Chapter I. Ancient Populations of Britain --Roman Dominion (55 B.C. to 411 A.D.) -- 9 Chapter II. The Rule of the Saxons to the Invasion of the Danes (449 -832) -- 24 Chapter III. The Danes. -- Alfred the Great (836-901) -- 37 Chapter IV. The Saxon and Danish Kings.-- The Conquest of England by the Normans (901-1066) -- 59 Chapter V. Establishment of the Normans in England (1066-1087) -- 103 Chapter VI. The Norman Kings. -- (1087-1154) -- 117 William Rufus Henry I. Stephen Chapter VII. Henry II. (1154-1189) -- 146 Chapter VIII. Richard Cœur-de-Lion.-- John Lackland. -- Magna Charta (1189-1216) -- 182 Chapter IX. King and Barons. -- Henry III. (1216-1272) -- 218 Chapter X. Malleus Scotorum -- Edward I. (1272-1307.) -- Edward II. (1307-1327) -- 238 Chapter XI. The Hundred Years' War. -- Edward III. (1327-1377) -- 285 Chapter XII. Bolingbroke. -- Richard II. (1377-1308).-- Henry IV. (1398-1413) -- 335 {6} {7} Preface. "The History of France," related to his grandchildren by M. Guizot, is now universally known. It has supplied a want which every one must have felt; it has been welcome both to children and to parents. Our national history enjoyed one indisputable privilege: it had everywhere the right to the first place. But after the "History of France," my father had related for the benefit of his grandchildren the "History of England." He had adopted a plan slightly different from that which he had followed in his previous narratives. He felt that in this case the knowledge which would enable the reader to supply any hiatus is less extended; he was, in consequence, careful to preserve the regular and chronological sequence of events. I have collected these lessons as I collected those of "The History of France." My father foresaw that he would not himself make use of the notes which I preserved. He therefore requested me to edit them, and he took a pleasure in re-perusing my work. I have thus written this "History of England," step by step, as he related, and in great part revised it; and I now publish it in accordance with his desire, and, in the hope of enabling others to share in the useful instruction which we all derived from it, both parents and children. {8} The French have often been charged with ignorance of the history of foreign nations. It is time to remove that reproach. For us the "History of England" is important and interesting above all others. In peaceful times and in times of war it is everywhere connected with our own by a national bond, which all the causes of dissension have not been able to destroy. In studying the History of England we study again the History of France; and we may draw from it useful lessons for the service and the welfare of that country whose trials and sorrows have rendered her a thousand times dearer to us. Guizot De Witt. [Henriette Guizot de Witt, daughter of François Guizot.] {9}