The Young Oxford History of Britain & IrelandThis is a history of Britain and Ireland for young people, illustrated in colour and black and white, including contemporary documents, paintings and photographs, artefacts and archaeological sites. It is designed to bring to life the people, places and events of Britain and Ireland's history in one comprehensive and authoritative volume. |
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AN ANCIENT PEOPLE IN AN ANCIENT LAND | 9 |
Ice sea and land | 11 |
The first farmers | 19 |
A ritual landscape | 25 |
Celtic Britain | 33 |
The Roman province | 43 |
The coming of the English | 53 |
The Vikings invade | 65 |
Rival kings | 176 |
Divided Christians | 184 |
Queen and people | 195 |
The path to war | 207 |
Cavaliers and Roundheads | 218 |
A king again | 229 |
The wider world | 239 |
UNITED KINGDOM AND BRITISH EMPIRE | 249 |
MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS | 73 |
The kingdoms in Britain and Ireland | 75 |
Norman Conquest to Magna Carta | 85 |
A new Church and society | 101 |
Working in country and town | 112 |
Conquest and resistance | 124 |
Growing up in medieval times | 138 |
Gunpowder treason and war | 146 |
CROWN PARLIAMENT AND PEOPLE | 161 |
Changing times | 163 |
Trade and the first empire | 250 |
A Hanoverian kingdom | 263 |
Victory over Napoleon | 277 |
Industrial change and political revolution | 286 |
After Waterloo fighting for power | 298 |
The age of the railway | 308 |
Victorian triumph and decline | 321 |
The English Royal Line of Succession | 407 |
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