This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Napoleon Enters Egypt.IntroductionNapoleon's Italian victories forced
Feudal Society in England
Today's installment concludes Domesday Book Completed,our selection from Popular History of England by Charles Knight published in 1860.If you
Castle-Building in England
"We command that all earls, barons, knights, sergeants . . . be always ready to perform to us their whole service, in manner as they owe it to us . .
Daily Life in Norman England
The Domesday Book affords us many curious glimpses of the condition of the people in cities and burghs.Continuing Domesday Book Completed,our
Norman Tyranny in England
The extreme severity of the Forest Laws was chiefly enforced to prevent the assemblage of Saxons in those vast wooded spaces.Continuing Domesday
Domesday Book Completed
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Classes of Feudal England.IntroductionWhen William the Conqueror
Charles I Is Executed
Today's installment concludes The English Civil War,the name of our combined selection from Lord Thomas Macaulay and Charles Knight. The concluding
Charles I Is Convicted
A growing sympathy for the monarch became apparent. The cries of "Justice, justice!" which were heard at first were now mingled with "God save the
Charles I on Trial
They had visions of a theocracy, and were impatient of an earthly king.Continuing The English Civil War,our selection from Popular History of