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CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ENGLAND


CASSELL'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND

From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion

With Numerous Illustrations, Including  and Rembrandt Plates

VOL. II

The King's Edition







Cassell and Company, Limited
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
MCMIX

All Rights Reserved




CONTENTS


     CHAPTER I.

     WARS OF THE ROSES.                                            PAGE

     Cade's Rebellion--York comes over from Ireland--His Claims
     and the Unpopularity of the Reigning Line--His First
     Appearance in Arms--Birth of the Prince of Wales--York made
     Protector--Recovery of the King--Battle of St. Albans--York's
     second Protectorate--Brief Reconciliation of Parties--Battle of
     Blore Heath--Flight of the Yorkists--Battle of Northampton--York
     Claims the Crown--The Lords Attempt a Compromise--Death of York
     at Wakefield--Second Battle of St. Albans--The Young Duke of York
     Marches on London--His Triumphant Entry                         1


     CHAPTER II.

     REIGN OF EDWARD IV.

     The Battle of Towton--Edward's Coronation--Henry escapes to
     Scotland--The Queen seeks aid in France--Battle of Hexham--Henry
     made Prisoner--Confined in the Tower--Edward marries Lady
     Elizabeth Grey--Advancement of her Relations--Attacks on the
     Family of the Nevilles--Warwick negotiates with France--Marriage
     of Margaret, the King's Sister, to the Duke of Burgundy--Marriage
     of the Duke of Clarence with a Daughter of Warwick--Battle of
     Banbury--Rupture between the King and his Brother--Rebellion of
     Clarence and Warwick--Clarence and Warwick flee to France--Warwick
     proposes to restore Henry VI.--Marries Edward, Prince of Wales,
     to his Daughter, Lady Ann Neville--Edward IV.'s reckless
     Dissipation--Warwick and Clarence invade England--Edward
     expelled--His return to England--Battle of Barnet--Battle
     of Tewkesbury, and ruin of the Lancastrian Cause--Rivalry
     of Clarence and Gloucester--Edward's Futile Intervention in
     Foreign Politics--Becomes a Pensioner of France--Death of
     Clarence--Expedition to Scotland--Death and Character of the King
                                                                    17


     CHAPTER III.

     EDWARD V. AND RICHARD III.

     Edward V. proclaimed--The Two Parties of the Queen and of
     Gloucester--Struggle in the Council--Gloucester's Plans--The Earl
     Rivers and his Friends imprisoned--Gloucester secures the King and
     conducts him to London--Indignities to the young King--Execution
     of Lord Hastings--A Base Sermon at St. Paul's Cross--Gloucester
     pronounces the two young Princes illegitimate--The Farce at
     the Guildhall--Gloucester seizes the Crown--Richard crowned
     in London and again at York--Buckingham revolts against
     him--Murder of the two Princes--Henry of Richmond--Failure
     of Buckingham's Rising--Buckingham beheaded--Richards title
     confirmed by Parliament--Queen Dowager and her Daughters quit the
     Sanctuary--Death of Richard's Son and Heir--Proposes to Marry his
     Niece, Elizabeth of York--Richmond lands at Milford Haven--His
     Progress--The Troubles of Richard--The Battle of Bosworth--The
     Fallen Tyrant--End of the Wars of the Roses                    46


     CHAPTER IV.

     PROGRESS OF THE NATION IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

     The Study of Latin and Greek--Invention of Printing--Caxton--New
     Schools and Colleges--Architecture, Military, Ecclesiastical,
     and Domestic--Sculpture, Painting, and Gilding--The Art of
     War--Commerce and Shipping--Coinage                            64


     CHAPTER V.

     REIGN OF HENRY VII.

     Henry's Defective Title--Imprisonment of the Earl of Warwick--The
     King's Title to the Throne--His Marriage--Love Rising--Lambert
     Simnel--Henry's prompt Action--Failure of the Rebellion--The
     Queen's Coronation--The Act of Maintenance--Henry's Ingratitude
     to the Duke of Brittany--Discontent in England--Expedition to
     France and its Results--Henry's Second Invasion--Treaty of
     Etaples--Perkin Warbeck--His Adventures in Ireland, France,
     and Burgundy--Henry's Measures--Descent on Kent--Warbeck in
     Scotland--Invasion of England--The Cornish Rising--Warbeck
     quits Scotland--He lands in Cornwall--Failure of the
     Rebellion--Imprisonment of Warbeck and his subsequent
     Execution--European Affairs--Marriages of Henry's Daughter and
     Son--Betrothal of Catherine and Prince Henry--Henry's Matrimonial
     Schemes--Royal Exactions--A Lucky Capture--Henry proposes for
     Joanna--His Death                                              76


     CHAPTER VI.

     REIGN OF HENRY VIII.

     The King's Accession--State of Europe--Henry and Julius
     II.--Treaty between England and Spain--Henry is duped by
     Ferdinand--New Combinations--Execution of Suffolk--Invasion of
     France--Battle of Spurs--