TUTORIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By C. S. FEARENSIDE, M.A. EARLIER HISTORY OF ENGLAND (To 1485). By C. S. FEARENSIDE, M.A. (From the Tutorial History.) MATRICULATION MODERN HISTORY: History of England 1485-1901. By C. S. FEARENSIDE, M.A. Second Edition. With Biographies. Also in Two Parts as follows: MODERN HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By C. S. FRARENSIDE, M.A. PART I. From 1485 to 1714. PART II. From 1688 to 1901 (with a concise Introduction down to 1714). PRELIMINARY HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By M. K. ELLIOTT, Honours in the Historical Tripos, Cambridge, and M. S. ELLIOTT, B.A. SCHOOL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By M. E. CARTER, Honour School of Modern History, Oxford. In One Volume or in Three Parts (1) To 1603, (2) 1485-1714, (3) 1660-1910. ECONOMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By MILTON BRIGGS, B.A., B.Sc., F.R. Econ.S. OF ENGLAND BY FREDERICK BRADSHAW, M.A. Oxon., D.Sc. Lond. LECTURER IN ECONOMIC HISTORY AT ARMSTRONG COLLEGE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Second Edition LONDON: W. B. CLIVE University Tutorial Press 2. HIGH ST., NEW OXFORD ST., W.C. PREFACE. THE primary object of this volume is to supply within reasonable compass a text-book suitable for use in Colleges and Upper Forms of schools and dealing with such matters of social and economic history as are not to be found in the ordinary history text-books, which as a rule devote themselves solely to political and constitutional topics. The author hopes, however, that this account of the social life of the English people will also be of interest to the general reader and that it may serve students of economic history as an introduction to their subject. Incidentally it may be mentioned that the work covers fully the social and economic requirements of the latest syllabus for the Intermediate Arts Examination in History of the University of London. The size of the book has necessitated drastic compression and the omission of various sides of social life; however the author has endeavoured to devote his space to the more important social movements and theories of economic and social life. Special attention has been paid to the development of the Colonies, the author holding that the Colonies by their simpler life and comparative freedom from traditions have afforded a suitable field for social experiments which have not only resulted in improved social conditions but have also suggested reforms to the Mother-Country. It is highly probable that as a result of the European War the influence of the Colonies on the V |