A HISTORY OF ENGLAND

PERSONAL MONARCHY

1485-1688

A HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

By the Rev. J. FRANCK BRIGHT, M.A., Fellow of University College, and Historical Lecturer in Balliol, New, and University Colleges, Oxford; late Master of the Modern School in Marlborough College.

With numerous Maps and Plans. Crown 8vo.

This work is divided into three Periods of convenient and
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Period I.-MEDIEVAL MONARCHY: The Departure of the Romans,
to Richard III. From A.D. 449 to A.D. 1485. 4s. 6d.
Period II. PERSONAL MONARCHY: Henry VII. to James II.
From A.D. 1485 to A.D. 1688. 5s.

Period III.-CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY: William and Mary to the Present Time. From A.D. 1689 to A.D. 1837. 7s. 6d.

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HISTORY OF ENGLAND

BY THE REV.

J. FRANCK BRIGHT, M.A.

FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, AND HISTORICAL LECTURER IN BALLIOL, NEW, AND
UNIVERSITY COLLEGES, OXFORD; LATE MASTER OF THE MODERN SCHOOL
IN MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE

PERIOD II.

PERSONAL MONARCHY

Henry VII. to James II.

1485-1688

With Maps and Plans

New York

E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY

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A LIST OF SOME USEFUL AUTHORITIES.

GENERAL HISTORIES.

Froude's History of England, 1527-1588. Lingard's History of England. Mackintosh's History of England to 1588. Ranke's History of England in the Seventeenth Century. Macaulay's History of England, 1660-1702; the best general authority for this period. Hook's Lives of the Archbishops. Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors. Tytler's England under Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. Sharon Turner's Reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. Kenneth's Complete History (a collection of old histories). Hallam's Constitutional History. Burton's History of Scotland. Leland's History of Ireland (1773). Froude's History of Ireland, vol. i. Motley's Dutch Republic and United Netherlands.

GENERAL AUTHORITIES.

Hall's History to 1547. Stowe's Annals to 1592. Polydore Vergil to 1538 (Camden Society). Holinshed, a collection of chronicles to 1577, the last part by Holinshed himself; it contains in vol. i. Harrison's description of England. Herbert's History of England under Henry VIII. Rymer's Fœdera. Statutes of the Realm, vols. iii., iv., v. Howell's Collection of State Trials. Calendars of State Papers (Master of the Rolls' series). Parliamentary History of England. Somers' Collection of Tracts, the first 9 volumes. Ellis's Collection of Original Letters. Hardwicke's State Papers,

1501-1726.

HENRY VII.

Bacon's History of Henry VII. (1622); based chiefly on Hall, with a few small chronological errors; edited by Stebbing. Bernardi, Historia de Vita Henrici VII. (Rolls' series). Gairdner's Letters and Papers, and Memorials of Henry VII. (Rolls' series). Rutland Papers, edited by Jerdan (Camden Society).

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