Prevalence of Roman maxims and institutions, among the Goths, over Germanic traditions. Proof of this in the local and central institutions of the Visigoths. Refutation of the errors of Savigny and the _Edinburgh Review_ on this subject. Conclusion. Part II. Essays Of Representative Government In England, From The Conquest Till The Reign Of The Tudors. Lecture I.--Page 257 Subject of the course: the history of the origin and establishment of representative government in Europe. Different aspects under which history is considered at various epochs. Poetic history; philosophic history; political history. Disposition of our time to consider history under these various aspects. Fundamental principle and essential characteristics of representative government. Existence of this principle and these characteristics in England at all times. Lecture II.--Page 270 Sketch of the History of England, from William the Conqueror to John Lackland (1066-1199). William the Conqueror (1066-1087). William Rufus (1087-1100). Henry I. (1100-1135). Stephen (1135-1154). Henry II. (1154-1189). Constitutions of Clarendon. Richard Cœur de Lion (1189-1199). Lecture III.--Page 281 Anglo-Saxon institutions. Effects of the Norman Conquest upon Anglo-Saxon institutions. Effects of the Conquest upon Norman institutions. Causes which made the Norman Conquest favourable to the establishment of a system of free institutions in England. {xvi} Lecture IV.--Page 288 The English Parliament in the earliest times of the Anglo-Norman Monarchy. Different names given to the King's Great Council. Its characteristics. Its constitution. Opinions of Whigs and Tories on this subject. Lecture V.--Page 295 The Anglo-Norman royalty: its wealth and power. Comparison of the relative forces of the Crown and of the feudal aristocracy. Progress of the royal power. Spirit of association and resistance among the great barons. Commencement of the struggle between these two political forces. Lecture VI.--Page 302 History of English Charters. Charter of William the Conqueror (1071). Charter of Henry I. (1101). Charters of Stephen (1135-1136). Charter of Henry II. (1154). Lecture VII.--Page 308 Charter of John, or the Great Charter (1215). Three epochs in John's reign. Formation of a coalition among the barons. Civil war. Conference at Runnymead. Concession of the Great Charter. Analysis of this Charter. Its stipulations refer to national rights as well as to those of the barons. John petitions and obtains from Innocent III. a bull to reverse the Great Charter. Resistance of the English clergy. Recommencement of the civil war (October, 1215).