Guizot's Popular History of England, Volume 1

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Guizot's Popular History of England (From The Earliest Times To The Accession Of Queen Victoria) Vol. 1

Author:

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

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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.

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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

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