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A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland

Chapter 34: INDEX.
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A concise national narrative traces development from prehistoric Britain through Roman occupation, Anglo‑Saxon and Norman eras, medieval monarchy, Reformation, civil war, and the Victorian age, treating religion and money as central forces shaping institutions and constitutional change. It surveys key milestones such as Magna Carta, the origins of Parliament, Tudor and imperial expansion, and industrial and social reforms, while summarizing how Ireland and Scotland became linked to England. Chapters proceed chronologically, emphasizing legal, religious, and economic currents that underpin political evolution and offering brief illustrative episodes for general readers.




SOVEREIGNS AND RULERS OF ENGLAND.


  ANGLO-SAXON LINE                             Reign began
                                                      A.D.

  Egbert ...........................................   800
  Ethelwulf ........................................   836
  Ethelbald ........................................   857
  Ethelbert ........................................   860
  Ethelred .........................................   866
  Alfred ...........................................   871
  Edward the Elder .................................   901
  Athelstan ........................................   925
  Edmund ...........................................   940
  Edred ............................................   946
  Edwy .............................................   955
  Edgar ............................................   957
  Edward the Martyr ................................   975
  Ethelred the Unready .............................   978
  Edmund Ironside ..................................  1016


  DANISH LINE

  Canute ...........................................  1017
  Harold I .........................................  1030
  Hardi Canute .....................................  1039


  SAXON LINE

  Edward the Confessor .............................  1041
  Harold II ........................................  1066
  NORMAN LINE

  William I ........................................  1066
  William II .......................................  1087
  Henry I ..........................................  1100
  Stephen ..........................................  1135


  PLANTAGENET LINE

  Henry II .........................................  1154
  Richard I ........................................  1189
  John .............................................  1199
  Henry III ........................................  1216
  Edward I .........................................  1272
  Edward II ........................................  1307
  Edward III .......................................  1327
  Richard II .......................................  1377


  HOUSE OF LANCASTER

  Henry IV .........................................  1399
  Henry V ..........................................  1413
  Henry VI .........................................  1422


  HOUSE OF YORK

  Edward IV ........................................  1461
  Edward V .........................................  1483
  Richard III ......................................  1483


  HOUSE OF TUDOR

  Henry VII ........................................  1485
  Henry VIII .......................................  1509
  Edward VI ........................................  1547
  Mary .............................................  1553
  Elizabeth ........................................  1558


  STUART LINE

  James I ..........................................  1603
  Charles I ........................................  1625


  THE COMMONWEALTH

  1649-1660
  STUART LINE

  Charles II .......................................  1660
  James II .........................................  1685


  HOUSE OF ORANGE

  William and Mary .................................  1688


  STUART LINE

  Anne .............................................  1702


  BRUNSWICK LINE

  George I .........................................  1714
  George II ........................................  1727
  George III .......................................  1760
  George IV ........................................  1820
  William IV .......................................  1830
  Victoria .........................................  1837
  Edward VII .......................................  1901


  BEGINNING OF SCOTTISH KINGDOM UNDER KENNETH MACALPINE,
  AFTER UNION OF PICTS AND SCOTS

                                            Began to Reign
                                                      A.D.

  Kenneth II .......................................   836
  Union with the Picts .............................   843
  Donald V .........................................   854
  Constantine II ...................................   858
  Ethus ............................................   874
  Gregory ..........................................   875
  Donald VI ........................................   892
  Constantine III ..................................   903
  Malcolm I ........................................   943
  Indulfus .........................................   952
  Duff .............................................   961
  Culenus ..........................................   966
  Kenneth III ......................................   970
  Constantine IV ...................................   994
  Grimus ...........................................   996
  Malcolm II .......................................  1004
  Duncan I .........................................  1034
  Macbeth ..........................................  1040
  Malcolm III ......................................  1057
  Donald VII .......................................  1093
  Duncan II ........................................  1094
  Edgar ............................................  1098
  Alexander I ......................................  1107
  David I ..........................................  1124
  Malcolm IV .......................................  1153
  William ..........................................  1165
  Alexander II .....................................  1214
  Alexander III ....................................  1249


  INTERREGNUM


  John Baliol ......................................  1293
  Robert I (Bruce) .................................  1306
  David II .........................................  1330
  Edward Baliol ....................................  1332
  Robert II ........................................  1370
  Robert III .......................................  1390


  INTERREGNUM


  HOUSE OF STUART

  James I ..........................................  1424
  James II .........................................  1437
  James III ........................................  1460
  James IV .........................................  1489
  James V ..........................................  1514
  Mary Stuart ......................................  1544
  Mary and      }
  Henry Stuart  } jointly ..........................  1565
  James VI .........................................  1567



INDEX.


