Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents xi
4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiv
5. From Hengist and Horsa to Edward of Caernarvon: Recent Writing on English History 1
6. High History or Hack History: England in the Later Middle Ages 58
7. The “Taste for Tudors” since 1940 101
8. English History, 1558-1640: A Bibliographical Survey 119
9. Writings on Oliver Cromwell since 1929 141
10. The Later Stuarts (1660-1714): Significant Work of the Last Twenty Years (1939-1959) 160
11. Early Hanoverian England (1714-1760): Some Recent Writings 181
12. The Reign of George III in Recent Historiography 206
13. England and Wales, 1820-1870, in Recent Historiography: A Selective Bibliography 234
14. British History, 1870-1914, Reconsidered: Recent Trends in the Historiography of the Period 264
15. Some Recent Writings on Twentieth-Century Britain 289
16. Scottish History since 1940 320
17. Modern Irish History since 1940: A Bibliographical Survey (1600-1922) 345
18. The British Empire and Commonwealth in Recent Historiography 379
19. THE AUTHORS OF THE ESSAYS 401
20. THE CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES 401
21. Index of Authors Cited 403