The Birth of Britain: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Vol. 1

ASSIGNMENTs

• 1 ch 1: Britannia - to "and now he awaited a suitable day for the descent."
• 2 ch 1: Britannia - to "The discovery was hailed, and the Bronze Age began."
• 3 ch 1: Britannia - to "had been fully discussed by commercial writers."
• 4 ch 1: Britannia - to end of chapter
• 5 ch. 2: Subjugation - to "the same fervent declarations of gratitude and esteem."
• 6 ch. 2: Subjugation - to "receiving within his lines all who wished to go with him."
• 7 ch. 2: Subjugation - to "which enabled their blood to be perpetuated in the Island race."
• 8 ch. 2: Subjugation - to end of chapter.
• 9 ch. 3 The Roman Province - to "it was a period of hope."
• 10 ch. 3 The Roman Province - to "and the reorganization of the frontier began."
• 11 ch. 3 The Roman Province - to "would be not to have been awakened at an earlier time."
• 12 ch. 3 The Roman Province - to end of chapter.
• 13 ch 4 The Lost Island - to "of the exiguos military forces needed to man the dykes."
• 14 ch 4 The Lost Island - to "the cantons should take steps to defend themselves."
• 15 ch 4 The Lost Island - to "a search for Arthur's realm or sphere has been pursued."
• 16 ch 4 The Lost Island - to "occupation grew from year to year."
• 17 chapter 5 - pg 65 to "who had gained them over the corpses of their former owners?"
• 18 chapter 5 - to end of ch 4
• 19 chapter 5 - ch 5: England to "universal organisation of the papacy."
• 20 chapter 5 - to "as he walked anywhere in the streets in the Roman fashion."
• 21 chapter 5 England - "and guided her steps with fruitful wisdom."
• 22 chapter 5 England - to "South of the Humber these claims were made good."
• 23 chapter 5 England - to "secure parley and dispute with Europe."
• 24 chapter 5 England - to end of chapter.
• 25 chapter 6 The Vikings - to "No doubt they recovered their poise before long."
• 26 chapter 6 The Vikings - to "the most formidable and daring race in the world."
• 27 chapter 6 The Vikings - to "--and there have been many."
• 28 chapter 6 The Vikings - to end of chapter.
• 29 chapter 7 Alfred the Great first half - to "It was Alfred's first battle."
• 30 chapter 7 Alfred the Great first half - to "this strain continues to play a gleaming part."
• 31 chapter 7 Alfred the Great first half - to "slatternly, forlorn, but unconquered, may well have grinned."
• 32 chapter 7 Alfred the Great first half - to "to his pinnacle of deathless glory."
• 33 chapter 7 Alfred the Great, second half - to "which is evidence of the reality of his power."
• 34 chapter 7 Alfred the Great, second half - to "celebrated in legend and song as Alfred the Great."
• 35 chapter 7 Alfred the Great, second half - to "The pursuit therefore had to be abandoned and the enemy escaped."
• 36 chapter 7 Alfred the Great, second half - to end of chapter.
• 37 Chapter 8 The Saxon Dusk, first half - to "quenched for ever the rebellious fires of Northumbria."
• 38 Chapter 8 The Saxon Dusk, first half - to "as to survive two foreign conquests in less than a century."
• 39 Chapter 8 The Saxon Dusk, first half - to "Then followed the most shameful period of Danegold."
• 40 Chapter 8 The Saxon Dusk, first half - to "of Anglo-Saxon and Danish origin."
• 41 Chapter 8 The Saxon Dusk, second half - to "those lands have since always belonged to it."
• 42 Chapter 8 The Saxon Dusk, second half - to "the throne of England was again vacant."
• 43 Chapter 8 The Saxon Dusk, second half - to "between the brothers left the land a prey to foreign ambitions."
• 44 Chapter 8 The Saxon Dusk, second half - to end of chapter.
• 45 chapter 9 The Norman Invasion - to "by marriage with William's daughter."
• 46 chapter 9 The Norman Invasion - to "Norwegian army ten miles from the city."
• 47 chapter 9 The Norman Invasion - to "which barred the direct march upon the capital."
• 48 chapter 9 The Norman Invasion - to end of chapter.
• 49 ch 10 William the Conqueror - to "all who did their duty."
• 50 ch 10 William the Conqueror - to "As if he were their father..."
• 51 ch 10 William the Conqueror - to "save in the great baronial families."
• 52 ch 10 William the Conqueror - to end of chapter.
• 53 ch 11 Growth and Turmoil - to "of unity was re-established in the Island."
• 54 ch 11 Growth and Turmoil - to "upon who would succeed to the Crown."
• 55 ch 11 Growth and Turmoil - to "But a greater than he was at hand."
• 56 ch 11 Growth and Turmoil - to end of chapter.
• 57 ch 12 Henry Plantagenet - to "all balance of power among the feudal lords was destroyed"
• 58 ch 12 Henry Plantagenet - to "England was ripe for strife upon this issue."
• 59 ch 12 Henry Plantagenet - to "to tear the crown from the young King's head."
• 60 ch 12 Henry Plantagenet - to end of chapter.
• 61 ch 13 The English Common Law - to "that Henry II had sat on the English throne."
• 62 ch 13 The English Common Law - to "jurymen might be tried for perjury if they gave a wrongful verdict."
• 63 ch 13 The English Common Law - to "its main outlines were not to be altered."
• 64 ch 13 The English Common Law - to end of chapter.
• 65 ch 14 Coeur de Lion - to "all the powers of his mind and body."
• 66 ch 14 Coeur de Lion - to "brought the two years' siege to a successful concluson."
• 67 ch 14 Coeur de Lion - to "resolved to set his captive at liberty."
• 68 ch 14 Coeur de Lion - to end of chapter.
• 69 ch 15 Magna Carta - to "his mother was delivered from her dangerous plight."
• 70 ch 15 Magna Carta - to or their loved ones on this account alone."
• 71 ch 15 Magna Carta - to "the Charter which they now demanded imperishable."
• 72 ch 15 Magna Carta - to end of chapter
• 73 ch 16 On the Anvil - to "words in the morning newspaper."
• 74 ch 16 On the Anvil - to "devastation of foreigners and restored England to England?"
• 75 ch 16 On the Anvil - to "son of the repressor of the Albigenses."
• 76 ch 16 On the Anvil - to end of chapter."
• 77 ch 17 The Mother of Parliaments - to "to shape a durable legislative assembly."
• 78 ch 17 The Mother of Parliaments - to "This opens the third and final stage in his career."
• 79 ch 17 The Mother of Parliaments - to "Slay me not! I am Henry of Winchester, your King."
• 80 ch 17 The Mother of Parliaments - to end of chapter.
• 81 ch 18 King Edward I, first half - to "all reach definitions which last nearly till the Tudors."
• 82 ch 18 King Edward I, first half - to "Edward I's grandson to taste the equities of Christendom."
• 83 ch 18 King Edward I, first half - to "he must either fight or lose his French possessions."
• 84 ch 18 King Edward I, first half - to "Here was a real constitutional advance."
• 85 ch 18 King Edward I, second half - to "upon a plan prescribed by a central command."
• 86 ch 18 King Edward I, second half - to "the minor seaport which exists to-day."
• 87 ch 18 King Edward I, second half - to "Wallace was to pass the torch to Robert Bruce."
• 88 ch 18 King Edward I, second half - to end of chapter.
• 89 ch 19 Bannockburn - to "his head on Blacklow Hill, near Warwick." (short chapter)
• 90 ch 19 Bannockburn - to "nevertheless be deemed a prodigy of war."
• 91 ch 19 Bannockburn - to "from either the Crown or the barons."
• 92 ch 19 Bannockburn - to end of chapter.
• 93 ch 20 Scotland and Ireland - to "from breeding despair or thought of surrender."
• 94 ch 20 Scotland and Ireland - to "whose daughter James married."
• 95 ch 20 Scotland and Ireland - to "it was a Parliament in Ireland of the English only."
• 96 ch 20 Scotland and Ireland - to end of chapter.
• 97 ch 21 The Long-Bow - to "Scottish magnates, and was crowned at Scone."
