Guizot's Popular History of England, Volume 1

Item:
Title:
Guizot's Popular History of England (From The Earliest Times To The Accession Of Queen Victoria) Vol. 1
Author:
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Editor:
Printer:
Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat
Place of Printing:
Boston
Date of Printing:
No Date (but copyright 1876)
Format:
10 x 8.5 inches.
Language:
 
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Author and Commentators

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874). French historian and statesman.

The Book

Red cloth with gold gild decorative imprints. 408 pages. Wood and steel plate illustrations. Four volume set. The first volume covers pre-roman period to King Henry V.

Artists

  • A. De Neuville is Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville 1835-1885). French painter.
  • Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897). British Artist.
  • P. Leyendecker is Paul Joseph Leyendecker (1842-?). French painter.
  • G. Staal is Gustave Staal (1817-1882). French painter
  • Emile Bayard is Emile-Antoine Bayard (1837-1891). French painter.

Contents

  • I. Ancient Populations of Britain. Roman Dominion 55 B.C. to 411 A.D. 13
  • II. The Rule of the Saxons to the Invasions of the Danes. 449-832. 29
  • III. The Danes. – Alfred the Great. 836-901. 41
  • IV. Saxon and Danish Kings. – Conquest of England by the Normans. 901-1066. 63
  • V. Establishment of the Normans in England. 1066-1087. 106
  • VI. The Norman Kings. –William Rufus. Henry I. Stephen. 1087-1154. 120.
  • VII. Henry II. 1154-1189. 149
  • VIII. Richard Coeur-de-Lion. – John Lackland. Magna Charta. 1189-1216. 185
  • IX. King and Barons. – Henry III. 1216-1272. 221
  • X. Malleus Scotorum. – Edward I. 1272-1307. 241
  • XI. The Hundred Years’ War. – Edward III. 1327-1377. 288
  • XII. Bolingbroke. – Richard II. 1377-1397. Henry IV. 1398-1413. 340
  • XIII. Henry V. 1413-1422. 380

Gallery

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