Edward III

by William Parsons Warburton

40 chapters9h 40mEnglish1908

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Edward III reigned for fifty years, from 1327 to 1377. William Warburton writes that "the backbone of the story of his reign and times is the great Continental war...He was a genuine Englishman in his rough and ready, and often incoherent policy; in his contempt for foreigners and his audacious confidence in himself and his countrymen; in his love of manly exertion; his personal pride and popular sympathies, and his freedom from lasting enmity and vindictiveness...It is in vain for cold reason to contend against the spell of the names of Creci and Poitiers; they will forever stir the English heart like the blast of a trumpet or the rustle of a consecrated banner; but these battles are not, after all, the true titles of the age to honour. Searching deeper down we shall find, and thankfully admit, that the century was one not of conquest, but of transition, development, emancipation, and characterised by a silent and gradual contraction of the area of privilege, and a corresponding enlargement of the area of liberty." (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Chapters (40)

1Introduction

608

2First Decade, 1327-1337, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 1

869

3First Decade, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 2

763

4First Decade, Ch. 1: From the King's Accession to the Fall of Mortimer, Pt. 3

667

5First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 1

865

6First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 2

979

7First Decade, Ch. 2: From the First Invasion of Scotland to the Commencement of the French War, Pt. 3

612

8First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 1

706

9First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 2

827

10First Decade, Ch. 3: The States of Europe, etc., in the Fourteenth Century, Pt. 3

603

11Second Decade, A.D. 1337-1347, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 1

883

12Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 2

590

13Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 3

812

14Second Decade, Ch. 1: The First Invasion of France, Pt. 4

1057

15Second Decade, Ch. 2: Transactions in Scotland, Brittany, and Guienne, Pt. 1

996

16Second Decade, Ch. 2: Transactions in Scotland, Brittany, and Guienne, Pt. 2

1096

17Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 1

681

18Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 2

954

19Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 3

658

20Second Decade, Ch. 3: The Campaigns of Crécy and Neville's Cross, and the Siege of Calais, Pt. 4

943

21Third Decade, A.D. 1347-1357, Ch 1: The Black Death, Pt. 1

824

22Third Decade, Ch. 1: The Black Death, Pt. 2

1056

23Third Decade, Ch. 1: The Black Death, Pt. 3

880

24Third Decade, Ch. 2: From the Occupation of Calais to the Battle of Poitiers

956

25Third Decade, Ch. 3: The Poitiers Campaign, Pt. 1

926

26Third Decade, Ch. 3: The Poitiers Campaign, Pt. 2

929

27Fourth Decade, A.D. 1357-1367, Ch. 1: From the Battle of Poitiers to the Death of King John, Pt. 1

1326

28Fourth Decade, Ch 1: From the Battle of Poitiers to the Death of King John, Pt. 2

808

29Fourth Decade, Ch. 2: The Prince of Wales in Aquitaine and Spain, Pt. 1

706

30Fourth Decade, Ch. 2: The Prince of Wales in Aquitaine and Spain, Pt. 2

684

31Fourth Decade, Ch. 3: Domestic Affairs

1079

32Fifth Decade, A.D. 1367-1377, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt.1

776

33Fifth Decade, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt. 2

977

34Fifth Decade, Ch. 1: From the End of the Spanish Campaign to King Edward's Last Treaty with France, Pt. 3

786

35Fifth Decade, Ch. 2: Internal Affairs of England Till the Death of the King, Pt. 1

806

36Fifth Decade, Ch. 2: Internal Affairs of England Till the Death of the King, Pt. 2

585

37Fifth Decade, Ch. 3: From the Death of the Black Prince to the Death of Edward III

1328

38Concluding Chapter: Pt. 1 Character of Edward III and of his Reign

1015

39Concluding Chapter, Pt. 2: Social Condition of the Period, Domestic Habits, Food and Dress of the People

1345

40Concluding Chapter, Pt. 3: Language and Literature, Vision of Piers Ploughman, The Canterbury Tales

849

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