The Historians' History of the World: England, 1642-1791

Henry Smith Williams

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1907

THE CIVIL WAR 16421646 A D	1

The outbreak of war 4 First engagements the battle of Edgehill 7 The king	20

Marston Moor Lostwithiel and Newbury 24 Parliamentary rigour	26

Lauds execution 27 The warring creeds and intolerance 30 Peace negotiations	44

the king 51 The expulsion of the eleven members 52 Riots in London 55	81

the prisoners 97 Cromwells own account of the Irish massacres 98 Further	108

The subjugation of Scotland 120 Transactions with Portugal and Spain	122

April 20th 1653 130 Review of the Long Parliament 132 The new council	143

Condition of the streets 337 Lighting of London 338 Difficulty of travel	335

news	357

viction of Oates and Baxter 362 Monmouths rebellion 363 Cruelties of the sol	388

before the storm 390 Macaulay on the Declaration of Indulgence 394 The clergy	412

CHAPTER XI	420

two English kings in Ireland 424 Parliament and the king the settlement of	448

QUEEN ANNE 17021714 A D	470

the allies cause a renewal of war 477 Agitation regarding the separation of England	481

Relations with France and Spain 150 The first Protectorate Parliament 151 Crom	160

well refuses the title and is inaugurated protector 167 Victory and death of Blake	169

Dunes capture of Dunkirk 173 Cromwells many distresses and death Septem	178

THE END OF THE COMMONWEALTH 16581660 A D	192

tirement of the Cromwells 200 The commonwealth restored 201 Booths rising	218

THE RESTORATION OF THE STUARTS 16601668 A D	222

by knight service and disbanding of the army 223 Disputes between the round	238

his marriage 242 The sale of Dunkirk to the French	244

War with the Dutch 245 The plague 248 The great London fire of 1666	253

ingham and the cabal ministry 264 The triple alliance 266 Macaulays contrast	266

Dover and the French alliance 272 The accession of Nell Gwyn Coventry Act	275

Parliament bests the king the Test Act 277 The fall of the cabal 1674 A D	281

accepts a pension from Louis XIV 282 William III of Orange visits	312

of civil government 324 State of agriculture 325 Mineral wealth of the country	327

Whimsical and jacobite tories 489 The Schism Act 491 The divi	503

broke Oxford and Ormonde 508 Mars rising 509 The Septennial Act 512	526

Walpole to the rescue 529 Death of Stanhope and Marlborough 530 Stuart	536

Foreign affairs 545 Walpole versus Bolingbroke 546 The Gin Act	551

Retirement of Walpole 555 Stanhopes estimate of Walpole 556 Walpoles succes	577

Singlespeech Hamilton Pitts influence 578 The loss of Minorca 579 Hanover	591

THIRTY YEARS OF GEORGE III 17601791 A D	593

dancy of Bute 598 War with Spain 599 Bute is succeeded by Grenville	601

The Regency Bill 604 Rockingham assumes the ministry 605 The repeal of	617

The Royal Marriage Act 619 East Indian tea in Boston harbour 619 The Boston	624

France and Spain aid the colonists 627 Domestic affairs 630 Chathams last	643

the French Revolution 649 Burkes reflections on the Revolution 651 The Bir	652

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Title	The Historians' History of the World: England, 1642-1791 Volume 20 of The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations from the Earliest Times, Henry Smith Williams
Editor	Henry Smith Williams
Publisher	Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1907
Original from	UC Southern Regional Library Facility
Digitized	7 Feb 2014

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