The Anglo-Saxons and Christianity 10 II. Transfer of the Anglo-Saxon crown to the Normans and Plantagenets 22 The Conquest 28 III. The crown in conflict with Church and Nobles 39 Henry II and Becket 41 John Lackland and Magna Charta 47 IV. Foundation of the Parliamentary Constitution 58 V. Deposition of Richard II. The House of Lancaster 74 BOOK II. ATTEMPTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE KINGDOM INDEPENDENTLY IN ITS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL RELATIONS. INTRODUCTION 91 CHAP. I. Re-establishment of the supreme power 93 II. Changes in the condition of Europe 104 Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey in their earlier years 109 III. Origin of the Divorce Question 120 IV. The Separation of the English Church 134 V. The opposing tendencies within the Schismatic State 151 VI. Religious Reform in the English Church 171 VII. Transfer of the Government to a Catholic Queen 186 VIII. The Catholic-Spanish Government 199 BOOK III. QUEEN ELIZABETH. CLOSE CONNEXION OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH AFFAIRS. INTRODUCTION 221 CHAP. I. Elizabeth's accession. Triumph of the Reformation 222 II. Outlines of the Reformation in Scotland 238 III. Mary Stuart in Scotland. Relation of the two Queens to each other 254 IV. Interdependence of the European dissensions in Politics and Religion 280 V. The fate of Mary Stuart 300 VI. The Invincible Armada 316 VII. The later years of Queen Elizabeth 330 BOOK IV. FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN. FIRST DISTURBANCES UNDER THE STUARTS. INTRODUCTION 359 CHAP. I. James VI of Scotland: his accession to the throne of England 361 Origin of fresh dissensions in the Church 361 Alliance with England 364 Renewal of the Episcopal Constitution in Scotland 368 Preparations for the Succession to the English Throne 375