The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Phillips Sampson, 1853

Danish Invasions the Normans	8

Conquests of the English on the Continent	14

The Nature of the ancient English Government often misrepre	20

Resistance an ordinary Check on Tyranny in the Middle Ages	26

The limited Monarchies of the Middle Ages generally turned into	33

Origin of the Church of England her peculiar Character	42

The Doctrine of Divine Right	55

Accession and Character of Charles the First	64

The Ordnance	238

Mineral Wealth of the Country	246

The Clergy	254

The Yeomanry	260

Leeds	266

The City	273

Shutting of the Exchequer 167	284

Inns	296

The Remonstrance	81

Domination and Character of the Army	90

Temper of the Scotch Nation	98

Subjugation of Ireland and Scotland	99

Oliver succeeded by Richard	108

Second Expulsion of the Long Parliament	111

CHAPTER II	118

Unpopularity of the Puritans	125

Characters of the Duke of York and Earl of Clarendon	134

Change in the Morals of the Community	140

The Government becomes unpopular in England	146

State of European Politics and Ascendency of France	154

Views of Lewis with respect to England	160

War with the United Provinces and their extreme Danger	168

The Cabal dissolved	174

Fall of Danby the Popish Plot	181

Character of Halifax	189

Lawrence Hyde	197

Parliament held at Oxford and dissolved Tory Reaction	203

His Execution	206

Seizure of Charters	210

Death	216

Execution of Rumbold	217

Great Change in the State of England since 1685	219

Military System	225

The Navy	231

The PostOffice	302

Immorality of the Polite Literature of England	312

State of the Fine Arts	322

Labor of Children in Factories	328

Delusion which leads Men to overrate the Happiness of preced	334

Suspicions of Poison	345

New Arrangements	351

Struggle in the Mind of James Fluctuations of his Policy	357

His Coronation	371

Proceedings against Oates	379

Proceedings against Baxter	385

Cruel Treatment of the Scotch Covenanters	391

Peculiar Favor shown to Roman Catholics and Quakers	399

The Revenue voted	406

CHAPTER V	412

Ferguson	418

Sir Patrick Hume	425

Reception of Monmouth at Taunton	460

Preparations of the Government to oppose him	466

Despondency of Monmouth	472

Pursuit of the Rebels Military Executions	483

His Interview with the King	489

Quelties of the Soldiers in the West Kirke	497

Christopher Battiscombe the Hewlings	510

Trial and Execution of Bateman	524

Título	The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volumen1 de The History of England from the Accession of James II, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Autor	Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay
Editor	Phillips Sampson, 1853
Procedencia del original	Biblioteca de Cataluña
Digitalizado	27 Feb. 2009

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