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A HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
By the Rev. J. Franck Bright, M.A., Fellow of UniversityCollege, and Historical Lecturer in Balliol, New, and UniversityColleges, Oxford; late Master of the Modern School in MarlboroughCollege.
With numerous Maps and Plans. Crown 8vo.
This work is divided into three Periods of convenient andhandy size, especially adapted for use in Schools, as well as forStudents reading special portions of History for local and otherExaminations.
Period I.—Mediæval Monarchy: The Departure of the Romans,to Richard III. From A.D. 449 to A.D. 1485. 4s. 6d.
Period II.—Personal Monarchy: Henry VII. to James II.From A.D. 1485 to A.D. 1688. 5s.
Period III.—Constitutional Monarchy: William and Maryto the Present Time. From A.D. 1689 to A.D. 1837. 7s. 6d.
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A
History of England
BY THE REV.
J. FRANCK BRIGHT, M.A.
FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, AND HISTORICAL LECTURER IN BALLIOL, NEW, ANDUNIVERSITY COLLEGES, OXFORD; LATE MASTER OF THE MODERN SCHOOLIN MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE
PERIOD I.
MEDIÆVAL MONARCHY
From the Departure of the Romans to Richard III.
449–1485
With Maps and Plans
RIVINGTONS
WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON
Oxford, and Cambridge
MDCCCLXXVII
[Second Edition, Revised]
The object of this book is expressed in the title. It isintended to be a useful book for school teaching, andadvances no higher pretensions. Some years ago, at ameeting of Public School Masters, the want of such a bookwas spoken of, and at the suggestion of his friends, theAuthor determined to attempt to supply this want. Theobjections raised to the school histories ordinarily usedwere—first, the absence of historical perspective, produced