Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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Page 9
... reign of Elizabeth the seamen of London and the West Country challenged the monopoly of the Indies that a papal decree had given to Spain and Portugal . Throwing down the gauntlet to the former - the world's greatest empire and the ...
... reign of Elizabeth the seamen of London and the West Country challenged the monopoly of the Indies that a papal decree had given to Spain and Portugal . Throwing down the gauntlet to the former - the world's greatest empire and the ...
Page 48
... reign long periods passed without any session at all , and there is little evidence that the people as a whole , as distinct from the politically interested minority , much resented the omission . It was only when the nation was in ...
... reign long periods passed without any session at all , and there is little evidence that the people as a whole , as distinct from the politically interested minority , much resented the omission . It was only when the nation was in ...
Page 290
... reign consti- tuted a golden age for British agriculture , when capital was cheap and plentiful , markets expanding and improvements profitable for landlord and tenant farmer . Employing more than a million skilled workers and ...
... reign consti- tuted a golden age for British agriculture , when capital was cheap and plentiful , markets expanding and improvements profitable for landlord and tenant farmer . Employing more than a million skilled workers and ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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