OF

MODERN EUROPE.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

THE DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE:

AND

A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY, FROM THE RISE
OF THE MODERN KINGDOMS TO THE PEACE

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 97287

ASTOR, LENOY AND TILDEN FOODA8

1868

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME

OF

THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE.

PART I.

FROM THE RISE OF THE MODERN KINGDOMS, TO THE PEACE

OF WESTPHALIA, IN 1648.

LETTER XLII.

England, from the Death of Edward III. to the Accession of

Henry V. with some Account of the Affairs of Scotland

during that Period.

A. D.

Page

1377 ACCESSION of Richard II. son of the Black Prince 1

1385 Fruitless expedition of Richard into Scotland

ibid.

He resigns himself to the direction of Robert de Vere, a

worthless favourite

5

1397 Intrigues and murder of the Duke of Gloucester ibid.

1398 Unpopular conduct of Richard II.

7

1399 Henry, Duke of Lancaster, who had been banished,

lands in England, and is joined by many disaffected

noblemen

8

Richard, deserted by his army, is deposed and murder-

ed, and the Duke of Lancaster is declared King, un-

der the name of Henry IV.

9

Henry