- Артикул:00203618
- Автор: David McDowall
- ISBN: 978-0-582-74914-6
- Обложка: Мягкая обложка
- Издательство: Longman (все книги издательства)
- Город: England
- Страниц: 188
- Год: 2009
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Содержание
Chapter 1 The foundation stones
The island o Britain's prehistory o The Celts o The Romans o Roman life
Chapter 2 The Saxon invasion
The invaders o Government and society o Christianity: the partnership of Church and state o The Vikings o Who should be king?
Chapter 3 The Celtic kingdoms
Wales o Ireland o Scotland
The early Middle Ages
Chapter 4 Conquest and feudal rule
The Norman Conquest o Feudalism o Kingship: a family business o Magna Carta and the decline of feudalism
Chapter 5 The power of the kings of England
Church and state o The beginnings of Parliament o Dealing with the Celts
Chapter 6 Government and society
The growth of government o Law and justice o Religious beliefs o Ordinary people in country and town o The growth of towns as centres of wealth * Language, literature and culture
The late Middle Ages
Chapter 7 The century of war, plague and disorder
War with Scotland and France o The age of chivalry o The century of plagues o The poor in revolt o Heresy and orthodoxy
Chapter 8 The crisis of kings and nobles
The crisis of kingship o Wales in revolt o The struggle in France o The Wars of the Roses o Scotland
Chapter 9 Government and society
Government and society o The condition of women o Language and culture
The Tudors
Chapter 10 The birth of the nation state
The new monarchy o The Reformation o The Protestant-Catholic struggle
Chapter 11 England and her neighbours
The new foreign policy o The new trading empire o Wales o Ireland o Scotland and England o Mary Queen of Scots and the Scottish Reformation o A Scottish king for England
Chapter 12 Government and society
Tudor parliaments o Rich and poor in town and country o Domestic life o Language and culture
The Stuarts
Chapter 13 Crown and Parliament
Parliament against the Crown o Religious disagreement o Civil war
Chapter 14 Republican and Restoration Britain
Republican Britain o Catholicism, the Crown and the new constitutional monarchy o Scotland and Ireland o Foreign relations
Chapter 15 Life and thought
The revolution in thought o Life and work in the Stuart age o Family life
The eighteenth century
Chapter 16 The political world
Politics and finance o Wilkes and liberty o Radicalism and the loss of the American colonies o Ireland o Scotland
Chapter 17 Life in town and country
Town life o The rich o The countryside o Family life
Chapter 18 The years of revolution
Industrial revolution o Society and religion o Revolution in France and the Napoleonic Wars
The nineteenth century
Chapter 19 The years of power and danger
The danger at home, 1815-32 o Reform o Workers revolt o Family life
Chapter 20 The years of self-confidence
The railway o The rise of the middle classes o The growth of towns and cities o Population and politics o Queen and monarchy o Queen and empire o Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Chapter 21 The end of an age
Social and economic improvements o The importance of sport o Changes in thinking o The end of "England's summer" o The storm clouds of war
The twentieth century
Chapter 22 Britain at war
The First World War o The rise of the Labour Party o The rights of
women o Ireland o Disappointment and depression o The Second World War
Chapter 23 The age of uncertainty
The new international order o The welfare state o Youthful Britain o A popular monarchy o The loss of empire o Britain, Europe and the United States o Northern Ireland o Scotland and Wales o The years of discontent o The new politics o Britain: past, present and future
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