A Short History of England (1917)
by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
3755A Short History of England1917Gilbert Keith Chesterton

A SHORT HISTORY

OF ENGLAND BY

G. K. CHESTERTON


LONDON

CHATTO & WINDUS

MCMXVII

PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY

WILLIAN CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

LONDON AND BECCLES.


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CONTENTS
PAGE
I. INTRODUCTION 1
II. THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN 6
III. THE AGE OF LEGENDS 19
IV. THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS 30
V. ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS 43
VI. THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES 58
VII. THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS 71
VIII. THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND 86
IX. NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS 104
X. THE WAR OF THE USURPERS 119
XI. THE REBELLION OF THE RICH 133
XII. SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS 151
XIII. THE AGE OF THE PURITANS 163
XIV. THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS 179
XV. THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS 195
XVI. ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS 209
XVII. THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN 223
XVIII. CONCLUSION 238

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