OF

ENGLISH HISTORY

LEADING DOCUMENTS

TOGETHER WITH

ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL FROM CONTEMPORARY

WRITERS

AND A

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES

BY

GUY CARLETON LEE, PH.D.

OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

SECOND EDITION, REVISED

NEW YORK

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I dedicate this volume, by his kind permission, to

The Right Reverend William Stubbs

LORD BISHOP OF OXFORD

In appreciation of his contributions to
historical literature