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LECTURE XI.-DUNSTAN.
The kings after Ethelstane. Edgar the Peaceable. The wolf-
tribute. The vassal kings. St. Dunstan. The religion of the
period. Superstitions. Witches. The ordeal
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LECTURE XII.-THE UNREADY.
The sons of Edgar. The Battle of Maldon. Tribute to the Danes.
Massacre of St. Brice. Swend. Ethelred's flight. Normandy
and the Normans. Edmund Ironside
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LECTURE XIII.-CNUT.
A Danish king-his fierce beginning-his reform-his religion-
pilgrimage to Rome-his letter-his sons
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LECTURE XIV.-THE CONFESSOR.
Edward the Confessor. The Normans and the English. The
English party and Earl Godwine. Godwine's banishment and
return. Harold. Westminster Abbey
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LECTURE XV.-THE CONQUEST.
Election of Harold. Battle of Stamford Bridge. Battle of Hast-
ings. Coronation of William the Conqueror. Effects of the
Norman Conquest on the English character-on the English
language
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LECTURE XVI.-THE CONQUEROR.
The foreigners in England. The feudal system. The castles.
Risings of the English. Devastation of Northumberland. The
New Forest. Appointments in the Church. Resistance to
Papal encroachment. Death of the Conqueror
LECTURE XVII. -THE CONQUEROR'S SONS.
William Rufus. His brother Robert. The king and the barons.
The English people. Anselm. The Crusades. Henry Beauclerc.
His marriage. The English take his part. Peace, order, and
justice. Stephen and Matilda. Misery of the country. The
agreement and promised reform. Death of Stephen .....
LECTURE XVIII.-HENRY PLANTAGENET.
Character of Henry. His marriage. His dominions. Distinction
between English and Normans disappears. Destruction of the
castles. Condition of Ireland. The conquest
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LECTURE XIX.-CHURCH AND STATE.
Disputes between Church and State. Investitures. Ecclesiastical
Courts. Thomas à Becket as chancellor—as archbishop. Ex-
communication. Death of Becket. He is looked on as a saint.
Henry does penance
LECTURE XX.-THE SONS OF HENRY.
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Henry's family troubles. His death. Richard Coeur-de-Lion.
Chivalry. Richard's absence from England. John Sans-terre.
Prince Arthur. Loss of Normandy
LECTURE XXI.-MAGNA CHARTA.
The dispute with the Pope. Stephen Langton. John becomes the
Pope's vassal. The archbishop and the barons demand the
Charter. The changes it introduced. John breaks the Charter.
The French invasion. Death of John
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LECTURE XXII.-HENRY III.
RELIGION AND
EDUCATION.
Gothic architecture and Westminster Abbey.
Extortions of the
Pope. The Grey Friars and the Black Friars. The universities.
Roger Bacon
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LECTURE XXIII.-THE PARLIAMENT.
The foreigners. The king's extravagance. Demands for money.
The barons resist. Simon de Montfort. The parliament.
Character of Prince Edward. The last Crusade
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LECTURE XXIV.-EDWARD I. ENGLAND AND WALES.
Edward's government. Dispute about taxation. Humphrey Bohun.
The old over-lordship of England in Wales and Scotland. The
Welsh people. Conquest of Wales
LECTURE XXV.-EDWARD I. SCOTLAND.
The inhabitants of Scotland. The old laws. Candidates for the
crown. Edward claims the over-lordship. John Balliol. The
first revolt. The first conquest. The Stone of Destiny
LECTURE XXVI.-SCOTLAND VICTORIOUS.
Wallace. Battle of Stirling Bridge. The second conquest. Battle
of Falkirk. Robert Bruce. His coronation. Death of Edward
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LECTURE XXVII.-CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN WAR.
Edward II. His father's last commands. Piers Gaveston. The
Lords Ordainers. The Despensers. The queen. Deposition of
Edward. His murder. Edward III. The French wars.
Froissart. The Black Prince. Battle of Crecy. Calais
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LECTURE XXVIII.-GLORY AND SORROW.
The Battle of Poitiers. The Black Death. The serfs. Loss of
Aquitaine. The Black Prince and the parliament.
the prince
Death of
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LECTURE XXIX.-MEDIEVAL ENGLAND.
The English people five hundred years ago. The language. The
writers. The friars. The clergy
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LECTURE XXX.-MEDIEVAL ENGLAND (continued).
The knights. The state of education. The households, dress, and
luxury of the rich. The condition of the poor
296
LECTURE XXXI.-NEW ASPIRATIONS.
Wycliffe. The English Bible. Richard II. Wat Tyler and the
insurrection of the people. Its results
306
LECTURE XXXII.-RICHARD THE REDELESS.
Character of Richard. His uncles. Troubles of the reign. Death
of the Duke of Gloucester. Richard aims at absolute power.
Henry of Lancaster. His banishment. His return. Deposition
of Richard
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LECTURE XXXIII.-HENRY OF LANCASTER.
The Lollards.
Persecution.
Prince Harry. The Border Wars.
Percy and Douglas. Owen Glendower. Battle of Shrewsbury.
The King of Scotland
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LECTURE XXXIV.-THE CONQUEST OF FRANCE.
Character of Henry V. Lord Cobham and the Lollards.
The war
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with France. Harfleur. Battle of Agincourt. Rouen. Treaty
of Troyes. The king's marriage. His death and burial
LECTURE XXXV.-FRANCE RECOVERS.
Henry VI. The Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester. Cardinal Beau-
fort. The Maid of Orleans. Coronation of Charles VII. of
France. Death of the Maid
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LECTURE XXXVI.-LOSS OF FRANCE AND TROUBLES
IN ENGLAND.
End of the Hundred Years' War. Margaret of Anjou. Death of
Gloucester and Suffolk. Cade's revolt. The principal actors in
the Wars of the Roses
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LECTURE XXXVII.-WARS OF THE ROSES.
The old nobility and their armies. End of the feudal system.
Causes of the war. Condition of the people. Edward IV. His
marriage. Vicissitudes
LECTURE XXXVIII.-THE END OF THE WAR.
Caxton and the printing-press. Richard III. His victims. Murder
of the young princes. Henry Tudor. Battle of Bosworth Field
LECTURE XXXIX.-THE RENAISSANCE.
Peace after war. Henry VII. His character. He suppresses the
power of the nobles. England prospers. Discovery of America.
The revival of learning
LECTURE XL.-THE STATE OF RELIGION.
Worldliness of the Church. The monasteries. The Oxford re-
formers. The New Testament. Henry VIII. and Dean Colet
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