History of the British empire (290,00 руб.)

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HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. BY WILLIAM FRANCIS COLLIER, LL.D, AUTHOR OF "GREAT EVENTS OF HISTORY," "HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE," "HISTORY OF GREECE," "HISTORY OF ROME," ETC. ——— Junior Class-Book. ——— LO NDO N: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW; EDINBIRGH; AND NEW YORK. ————— 1889

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CONTENTS The Contents are arranged in the form a Chronological Table, and may be used for Revisal Lessons. PREFACE.................................................... 3 I. — THE ROMAN PERIOD B.C. 55. THE ROMAN LEGIONS IN BRITAIN. ............................................. 5 II. — TIME OF THE HEPTARCHY A.D. 449. HOW THREE KEELS BECAME EIGHT KINGDOMS; OR, THE STORY OF THE TEUTON SETTLEMENTS................. 13 III. — EARLY SAXON KINGS 871. THE DEEDS OF KING ALFRED THE GREAT. .............................................. 21 955. FIVE PICTURE FROM THE LIFE DUNSTAN.......................................... 24 IV. — THE DANISH KINGS 1017. HOW A DANE OBTAINED THE ENGLISH THRONE. ......................... 28 V. — SAXON LINE RESTORED 1041. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR ......... 32 1066. HAROLD II....................................... 32 1066. THE STORY OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST........................................ 32 VI. — EARLY NORMAN KINGS 1066. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. ...... 37 1071. HEREWARD AND WALTHEOF..... 37 1087. WILLIAM RUFUS............................ 41 1100. A FATAL ARROW........................... 42 1100. HENRY I........................................... 43 1120. THE WHITE SHIP. ........................... 44 1135. STEPHEN. ........................................ 46 1138. THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARD. ...................................... 46 1 VII. — THE EIGHT PLANTAGENETS PROPER A.D. 1154. HENRY II. .........................................49 1162-70. LEAVES FROM THE STORY OF BECKET..............................................49 1170. STRONGBOW'S INVASION OF IRELAND............................................56 1189. RICHARD I. ......................................58 1190.THE ADVENTURES OF CŒUR DE LION....................................................58 1195. ROBIN HOOD AND WILLIAM LONGBEARD.....................................65 1199. JOHN. ................................................70 1258. THE SIGNING OF MAGNA CHARTA. ............................71 1216. HENRY III.........................................73 1258. SIR SIMON THE RIGHTEOUS........74 1260-78. THE EXPERIMENTS OF ROGER BACON. ..............................................76 1272. EDWARD I........................................79 LONGSHANKS ..................................79 1307. EDWARD II. .....................................83 1314-27. BANNOCKBURN AND BERKELEY. .......................................84 1327. EDWARD III. ....................................87 1346-76. THE STORY OF THE BLACK PRINCE. ..............................................87 1377. RICHARD II. .....................................90 1381. THE RIOT AND DEATH OF WAT TYLER. ...............................................90 1384. WHAT JOHN WYCLIFFE DID AT LUTTERWORTH................................93 1388. CHEVY CHASE................................94 VIII. — HOUSE OF LANCASTER 1399. HENRY IV. .......................................97 1403. HOTSPUR. ........................................97 1413. HENRY V..........................................98 1405-24. THE ROYAL PRISONER OF WINDSOR...........................................99 1422. HENRY VI. .....................................102 1429. JOAN OF ARC................................103 1455. WHAT THE PLUCKING OF TWO ROSES MEANT. ...............................106