ENGLAND

Abelard, 53

Act of Supremacy, 84

Addison, 135

Agincourt, 65

Agricola, 13

Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg, 159, 171

Alfred, King, 27, 40

Anglo-Saxons, 15-20, 22, 39

Anne Boleyn, 75, 77

Anne, of Cleves, 78

Anne, Queen of England, 131, 135

Anselm, 38

Antoninus, 14

Aquitaine, 65

Army Plot, 116

Arthur, King, 16

Arthur, Prince 48

Atlantic Cable, 169


Bacon, Francis, 95, 100

Bacon, Roger, 53

Bæda, 27

Balaklava, Battle of, 163

Bank of England, 130

Bannockburn, Battle of, 56

Basques, 10

Bayeux Tapestry, 33

Bedford, Duke of, 65

Bible, 101

Bill of Rights, 127

Black Death, 58

Black Prince, 58

Blenheim, Battle of, 133

Boadicea, 11

Bosworth, Battle of, 71

Bothwell, 93

Boyne, Battle of, 127

Bright, John, 160, 171

British Association, 27

Britons, 10, 14, 20

Bruce, Robert, 56

Bruno, 86

Buddha, 193

Buller, General, 185

Bunker Hill, 148

Bunyan, 124

Burke, 145, 149

Burney, Frances, 153

Burns, 153

Byron, 154


Cade, Jack, 66

Cædmon, 26

Cæsar, 11

Calais, 81

Calcutta, Black Hole of, 140

Calvin, 84

Canada, 140, 143

Canning, 149

Canterbury, 25, 45

Canterbury, Archbishop of, 44

Canute, 31

Cape of Good Hope, 172

Caroline, of Brunswick, 156

Caroline, Queen, 138

Catharine de Medici, 91

Catholicism, Roman Church, 25, 63, 74-79, 83, 99, 123

Cavaliers, 123, 137

Cawnpore, Massacre at, 166

Caxton, 71

Cerdic, 19-22

Charles I, 102, 118

Charles II, 121, 123

Charles V, 74

Charles VII, 65

Charlotte, Princess, 156

Chaucer, 60

Christianity, 18, 23, 26

Chronicle, 149

Church of England, 76, 83

Churchill, John, 132

Circuits, 45

Clarence, Duke, 62

Claudius, 11

Clive, 140

Cobden, Richard, 160

Coleridge, 149, 153

Colonies, The Thirteen, 145

Commonwealth, 119

Conservatives, 137, 157

Constance, of Brittany, 48

Cook, Captain, 143

Cornwallis, Lord, 148

Court of Appeals, 45

Cowper, 153

Crécy, Battle of, 57

Crimean War, 162

Cromlechs, 9

Cromwell, Oliver, 117, 119

Cromwell, Thomas, 77

Cronje, General, 185-191

Crusades, 42, 47

Culloden Moor, 139


Daguerre, 169

Danes, 30

Darnley, Lord, 93

Defoe, 135

De Wet, 189

Dickens, 170

Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield), 160, 171

Domesday Book, 36

Drake, Sir Francis, 94

Dufferin, 187

Duncan, 31

Dutch East India Co., 172


East India Co., 89, 140, 149, 173

Edict of Nantes, 173

Education Bill, 195

Edward "the Confessor," 32

Edward I, 54

Edward II, 56

Edward III, 56, 62, 66

Edward IV, 68

Edward V, 70

Edward VI, 78, 79

Edward VII, 191

Edward, of York, 67

Edward, Prince of Wales, 68

Edwin, 26

Egbert, 23

Elizabeth, 80, 82

Erasmus, 71

Escurial, 86

Exeter, Duke of, 69

Exposition, 169


Fawkes, Guy, 99

Feudalism, 34, 66, 69

Fielding, 135

Flodden Field, 91

Florida, Cession of, 141

Fox, 145, 148, 149

Franchise, 184

Francis I, 74

Frith-Gilds, 40

Fulton, 154


Gage, General, 147

Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, 43

Geoffrey, Prince, 48

George I, Elector of Hanover, 135, 138

George II, 138

George III, 143, 146, 151

George IV, 155

George, Prince of Denmark, 134

Gilds, 40

Gladstone, 171

Godwin, 32

Goldsmith, 153

Grand Alliance, 131, 132

Grand Lama, 193

Great Britain, 101

Great Trek, 175

Gregory, Pope, 24

Grey, Lady Jane, 79

Guise, House of, 92, 102, 123

Guise, Mary, 91

Gunpowder Plot, 99


Habeas Corpus, 123, 124

Hadrian, 14

Hampden, John, 106, 112, 116

Hanover, House of, 135

Harold, 32, 33, 38

Hastings (Senlac), Battle of, 33

Hastings, Warren, 149

Havelock, General, 167

Hengest, 22

Henrietta, of France, 103

Henry I, 42

Henry II, 44

Henry III, 51

Henry IV, 63

Henry V, 64

Henry VI, 68

Henry VII, 71

Henry VIII, 73-79

Henry Tudor, 71

High Commission Court, 115

Hinterland, 176

Horsa, 22

House of Commons, 54, 63, 87, 119, 156

Howard, John, 153

Howard, Katharine, 78

Huguenots, 89, 173, 186

Hundred Years' War, 65