A Short History of England
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Overview
A unique and accessible history of England from one of the country’s preeminent thinkers
Published in 1917, A Short History of England is a “popular book of history” told through the layman’s eyes. G. K. Chesterton takes the reader on brisk, casual strolls through the annals of Anglo-Saxon history by discussing key topics and periods, including “The Defeat of the Barbarians,” “The Problem of the Plantagenets,” and “Nationality and the French Wars,” in clear and insightful prose.
A fascinating collection of short pieces that bring the past to stimulating life, A Short History of England is a testament to the unique qualities that, according to George Bernard Shaw, made Chesterton “at once the most concise and the fullest historian this distressful country has yet found.”
This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Published in 1917, A Short History of England is a “popular book of history” told through the layman’s eyes. G. K. Chesterton takes the reader on brisk, casual strolls through the annals of Anglo-Saxon history by discussing key topics and periods, including “The Defeat of the Barbarians,” “The Problem of the Plantagenets,” and “Nationality and the French Wars,” in clear and insightful prose.
A fascinating collection of short pieces that bring the past to stimulating life, A Short History of England is a testament to the unique qualities that, according to George Bernard Shaw, made Chesterton “at once the most concise and the fullest historian this distressful country has yet found.”
This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
- I: INTRODUCTION
- II: THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN
- III: THE AGE OF LEGENDS
- IV: THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS
- V: ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS
- VI: THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES
- VII: THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS
- VIII: THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND
- IX: NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS
- X: THE WAR OF THE USURPERS
- XI: THE REBELLION OF THE RICH
- XII: SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS
- XIII: THE AGE OF THE PURITANS
- XIV: THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS
- XV: THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS
- XVI: ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS
- XVII: THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN
- XVIII: CONCLUSION
Product Details
- Title : A Short History of England
- Author: Chesterton, G. K.
- Publisher: Open Road Media
- Publication Date: 2015
- ISBN: 9781504022552
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was a prolific English journalist and author best known for his mystery series featuring the priest-detective Father Brown and for the metaphysical thriller The Man Who Was Thursday. Baptized into the Church of England, Chesterton underwent a crisis of faith as a young man and became fascinated with the occult. He eventually converted to Roman Catholicism and published some of Christianity’s most influential apologetics, including Heretics and Orthodoxy.