The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volumes 1-2

Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1849 - 1649 pages

Effect of the Conversion of the Saxons to Christianity	10

Origin of the Church of England	36

The Norman Conquest and its Effects	48

The Relation in which she stood to the Crown	61

Their Republican Spirit	72

Tactics of the Opposition in the House of Commons	83

The Star Chamber and High Commission	89

The first Appearance of the two great English Parties	105

Increase of Rent the Country Gentlemen	313

The Clergy	319

The Yeomanry	329

Manchester Leeds	335

Bath	341

The Fashionable Part of the Capital	350

Police of London	356

Shutting of the Exchequer 212	358

The Impeachment of the Five Members	115

Monk and the Army of Scotland march into England	142

Domination and Character of the Army	143

CHAPTER II	149

Religious Dissension	155

Character of Charles the Second	165

General Election of 1661	172

Profligacy of the Politicians of that Age	179

War with the Dutch	188

State of European Politics and Ascendency of France	194

The Country Party	200

Treaty of Dover	206

It is cancelled and the Test Act passed	219

Peace of Nimeguen violent discontents in England	226

First General Election of 1679	233

Character of Halitax	239

Habeas Corpus Act	245

Sidney Godolphin	251

Parliament held at Oxford and dissolved Tory Reaction	257

Detection of the Whig Conspiracies Severity of the Government	264

Lord Keeper Guildford	270

Great Change in the State of England since 1685	276

Military System	285

The Navy	293

The Ordnance	300

State of Agriculture	306

Difficulty of Travelling	367

Highwaymen	377

The Observator	385

Scarcity of Books in Country Places 386	430

Wages of Manufacturers 410	433

Description of the limited Monarchies of the Middle Ages	435

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War with the United Provinces and their extreme Danger 213	213

Meeting of the Parliament 216	264

Declaration of Indulgence 211	314

He returns to England the King displeased with Clarendon 378	378

Dismission of Rochester 386	386

Effect of the Fall of the Hydes 392	392

Immorality of the Polite Literature of England 399	399

State of the Fine Arts 405	405

Title	The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volumes 1-2 Volume 173 of Collection of British Authors Volume 172 of Collection of British Authors. Tauchnitz Edition Volumes 172-174 of Collection of British and American authors The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Thomas Babington Macauly
Author	Thomas Babington Macaulay
Editor	Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (Lady).)
Publisher	Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1849
Original from	Ghent University
Digitized	9 Feb 2011
Length	1649 pages

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