Young Folks History of England

Young Folks' History of England

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Title: Young Folks' History of England
Author: Charlotte M. Yonge
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YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
by CHARLOTTE M. YONGE.

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER.
1.--Julius Caesar. B.C. 55.
2.--The Romans in Britain. A.D. 41--418.
3.--The Angle Children. A.D. 597.
4.--The Northmen. A.D. 858--958.
5.--The Danish Conquest. A.D. 958--1035.
6.--The Norman Conquest. A.D. 1035--1066.
7.--William the Conqueror. A.D. 1066--1087.
8.--William II., Rufus. A.D. 1087--1100.
9.--Henry I., Beau-Clerc. A.D. 1100--1135.
10.--Stephen. A.D. 1135--1154.
11.--Henry II., Fitz-Empress. A.D. 1154--1189.
12.--Richard I., Lion-Heart. A.D. 1189--1199.
13.--John, Lackland. A.D. 1199--1216.
14.--Henry III., of Winchester. A.D. 1216--1272.
15.--Edward I., Longshanks. A.D. 1272--1307.
16.--Edward II., of Caernarvon. A.D. 1307--1327.
17.--Edward III. A.D. 1327--1377.
18.--Richard II. A.D. 1377--1399.
19.--Henry IV. A.D. 1399--1413.
20.--Henry V., of Monmouth. A.D. 1413--1423.
21.--Henry VI., of Windsor. A.D. 1423--1461.
22.--Edward IV. A.D. 1461--1483.

23.--Edward V. A.D. 1483.
24.--Richard III. A.D. 1483--1485.
25.--Henry VII. A.D. 1485--1509.
26.--Henry VIII. and Cardinal Wolsey. A.D. 1509--1529.
27.--Henry VIII. and his Wives. A.D. 1528--1547.
28.--Edward VI. A.D. 1547--1553.
29.--Mary I. A.D. 1553--1558.
30.--Elizabeth. A.D. 1558--1587.
31.--Elizabeth (continued). A.D. 1587--1602.
32.--James I., A.D. 1602--1625.
33.--Charles I., A.D. 1625--1645.
34.--The Long Parliament. A.D. 1649.
35.--Death of Charles I. A.D. 1649--1651.
36.--Oliver Cromwell. A.D. 1649--1660.
37.--Charles II. A.D. 1660--1685.
38.--James II. A.D. 1685--1688.
39.--William III., and Mary II. A.D. 1689--1702.
40.--Anne. A.D. 1702--1714.
41.--George I. A.D. 1714--1725.
42.--George II. A.D. 1725--1760.
43.--George III. A.D. 1760--1785.
44.--George III. (continued). A.D. 1785--1810.
45.--George III.--The Regency. A.D. 1810--1820.
46.--George IV. A.D. 1820-1839.
47.--William IV. A.D. 1830--1837.
48.--Victoria. A.D. 1837--1855.
49.--Victoria (continued). A.D. 1855--1860.
50.--Victoria (continued). A.D. 1860--1872.

YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

CHAPTER I
.
JULIUS CAESAR. B.C. 55.
Nearly two thousand years ago there was a brave captain whose name
was Julius Caesar. The soldiers he led to battle were very strong, and

conquered the people wherever they went. They had no gun or
gunpowder then; but they had swords and spears, and, to prevent
themselves from being hurt, they had helmets or brazen caps on their
heads, with long tufts of horse-hair upon them, by way of ornament,
and breast-plates of brass on their breasts, and on their arms they
carried a sort of screen, made of strong leather. One of them carried a
little brass figure of an eagle on a long pole, with a scarlet flag flying
below, and wherever the eagle was seen, they all followed, and fought
so bravely that nothing could long stand against them.
When Julius Caesar rode at their head, with his keen, pale hook-nosed
face, and the scarlet cloak that the general always wore, they were so
proud of him, and so fond of him, that there was nothing they would
not do for him.
Julius Caesar heard that a little way off there was a country nobody
knew anything about, except that the people were very fierce and
savage, and that a sort of pearl was found in the shells of mussels
which lived in the rivers. He could not bear that there should be any
place that his own people, the Romans, did not know and subdue. So he
commanded the ships to be prepared, and he and his soldiers embarked,
watching the white cliffs on the other side of the sea grow higher and
higher as he came nearer and nearer.
When he came quite up to them, he found the savages were there in
earnest. They were tall men, with long red streaming hair, and such
clothes as they had were woollen, checked like plaid; but many had
their