Introduction Britain and the Britons The Romans in Britain The Coming of the English The English Accept Christianity King Alfred and the Danes The Normans Conquer England The Rule of the Normans Henry II., the First Plantagenet King Richard the Lion-Hearted and the Crusades King John and the Great Charter The Barons' Wars against Henry III The First Two Edwards The Rise of Parliament Edward III. and the Hundred Years' War Richard II., the Last Plantagenet King The Lancastrian Kings, and Close of the War The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) Henry VII. and the Beginning of Modern Times Henry VIII. and the Separation from Rome The Reformation Established (1547-1559) England under Elizabeth James I., the First Stuart King Charles I. and Parliament The Civil War between King and Parliament Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649-1660) Charles II. and the Stuart Restoration (1660-1685) James II. and the "Glorious Revolution" The Reign of William and Mary Queen Anne, the Last of the Stuarts The First Hanoverian Kings Winning the British Empire George III. and the American Revolution Industrial and Social Changes England and the French Revolution A Period of Reform (1815-1837) The Early Reign of Queen Victoria Gladstone and Disraeli England and Ireland The British Empire under Edward VII.