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A Short History of England

By G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Short History of England, by G. K. Chesterton
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A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY G. K. CHESTERTON
- LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS MCMXVII
- CONTENTS
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND
- I
  - INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION
- II
  - THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN
- THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN
- III
  - THE AGE OF LEGENDS
- THE AGE OF LEGENDS
- IV
  - THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS
- THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS
- V
  - ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS
- ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS
- VI
  - THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES
- THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES
- VII
  - THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS
- THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS
- VIII
  - THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND
- THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND
- IX
  - NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS
- NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS
- X
  - THE WAR OF THE USURPERS
- THE WAR OF THE USURPERS
- XI
  - THE REBELLION OF THE RICH
- THE REBELLION OF THE RICH
- XII
  - SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS
- SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS
- XIII
  - THE AGE OF THE PURITANS
- THE AGE OF THE PURITANS
- XIV
  - THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS
- THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS
- XV
  - THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS
- THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS
- XVI
  - ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS
- ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS
- XVII
  - THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN
- THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN
- XVIII
  - CONCLUSION
  - THE END
- CONCLUSION
- THE END