The history of England : from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688 / by David Hume. Volume I.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Series:

History of England

History of England ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--To 1485.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.

Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (538 p.)

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Hume's great, enduring reputation in philosophy tends to obscure the fact that, among his contemporaries, his History of England was a more successful work.The History covers almost 1,800 years. Hume saw English history as an evolution from a government of will to a government of law. Advanced in Hume's masterly prose, this argument continues to make the History a valuable study for the modern reader.This Liberty Fund edition is based on the edition of 1778, the last to contain corrections by Hume. The typography has been modernized for ease of reading. Hume's own index to the entire work may be found at the conclusion of volume VI.

Contents:

""David Hume, The History of England, Volume 1 ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. v ""; ""Foreword, p. xi ""; ""The Life of David Hume, Esq., Written by Himself, p. xxv ""; ""Letter From Adam Smith, LL.D. To William Strahan, Esq., p. xxxv ""; ""I. The Britons - Romans - Saxons - The Heptarchy - The kingdom of Kent - of Northumberland - of East-Anglia - of Mercia - of Essex - of Sussex - of Wessex, p. 3 ""

""II. Egbert - Ethelwolf - Ethelbald and Ethelbert - Ethered - Alfred the Great - Edward the Elder - Athelstan - Edmund - Edred - Edwy - Edgar - Edward the Martyr, p. 55 """"III. Ethelred - Settlement of the Normans - Edmund Ironside - Canute the Great - harold Harefoot - Hardicanute - Edward the Confessor - Harold, p. 107 ""; ""Appendix I. The Anglo-Saxon Government and Manners, p. 160 ""; ""IV. William the Conqueror, p. 186 ""; ""V. William Rufus, p. 228 ""; ""VI. Henry I, p. 248 ""; ""VII. Stephen, p. 279 ""; ""VIII. Henry II, p. 296 ""; ""IX. Henry II, p. 339 ""; ""X. Richard I, p. 377 ""

""XI. John, p. 407 """"Appendix II. The Feudal and Anglo-Norman Government and Manners, p. 455 ""

Notes:

"Based on the edition of 1778, with the author's last corrections and improvements."

Originally published: London : T. Cadell, 1778. With new foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-61487-877-3

OCLC:

867793774