A Short History of England by G. K. Chesterton
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of men and their interactions, and it may fairly be said he saw all of history as a battle between civilization and barbarism. So it has always been, and that remains true even today.“But it is especially in the matter of the Middle Ages that the popular histories trample upon the popular traditions. In this respect there is an almost comic contrast between the general information provided about England in the last two or three centuries, in which its present in...
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- 01 – Introduction
- 02 – The Province of Britain
- 03 – The Age of Legends
- 04 – The Defeat of the Barbarians
- 05 – St. Edward and the Norman Kings
- 06 – The Age of the Crusades
- 07 – The Problem of the Plantagenets
- 08 – The Meaning of Merry England
- 09 – Nationality and the French Wars
- 10 – The War of the Usurpers