• 98 ch 21 The Long-Bow - to "a prolonged truce supervened."
• 99 ch 21 The Long-Bow - to "Here they stopped."
• 100 ch 21 The Long-Bow - to end of chapter. (longish section)
• 101 ch 22 The Black Death - to "make room for the new building."
• 102 ch 22 The Black Death - to "with all the military laurels, had failed."
• 103 ch 22 The Black Death - to "The final appeal was to Heaven, not to Rome."
• 104 ch 22 The Black Death - to end of chapter.
• 105 ch 23 King Richard II and the Social Revolt, first half - to "obsolete feudal claims aroused the spirit of revolution."
• 106 ch 23 King Richard II and the Social Revolt, first half - to "gave rise alike to new hope and new injustice."
• 107 ch 23 King Richard II and the Social Revolt, first half - to "was the revenge of a shaken system."
• 108 ch 23 King Richard II and the Social Revolt, first half - to "Fraunce for such cause of crime in vij yers."
• 109 ch 23 King Richard II and the Social Revolt, second half - to "For a year there was a sinister lull."
• 110 ch 23 King Richard II and the Social Revolt, second half - to "and long did they cherish his memory."
• 111 ch 23 King Richard II and the Social Revolt, second half - to "lived and schemed in France."
• 112 ch 23 King Richard II and the Social Revolt, second half - to end of chapter.
• 113 ch 24 The Usurpation of Henry Bolingbroke - to "never held again till the seventeenth century." (shorter chapter)
• 114 ch 24 The Usurpation of Henry Bolingbroke - to "in cruel deeds. It may well be so."
• 115 ch 24 The Usurpation of Henry Bolingbroke - to "They were increasingly unworthy of the trust."
• 116 ch 24 The Usurpation of Henry Bolingbroke - to end of chapter.
• 117 ch 25 The Empire of Henry V - to "advised returning home by sea."
• 118 ch 25 The Empire of Henry V - to "wounded prisoners in the assailants' hands."
• 119 ch 25 The Empire of Henry V - to "ascendancy which for centuries was never seen again."
• 120 ch 25 The Empire of Henry V - to end of chapter.
• 121 ch 26 Joan of Arc - to "could rise above the submerged classes, centred upon him."
• 122 ch 26 Joan of Arc - to "reasonable explanation of the known facts."
• 123 ch 26 Joan of Arc - to "They gave her the rank and revenue of an earl."
• 124 ch 26 Joan of Arc - to end of chapter.
• 125 ch 27 York and Lancaster - to "secure a large and sure future for themselves?"
• 126 ch 27 York and Lancaster - to "who had gained his love and obedience."
• 127 ch 27 York and Lancaster - to "flowed between the houses of Lancaster and York."
• 128 ch 27 York and Lancaster - to end of chapter.
• 129 ch 28 The Wars of the Roses - to "in which he had succeeded Somerset."
• 130 ch 28 The Wars of the Roses - to "he would enforce upon them every penalty."
• 131 ch 28 The Wars of the Roses - to "granted special pensions by the King."
• 132 ch 28 The Wars of the Roses - to end of chapter.
• 133 ch 29 The Adventures of Edward IV - to "as has often been suggested, entirely personal."
• 134 ch 29 The Adventures of Edward IV - to "capital, and seated him upon the throne."
• 135 ch 29 The Adventures of Edward IV - to "centre of fifty years of cruel contention."
• 136 ch 29 The Adventures of Edward IV - to end of chapter.
• 137 ch 30 Richard III, first half to "the Tower, and its gates closed behind him."
• 138 ch 30 Richard III, first half to "threw up their caps, crying, King Richard!"
• 139 ch 30 Richard III, first half to "undoubtedly gained a great hold upon him."
• 140 ch 30 Richard III, first half to "immediately formed against the usurper."
• 141 ch 30 Richard III, second half - to "stormy remembrances of his most abominable deed."
• 142 ch 30 Richard III, second half - to "But this fell cold."
• 143 ch 30 Richard III, second half - to "a decisive battle impended on the morrow."
• 144 ch 30 Richard III, second half - to end of chapter; end of volume.