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HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IX. — HOUSE OF YORK 1461. EDWARD IV. ................................. 111 1483. EDWARD V.................................... 111 1483. REIGN OF RICHARD III. .............. 112 1483. THE LITTLE PRINCES IN THE TOWER ............................................ 112 1485. THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD............................................... 114 X. — FIVE TUDOR SOVEREIGNS 1485. HENRY VII..................................... 116 1492-99. THE STORY OF PERKIN WARBECK....................................... 117 1497. THE VOYAGE OF CABOT. .......... 120 1509. HENRY VIII. .................................. 122 1513-20. A FIELD OF BLOOD AND A FIELD OF GOLD.............................. 123 1515-30. THE RISE AND FALL OF CARDINAL WOLSEY. .................... 127 1547. EDWARD VI. ................................. 131 1553. MARY I. ......................................... 131 1555. THE FIRES OF SMITHFIELD AND OXFORD. ......................................... 132 1558. ELIZABETH. .................................. 134 1587. THE SAD END OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. ............................................. 135 1588. THE SPANISH ARMADA. ............ 138 1603. THE DEATH-BED OF QUEEN BESS................................... 141 XI. — THE SEVEN STUART SOVEREIGNS 1603. JAMES I.......................................... 143 1605. THE GUNPOWDER TREASON.... 143 1584-1615. THE ADVENTURES OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH. ....................... 146 1620. THE VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER. ................................ 149 1625. CHARLES I. ................................... 151 1649. HOW A KING OF ENGLAND LOST HIS HEAD. ....................................... 152 1649. THE COMMONWEALTH.............. 156 1651. THE ESCAPE OF CHARLES II. FROM WORCESTER................................... 156 1653. OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE LONG PARLIAMENT. .................... 159 CONTENTS 1660. CHARLES II....................................161 1665, 1666. THE GREAT PLAGUE AND THE GREAT FIRE. ...........................162 1685. JAMES II. ........................................164 1685. THE LAST BATTLE ON ENGLISH SOIL. .................................................164 1649. HOW A KING OF ENGLAND LOST HIS CROWN. ....................................167 1689. WILLIAM III. AND MARY II. .......168 1692-98. GLENCOE AND DARIEN.........169 1702. ANNE. .............................................172 1704-9. MARLBOROUGH. ......................172 XII. — HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK l704. GEORGE I........................................175 1720. THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE...........175 1727. GEORGE II......................................178 1745. THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE CHARLIE. .........................................179 1757. HOW CLIVE FOUNDED OUR INDIAN EMPIRE..............................186 1759. THE VICTORY AND DEATH OF WOLFE. ............................................189 1760. GEORGE III. ...................................192 1773-75. THE TEA-CHESTS OF BOSTON AND THE RIFLES OF LEXINGTON. ...................................193 GEORGE III. (Continued). ................195 1805. THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON. 196 1815. WATERLOO...................................198 1820. GEORGE IV. ...................................200 1830. WILLIAM IV...................................201 1830. THE GROWTH OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. ................................201 1837. VICTORIA. .....................................203 1845. THE FATAL VOYAGE OF FRANKLIN. ......................................204 1855. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. .....207 1857. THE DEFENCE AND RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. ......................................211 1866. THE LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLES. ...........................................216 1868. STORY OF THE ABYSSINIAN WAR..................................................218 SUMMARY OF RECENT EVENTS......222 NOTE TO TEACHERS...........................227 QUESTIONS. ...........................................230 2

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PREFACE. I INTEND this little book to serve as an introduction to my Senior Class Book of British History, lately published. Written with the distinct object of being attractive to is characterized (as I believe every work young readers, it written to attract the young ought to be) by an idiomatic simplicity of language, and a free pictorial style. The plan of the Work aims at presenting, in the first instance, a short Summary of each Period or Reign; and then supplying in the form of a Story fuller details of the more prominent and picturesque events. The Chronological Lists correspond with those of my more advanced Histories of the British Empire, so that a pupil becomes familiar from the beginning with a framework of Dynasties and Reigns, on the knowledge of which all accurate acquaintance with the subject depends. The introductory Summaries, printed in smaller type, supply a consecutive outline of British History, which may be studied either with, or apart from, the Stories. I may state that the Stories will be found useful in supplementing those descriptions, which the limited size and diversified contents of a School History often render necessarily meagre; for, especially in dealing with the more romantic portions of English History, I have resorted freely to the narration of anecdotes and the accumulation of picturesque details. W. F. C. January 1870. 3

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HIS T ORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. For Junior Classes. THE ROMAN PERIOD. Chief Events. — The Celts, who inhabited Britain, were disturbed in the year 55 B.C. by the arrival of Roman soldiers under Julius Cæsar. What we call the Roman Period of our history then began. It lasted during four hundred and sixtyfive years. It was not until the reign of Claudius, 43 A.D., that the Romans gained any decided success in Britain. Shortly after that time a brave British chief named Caractacus was defeated and taken prisoner; and the Druids were expelled from Mona (Anglesey). Agricola was the chief Roman governor of Britain. During nine years he held power: and, having invaded Caledonia or Scotland, he defeated a chief named Galgacus in the Battle of the Grampians, 84 A.D. The principal Roman Walls were the Wall of Hadrian, from the Tyne to the Solway Firth (121 A.D.), and the Wall of Antonine from Forth to Clyde (140 A.D.). The Roman Emperor Severus marched through Caledonia, as far as the Moray Firth. Just previous to 300 A.D. Carausius, a Roman admiral, seized Boulogne, and established himself as ruler in Britain. This was one sign that the Roman power was decaying in the island: another, and a stronger sign, may be found in the Sack of London (367 A.D.) by the Picts 4

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