A
HISTORY OF ENGLAND
PRINCIPALLY
IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

Leopold von Ranke

Contents
Preface
Translators' Preface
BOOK I.	THE CHIEF CRISES IN THE EARLIER HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
	Introduction
	Chap. I.	The Britons, Romans and Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxons and Christianity.
	Chap. II.	Transfer of the Anglo-Saxon crown to the Normans and Plantagenets.
	Chap. III.	The crown in conflict with Church and Nobles. Henry II and Becket. John Lackland and Magna Charta.
	Chap. IV.	Foundation of the Parliamentary Constitution.
	Chap. V.	Deposition of Richard II. The House of Lancaster
BOOK II.	ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE KINGDOM INDEPENDENTLY IN ITS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL RELATIONS.
	Introduction.
	Chap. I.	Re-establishment of the supreme power.
	Chap. II.	Changes in the condition of Europe. Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey in their earlier years.
	Chap. III.	Origin of the Divorce Question.
	Chap. IV.	The Separation of the English Church.
	Chap. V.	The opposing tendencies within the Schismatic State.
	Chap. VI.	Religious Reform in the English Church.
	Chap. VII.	Transfer of the Government to a Catholic Queen.
	Chap. VIII.	The Catholic-Spanish Government.
BOOK III.	QUEEN ELIZABETH. CLOSE CONNEXION OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH AFFAIRS.
	Chap. I.	Elizabeth's accession. Triumph of the Reformation.
	Chap. II.	Outlines of the Reformation in Scotland.
	Chap. III.	Mary Stuart in Scotland. Relation of the two Queens to each other.
	Chap. IV.	Interdependence of the European dissensions in Polltics and Religion.
	Chap. V.	The fate of Mary Stuart.
	Chap. VI.	The Invincible Armada.
	Chap. VII.	The later years of Queen Elizabeth.
BOOK IV.	FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. FIRST DISTURBANCES UNDER THE STUARTS.
	Introduction.
	Chap. I.	James VI of Scotland: his accession to the throne of England. Origin of fresh disiensions in the Church. Alliance with England. Renewal of the Episcopal Constitution in Scotland. Preparations for the Succession to the English Throne. Accession to the Throne.
	Chap. II.	First measures of the new reign.
	Chap. III.	The Gunpowder Plot and its consequences.
	Chap. IV.	Foreign policy of the next ten years.
	Chap. V.	Parliaments of 1610 and 1614.
	Chap. VI.	Survey of the literature of the epoch.
BOOK V.	DISPUTES WITH PARLIAMENT DURING THE LATER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF JAMES I AND THE EARLIER YEARS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.
	Introduction.
	Chap. I.	James I and his administration of domestic government.
	Chap. II.	Complications arising out of the affairs of the Palatinate.
	Chap. III.	Parliament of the year 1621.
	Chap. IV.	Negotiations for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a Spanish Infanta.
	Chap. V.	The Parliament of 1624. Alliance with France
	Chap. VI.	Beginning of the reign of Charles I, and his First and Second Parliament.
	Chap. VII.	The course of foreign policy from 1625 to 1627.
	Chap. VIII.	Parliament of 1628. Petition of Right.
	Chap. IX.	Assassination of Buckingham, Session of 1629.
BOOK VI.	GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND WITHOUT PARLIAMENT. TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND.
	Chap. I.	Peace with France and Spain
	Chap. II.	Share of England in the events of the Thirty Years' War 1630-1636
	Chap. III.	Monarchical tendencies of the Home Government Taxes levied without a grant of Parliament Charles I's relations with Catholicism State of opinion in the Church of England at this time Further designs of the Government Public Affairs
	Chap. IV.	Conflicting tendencies of the Age, and within the Kingdom of Great Britain
	Chap. V.	Origin and outbreak of Ecclesiastical Disturbances in Scotland
	Chap. VI.	The Scottish Covenant
	Chap. VII.	Attempts at an accommodation. Independent Assembly of the Church
BOOK VII.	BETWEEN THE TROUBLES IN SCOTLAND AND THOSE IN ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE.
	Chap. I.	Campaign of Charles I against Scotland
	Chap. II.	Relations of the Court the Court and Policy of France.
	Chap. III.	Relations of England with the army of Bernard of Weimar and with the Spanish fleet under Oquendo
	Chap. IV.	Renewed disturbances in Scotland
	Chap. V.	Strafford and the Short Parliament
	Chap. VI.	The Scots in England
BOOK VIII.	THE LONG PARLIAMENT AND THE KING, DOWN TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR.
	Introduction
	Chap. I.	Summoning of the Parliament
	Chap. II.	The first sittings of the Long Parliament
	Chap. III.	Progress of aggressive tendencies in the Lower House Debates on Episcopacy The Proceedings against Strafford
	Chap. IV.	Attempt at a Reaction
	Chap. V.	Parliamentary and popular agitation Execution of Strafford
	Chap. VI.	Concessions and new demands
	Chap. VII.	Charles I in Scotland The Irish Rebellion
	Chap. VIII.	Days of the Grand Remonstrance
	Chap. IX.	Formation of a new Ministry
	Chap. X.	Tumultuous agitation in the Capital Breach between the King and the Parliament
BOOK IX.	THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR. 1642-1646
	Introduction
	Chap. I.	Origin cf the Civil War
	Chap. II.	The Campaigns of 1642 and 1643
	Chap. III.	Fresh interference of the Scots. Campaign of 1644
	Chap. IV.	Preponderance of the Scots. Reconstruction of the English army The Westminster Assembly The Negotiations at Uxbridge Dissensions in Parliament. The Self-denying Ordinance.
	Chap. V.	The Campaign of 1645
BOOK X.	INDEPENDENTS AND PRESBYTERIANS. FATE OF THE KING.
	Introduction
	Chap. I.	Flight of the King to the Scots
	Chap. II.	Charles I at Newcastle
	Chap. III.	The Parliament and Army at variance
	Chap. IV.	Influence of the Agitators
	Chap. V.	The so-called Second Civil War
	Chap. VI.	Fall of the King
Further books are in edit.

A HISTORY OF ENGLAND PRINCIPALLY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

Leopold von Ranke

A
HISTORY OF ENGLAND
PRINCIPALLY
IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY