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1603. By A.F. Pollard, M.A., Professor of Constitutional History in University College, London.
Vol. VII. 1603 to 1660. By F.C. Montague, M.A., Professor of History in University College, London; formerly Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.
Vol. VIII. 1660 to 1702. By Richard Lodge, M.A., Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh; formerly Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Vol. IX. 1702 to 1760. By I.S. Leadam, M.A., formerly Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Vol. X. 1760 to 1801. By the Rev. William Hunt, M.A., D. Litt, Trinity College, Oxford.
Vol. XI. 1801 to 1837. By the Hon. George C. Brodrick, D.C.L., late Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and J K. Fotheringham, M.A., Magdalen College, Oxford, Lecturer in Classics at King's College, London.
Vol. XII. 1837 to 1901. By Sidney J Low, M.A., Balliol College, Oxford, formerly Lecturer on History at King's College, London.

The Political History of England IN TWELVE VOLUMES
EDITED BY WILLIAM HUNT, D. LITT., AND REGINALD L. POOLE, M.A.
III. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND
FROM THE ACCESSION OF HENRY III. TO THE DEATH OF EDWARD III. 1216-1377

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE REGENCY OF WILLIAM MARSHAL.
19 Oct., 1216. Death of King John Position of parties The Church on the king's side 28 Oct. Coronation of Henry III 11 Nov. Great council at Bristol 12 Nov. The first charter of Henry III 1216-17. Progress of the war 1217. Rising of Wilkin of the Weald Louis' visit to France 22 April. Return of Louis from France Sieges of Dover, Farnham, and Mount Sorrel 20 May. The fair of Lincoln 23 Aug. The sea-fight off Sandwich 11 Sept. Treaty of Lambeth 6 Nov. Reissue of the great charter Restoration of order by William Marshal 14 May, 1219. Death of William Marshal His character and career
CHAPTER II.
THE RULE OF HUBERT DE BURGH.
1219. Pandulf the real successor of William Marshal July, 1221. Langton procures Pandulf's recall Ascendency of Hubert de Burgh Jan.-Feb., 1221. The rebellion of Albemarle July, 1222. The sedition of Constantine FitzAthulf 1221-24. Marriage alliances 1219-23. War in Wales April, 1223. Henry III. declared by the pope competent to govern June, 1224. Revolt of Falkes de Bréauté 20 June-14 Aug. Siege of Bedford Fall of Falkes Papal and royal taxation April, 1227. End of the minority Relations with France during the minority The Lusignans and the Poitevin barons 1224. Louis VIII.'s conquest of Poitou 1225. Expedition of Richard of Cornwall and William Longsword to Gascony Nov., 1226. Accession of Louis IX. in France 1229-30. Henry III.'s campaign in Brittany and Poitou 21-30 July, 1230. Siege of Mirambeau 1228. The Kerry campaign 2 May, 1230. Death of William of Braose 1231. Henry III.'s second Welsh campaign Aug. Death of Archbishop Richard le Grand Gregory IX. and Henry III. 1232. Riots of Robert Twenge 29 July. Fall of Hubert de Burgh 1231. Death of William Marshal the Younger 1232. Death of Randolph of Blundeville, Earl of Chester
CHAPTER III.
THE ALIEN INVASION.
1232-34. Rule of Peter des Roches Aug., 1233. Revolt of Richard Marshal 23 Nov. Fight near Monmouth 1234. Richard Marshal in Ireland 1 April. Defeat and death of the Earl Marshal near Kildare 2 April. Edmund Rich consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury 9 April. Fall of Peter des Roches Beginning of Henry III.'s personal government Character of Henry III. The alien invasions 14 Jan., 1236. Henry's marriage to Eleanor of Provence The Savoyards in England Revival of Poitevin influence 1239. Simon of Montfort Earl of Leicester 1237. The legation of Cardinal Otto 1239. Quarrel of Gregory IX. and Frederick II. 1235. Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln 16 Nov., 1240. Death of Edmund Rich in exile Henry III. and Frederick II. Attempted reconquest of Poitou May-Sept., 1242. The campaign of Taillebourg 1243. Truce with France The Lusignans in England The baronial opposition Grosseteste's opposition to Henry III., and Innocent IV. 1243. Relations with Scotland and Wales 1240. Death of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth 1246. Death of David ap Llewelyn
CHAPTER IV.
POLITICAL RETROGRESSION and NATIONAL PROGRESS.
1248-58. Characteristics of the history of these ten years Decay of Henry's power in Gascony 1248-52. Simon de Montfort, seneschal of Gascony Aug., 1253. Henry III. in Gascony 1254. Marriage and establishment of Edward the king's son Edward's position in Gascony Edward's position in Cheshire 1254. Llewelyn ap Griffith sole Prince of North Wales Edward in the four cantreds and in West Wales 1257. Welsh campaign of Henry and Edward Revival of the baronial opposition 1255. Candidature of Edmund, the king's son, for Sicily 1257. Richard of Cornwall elected and crowned King of the Romans Leicester as leader of the opposition Progress in the age of Henry III The cosmopolitan and the national ideals French influence The coming of the friars 1221. Gilbert of Freynet and the first Dominicans in England 1224. Arrival of Agnellus of Pisa and the first Franciscans in England Other mendicant orders in England The influence of the friars The universities Prominent English