant, the Scottish (1557), 208, 248 (and Parliament signs the (1643), 253 272 Cranmer, Archbishop, 205, 209 cruel punishment of, in later times, 286, Cromwell, Oliver, in Civil War, 247, 251, 252, campaign in Ireland, 258 made Protector (1653), 260, 265 Cromwell, Richard, Protector, 266 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 choice of King dependent on Council, 72 barons depose the King (1327), 121, 139 150 great power of barons over the, 158 Crown, strife for the, 162 order of succession to the, changed, 174, absolutism of the (Tudor period), 179, Elizabeth yields to Parliament, 218, 219 feudal dues of, abolished (1660), 282 Revolution of 1688 and the, 296 power of, limited by Mutiny Act (1689), 297 power of, limited by Bill of Rights (1689), Act of Settlement and the (1701), 299 the Cabinet and the, 324-326 and the Reform Bill (1832), 378 has less power than the President, 386 the King reigns; the People govern, 380 Curse of the Charter breakers (1253), 109 Danegeld or tax (992), 34 Danelaw, district of the (878), 32 Danes invade England, 6, 8, 17, 31, 32, 34 Alfred's battle with the, 31-32 the, get larger part of England (878), 32 Sweyn conquers England (1013), 35 what they did for England, 42 Debt, permanent national, begins (1693), 304 Debts, Henry VIII exempted from paying, Declaration, of Sunday Sports (1633), 246, of Breda (1660), 268 (and note) 297 of Indulgence (1673, 1687, 1688), 278, of Right (1689), 296 "Defender of the Faith " (Henry VIII), 190 Deposition, of John (1210), 101 INDEX Derby, Lord, Prime Minister, 390, 403 (and Dissenters, in religion, 271 (and note 1) ejected the Episcopal clergy, 253, 271 404 as Passive Resisters," 406 (note) the new one (1911), 438 Dover, secret Treaty of (1670), 276. See also 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, 217 421 xlvii Education, cheap newspapers and, 397 universities thrown open to all (1871), 417 important laws of (1279-1290), 117, 118 conquers Scotland (1290-1296), 114, 118 Edward II, King, his weak character, 119 the government taken from him, 120 Edward III, King, commerce in wool, 122 Hundred Years' War begins (1338), 123 victory of Poitiers (1356), 128 Treaty of Bretigny (1360), 128, on labor, 130 beginning of English literature (1369), 132 Edward IV, King, Wars of Roses, 164 Edward V, King (Gloucester Protector), 167 Edward VI, King, seizes lands, 204 establishes Protestantism (1549), 205 pared, 206 com- Edward VII, King, League of Empire (1901), 432-433 the new Domesday Book (1910), 437 descent of English sovereigns from, 30 Eleanor (el'e-nor), wife of Edward I, 112, 116, Election of Saxon Kings, 38, 43 disorderly Parliamentary, 379 See also Ballot, "Rotten Boroughs," and Electors disfranchised (1430), 158 Elizabeth, Princess, declared illegitimate, 200 Elizabeth, Queen, 211 difficulty of her position, 211 her choice of counselors, 212, 218 |