English History [antikvár]

PREFACE to THE FIRST EDITION". -4- The Author of this volume having felt the want of a History-containing all the Information required by Candidates preparing for the various Examinations, was induced to undertake the task of compiling the present work, in which he trusts he has embodied all that can be required to pass with credit the most searching Examination. It contains a brief notice of every important historical Event ; the Anglo-Saxon Government, Laws and Institutions ; the introduction of the Feudal System ; the development of our Constitution and Genealogical Tables showing the connection of the different Dynasties. At the end of each reign the principal discoveries have been briefly Chronicled, and a Summary given of Parliamentary proceedings. The Appendix contains Chronological Tables of Battles, Sieges, and Treaties; a short Biography of every person of note ; a list of British Colonies and Dependencies with a History of how acquired, and a Table of Contemporary Sovereigns, tracing the rise of the different European Kingdoms. For easy reference the most important events have been printed in Clarendon Type, and a complete Index given of both Text and Appendix. W. M. L. Hoddesdon : March 1866.