The present, or eighteenth edition, has been carefully revised by Miss M. E. Hirst, M.A., and in addition to such revision she has written a new chapter (Chapter VIII.) which treats of the New Age of Industrial Expansion. _The Industrial History of England_ is thus continued from the point at which the author left it and is carried up to the year 1911. CONTENTS PERIOD I ENGLAND BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST CHAP. I. INTRODUCTORY—THE ROMANS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS—TRADE 1 CHAP. II. THE LAND: ITS OWNERS AND CULTIVATORS 5 PERIOD II FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO THE REIGN OF HENRY III. (1066–1216 A.D.) CHAP. I. DOMESDAY BOOK AND THE MANORS 10 CHAP. II. THE TOWNS AND THE GILDS 22 CHAP. III. MANUFACTURES AND TRADE: ELEVENTH TO THIRTEENTH CENTURIES 31 PERIOD III FROM THE THIRTEENTH TO THE END OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, INCLUDING THE GREAT PLAGUE (1216–1500) CHAP. I. AGRICULTURE IN MEDIÆVAL ENGLAND 40 CHAP. II. THE WOOLLEN TRADE AND MANUFACTURES 47 CHAP. III. THE TOWNS, INDUSTRIAL VILLAGES, AND FAIRS 57 CHAP. IV. THE GREAT PLAGUE AND ITS ECONOMIC EFFECTS 67 CHAP. V. THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT OF 1381, AND THE SUBSEQUENT PROSPERITY OF THE WORKING CLASSES 75 PERIOD IV FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE EVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (1509–1760) CHAP. I. THE MISDEEDS OF HENRY VIII., AND ECONOMIC CHANGES IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 83 CHAP. II. THE GROWTH OF FOREIGN TRADE 91 CHAP. III. ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND 100 CHAP. IV. PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 109 CHAP. V. COMMERCE AND WAR IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES 121 CHAP. VI. MANUFACTURES AND MINING 132 PERIOD V THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND MODERN ENGLAND CHAP. I. THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION 144 CHAP. II. THE EPOCH OF THE GREAT INVENTIONS 157 CHAP. III. WARS, POLITICS, AND INDUSTRY 167 CHAP. IV. THE FACTORY SYSTEM AND ITS RESULTS 176 CHAP. V. THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASSES 187 CHAP. VI. THE RISE AND DEPRESSION OF MODERN AGRICULTURE 198 CHAP. VII. MODERN INDUSTRIAL ENGLAND 211 CHAP. VIII. THE NEW AGE, 1897–1911 223 NOTE ON AUTHORITIES FOR INDUSTRIAL HISTORY 241 NOTES 243 INDEX 253 LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS DIAGRAM OF A MANOR _page_ 21 ENGLAND SHORTLY AFTER THE TIME OF DOMESDAY, A.D. 1100–1200 _facing page_ 38