ENGLAND A CONTINENTAL POWER. INTRODUCTION. points in Important this epoch. DURING the years which we are going to talk about England went through great changes. She grew very powerful, and gained a strong government, and order was made to reign in the land. To see how this came about we shall have to notice 1. What the Norman Conquest did for England.We shall see that much good came to England from the Normans, even though at first they treated the people hardly and cruelly. They gave the English new life; and the Norman kings, though harsh and stern, loved order and good government, and knew how to make wise laws. 2. How the Conqueror and his sons kept the Barons from gaining too great power.—This is a very important point. It shows us why the history of England and the history of France are so different. In France the E.H. B INTRODUCTION CONTENTS. CHAPTER BOOK I. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR I. SETTLEMENT AFTER THE CONQUEST II. WILLIAM I.'S GOVERNMENT III. WILLIAM I. AND HIS SONS BOOK II. THE NORMAN RULE (1087-1135). I. STRUGGLE BETWEEN KING AND CHURCH II. HOW THE, NORMAN. KINGS GOVERNED THE LAND HENRY II. AND HIS SONS I. LAST YEARS OF HENRY II. MAP. POSSESSIONS OF ANGEVIN KINGS at beginning. |