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  All obvious spelling errors have been corrected.
  The Greek word Ὠθεὰ has been corrected to Ὠ θεὰ.




  BELL'S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS
  _General Editors_: +S. E. Winbolt+, M.A., and +Kenneth Bell+, M.A.


  YORK AND LANCASTER




  BELL'S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS.

  _Volumes now Ready, 1s. net each._


  =449-1066.= =The Welding of the Race.= Edited by the Rev.
  +John Wallis+, M.A.

  =1066-1154.= =The Normans in England.= Edited by +A. E.
  Bland+, M.A.

  =1154-1216.= =The Angevins and the Charter.= Edited by
  +S. M. Toyne+, M.A.

  =1216-1307.= =The Growth of Parliament, and the War with
  Scotland.= Edited by +W. D. Robieson+, M.A.

  =1307-1399.= =War and Misrule.= Edited by +A. A.
  Locke+.

  =1399-1485.= =York and Lancaster.= Edited by +W. Garmon
  Jones+, M.A.

  =1485-1547.= =The Reformation and the Renaissance.= Edited
  by +F. W. Bewsher+, B.A.

  =1547-1603.= =The Age of Elizabeth.= Edited by +Arundell
  Esdaile+, M.A.

  =1603-1660.= =Puritanism and Liberty.= Edited by +Kenneth
  Bell+, M.A.

  =1660-1714.= =A Constitution in Making.= Edited by +G. B.
  Perrett+, M.A.

  =1714-1760.= =Walpole and Chatham.= Edited by +K. A.
  Esdaile+.

  =1760-1801.= =American Independence and the French
  Revolution.= Edited by +S. E. Winbolt+, M.A.

  =1801-1815.= =England and Napoleon.= Edited by +S. E.
  Winbolt+, M.A.

  =1815-1837.= =Peace and Reform.= Edited by +A. C. W.
  Edwards+, M.A., Christ's Hospital.

  =1837-1856.= =Commercial Politics.= By +R. H.
  Gretton+.

  =1856-1876.= =Palmerston to Disraeli.= Edited by +Ewing
  Harding+, B.A.

  =1876-1887.= =Imperialism and Mr. Gladstone.= Edited by
  +R. H. Gretton+, M.A.

         *       *       *       *       *

  =1563-1913.= =Canada.= Edited by +James Munro+,
  Lecturer at Edinburgh University.


  BELL'S SCOTTISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS.

  =1637-1688.= =The Scottish Covenanters.= Edited by +J.
  Pringle Thomson+, M.A.

  =1689-1746.= =The Jacobite Rebellions.= Edited by +J.
  Pringle Thomson+, M.A.


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  YORK AND LANCASTER

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INTRODUCTION


This series of English History Source Books is intended for use with
any ordinary textbook of English History. Experience has conclusively
shown that such apparatus is a valuable--nay, an indispensable--adjunct
to the history lesson. It is capable of two main uses: either by
way of lively illustration at the close of a lesson, or by way of
inference-drawing, before the textbook is read, at the beginning of
the lesson. The kind of problems and exercises that may be based on
the documents are legion, and are admirably illustrated in a _History
of England for Schools_, Part I., by Keatinge and Frazer, pp. 377-381.
However, we have no wish to prescribe for the teacher the manner in
which he shall exercise his craft, but simply to provide him and his
