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[Transcriber's note: This production is based on http://www.archive.org/details/popularhistoryeng01guiz.
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Murder Of Thomas A-Becket.

A Popular History Of England
From the Earliest Times
To The Reign Of Queen Victoria

M. Guizot
Author of "The Popular History of France," etc.

Authorized Edition
Illustrated
Vol. I
New York
John W. Lovell Company
150 Worth Street, Corner Mission Place

Volume One.

Murder of Thomas A'Becket.
Caractacus and his Wife before Claudius.
Augustine preaching to Ethelbert.
Alfred in the Herdsman's Hut.
Canute by the Seashore.
William the Conqueror reviewing his Troops.
Robert's Encounter with his Father.
Azelin forbidding the burial of William the Conqueror.
Death of William Rufus.
Escape of the Empress Maud from Oxford.
Richard Removing the Archduke's Banner.
Richard's farewell to the Holy Land.
King John's Anger After Signing Magna Charta.
King Henry and his Barons.
That is the Title by which I Hold my Lands.
Bruce warned by Gilbert de Clare.
Robert Bruce Regretting His Battle-Axe.
The Battle of Sluys.
Van Arteveldt at his Door/
Queen Philippa on her knees before the King.
King John Taken Prisoner by the Black Prince.
The Black Prince Serving the French King.
Death of Wat Tyler.

Table Of Contents.
Chapter I.Ancient Populations of Britain
Roman Dominion (55 B.C. to 411 A.D.)
Chapter II.The Rule of the Saxons to the Invasion of the Danes (449 -832
Chapter III.The Danes.
Alfred the Great (836-901)
Chapter IV.The Saxon and Danish Kings.
The Conquest of England by the Normans (901-1066)
Chapter V.Establishment of the Normans in England (1066-1087)
Chapter VI.The Norman Kings. (1087-1154)
William Rufus
Henry I.
Stephen
Chapter VII.Henry II. (1154-1189)
Chapter VIII.Richard Cur-de-Lion.
John Lackland.
Magna Charta (1189-1216)
Chapter IX.King and Barons.
Henry III. (1216-1272)
Chapter X.Malleus Scotorum
Edward I. (1272-1307.)
Edward II. (1307-1327)
Chapter XI.The Hundred Years' War.
Edward III. (1327-1377)
Chapter XII.Bolingbroke.
Richard II. (1377-1308). Henry IV. (1398-1413)

Preface.
"The History of France," related to his grandchildren by M. Guizot, is now universally known. It has supplied a want which every one must have felt; it has been welcome both to children and to parents. Our national history enjoyed one indisputable privilege: it had everywhere the right to the first place. But after the "History of France," my father had related for the benefit of his grandchildren the "History of England." He had adopted a plan slightly different from that which he had followed in his previous narratives. He felt that in this case the knowledge which would enable the reader to supply any hiatus is less extended; he was, in consequence, careful to preserve the regular and chronological sequence of events. I have collected these lessons as I collected those of "The History of France." My father foresaw that he would not himself make use of the notes which I preserved. He therefore requested me to edit them, and he took a pleasure in re-perusing my work. I have thus written this "History of England," step by step, as he related, and in great part revised it; and I now publish it in accordance with his desire, and, in the hope of enabling others to share in the useful instruction which we all derived from it, both parents and children. The French have often been charged with ignorance of the history of foreign nations. It is time to remove that reproach. For us the "History of England" is important and interesting above all others. In peaceful times and in times of war it is everywhere connected with our own by a national bond, which all the causes of dissension have not been able to destroy. In studying the History of England we study again the History of France; and we may draw from it useful lessons for the service and the welfare of that country whose trials and sorrows have rendered her a thousand times dearer to us.
Guizot De Witt.
[Henriette Guizot de Witt, daughter of Franois Guizot.]

History Of England.

Chapter I.
Ancient Populations Of Britain.
Roman Dominion, 55 B.C. TO 411 A.D.
The earliest periods of English History are obscure, and even the origin of its inhabitants is still a subject of discussion. The first authentic information which we possess with regard to them is derived from their conqueror. Julius Caesar remarked their resemblance to the Gauls, and modern researches have confirmed his testimony. Every thing seems to show that the inhabitants of Britain were Celts, or Gaels, a name which the population of the highlands of Scotland retain to this day. On the Southern Coasts, an invasion of Cimrys, or Belgians, appears to have mingled with the Celtic population and to have brought with it some elements of civilization. Long before the advent of Csar, the Phoenicians and Greeks established at Marseilles, had entered into relations of commerce with the Scilly Isles, which they called the Cassiterides, and also with the extremity of the County of Cornwall, where the tin-mines were situated. Pytheas, who lived at Marseilles at the commencement of the Fourth Century B.C., has related his voyage along the coast of Britain; but it is with the invasion of the Romans that the history of England commences. It is here that we penetrate for the first time into those islands which, though separated from the rest of the world, sent to the Gauls, who were struggling for their independence, succor, which furnished Csar with a pretext for the attempt to conquer them. After his fourth campaign in Gaul, about the year 55 B.C., the great Roman general set sail on the 26th of August for Britain. He had brought with him the infantry of two legions,about twelve thousand men, and he disembarked near the point where the town of Deal is now situated. The Britons had gathered in a mass upon the shore. A great number were on horseback, urging their horses into the waves, and insulting and defying the foreigners. They were almost entirely naked, having cast off the clothing of skins with which they were ordinarily covered, in order to prepare for the combat. Their war chariots were driven rapidly along the shore. For a moment the Roman soldiers hesitated, troubled by the unaccustomed sight, perhaps from a dread of offending the unknown gods of people celebrated among their Gaulish brethren for the devotion with which they surrounded the Druidical faith. The standard-bearer of the tenth legion was the first to precipitate himself into the sea. "Follow me, my fellow-soldiers," said he, "unless you will give up your eagle to the enemy. I at least will do my duty to the Republic and to our general." His comrades followed his example, and the savage inhabitants of Britain retired in disorder, driven back, in spite of their bravery, after a short engagement.
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