Preface; Book I. The Chief Crises in the Earlier History of England: Introduction; 1. The Britons, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons; 2. Transfer of the Anglo-Saxon crown to the Normans and Plantagenets; 3. The crown in conflict with Church and nobles; 4. Foundation of the parliamentary constitution; 5. Deposition of Richard II. The House of Lancaster; Book II. Attempts to Consolidate the Kingdom Independently in its Temporal and Spiritual Relations: Introduction; 1. Re-establishment of the supreme power; 2. Changes in the condition of Europe; 3. Origin of the Divorce Question; 4. The separation of the English Church; 5. The opposing tendencies within the schismatic state; 6. Religious reform in the English Church; 7. Transfer of the government to a Catholic queen; 8. The Catholic-Spanish government; Book III. Queen Elizabeth. Close Connexion of English and Scottish Affairs: Introduction; 1. Elizabeth's accession; 2. Outlines of the Reformation in Scotland; 3. Mary Stuart in Scotland; 4. Interdependence of the European dissensions in politics and religion; 5. The fate of Mary Stuart; 6. The invincible Armada; 7. The later years of Queen Elizabeth; Book IV. Foundation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. First Disturbances under the Stuarts: Introduction; 1. James VI of Scotland, his accession to the throne of England; 2. First measures of the new reign; 3. The Gunpowder Plot and its consequences; 4. Foreign policy of the next ten years; 5. Parliaments of 1610 and 1614; 6. Survey of the literature of the epoch; Book V. Disputes with Parliament during the Later Years of the Reign of James I and the Earlier Years of the Reign of Charles I: Introduction; 1. James I and his administration of domestic government; 2. Complications arising out of the affairs of the Palatinate; 3. Parliament of the year 1621; 4. Negotiations for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a Spanish Infanta; 5. The Parliament of 1624. Alliance with France; 6. Beginning of the reign of Charles I, and his first and second parliament; 7. The course of foreign policy from 1625 to 1627; 8. Parliament of 1628. Petition of Right; 9. Assassination of Buckingham. Session of 1629.