A Short History of England
by G. K. Chesterton
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Contents
- Introduction
- II. The Province of Britain
- III. The Age of Legends
- IV. The Defeat of the Barbarians
- V. St. Edward and the Norman Kings
- VI. The Age of the Crusades
- VII. The Problem of the Plantagenets
- VIII. The Meaning of Merry England
- IX. Nationality and the French Wars
- X. The War of the Usurpers
- XI. The Rebellion of the Rich
- XII. Spain and the Schism of Nations
- XIII. The Age of the Puritans
- XIV. The Triumph of the Whigs
- XV. The War with the Great Republics
- XVI. Aristocracy and the Discontents
- XVII. The Return of the Barbarian
- Conclusion