AN ADVANCED HISTORY OF ENGLAND From the Earliest Times to the Present Day WITH MAPS AND PLANS BY CYRIL RANSOM E, M.A. LATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY AND ENGlish literature 'A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND, ET SEVENTH EDITION RIVINGTONS 34 KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN LONDON This History may also be had in Two Periods: PERIOD I.-To ELIZABETH, 1603. 4s. PREFACE THE object of this book is to carry the study of English History a stage further than has been done in my Short History of England (Longmans and Co.). It has been specially designed to meet the wants of four classes of readers: (1) of those, either at school or college, who, having mastered the elements of English History in such a book as the author's Elementary History of England (Rivington and Co.), and what are known as the 'outlines' in such a book as the author's Short History, are preparing to study in greater detail such a period as 1485 to 1603, or 1714 to 1815; (2) of teachers who, while taking a class in the 'elements' or 'outlines,' wish to have in their own hands a fuller and more developed treatment of events; (3) of university students, who require a fuller treatment of the whole course of events than is given in the Short History; and (4) of those of the general public who wish to have in their hands a handy but fairly full history to which they may turn for ready information on the historical points that crop up day by day in politics or conversation. In trying to supply these needs I have throughout tried to keep in view certain principles which it may be useful to state. In selecting materials my rule has been to give more about matters of great importance, but not to introduce new matter which is itself of secondary importance. For example, in the Civil War period, I have introduced very few new names and Y events beyond what are mentioned in the Short History, but I have given a great deal more about the characters and motives of Laud, Strafford, and Cromwell, the Petition of Right, the Solemn League and Covenant, and the King's trial. As it is most important at this stage of historical teaching to show as far as may be on what history is based, I have systematically b 267881 |