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 England in the Middle Ages 243 English History from Contemporary Writers, edited by Y6RK- POWELL. Little volumes of interesting extracts from the sources, Thomas of Canterbury, 1899 ; Crusade of Richard I, 1889 ; Misrule of Henry III, 1887 ; Simon de Montfort, 1888. For additional information in regard to the books for England, espe- cially the various series which have appeared, see the admirable bibliog- raphies in ANDREWS, History of England, especially pp. 549 sqq. FREEMAN, History of the Norman Conquest, 1 867 sqq., 6 vols., a very C. Materials elaborate work but open to serious criticism; RAMSAY, The Angevin for advanced Empire, 1903; POLLOCK and MAITLAND, History of English Law stud y- through the Reign of Ed-ward I, 2 vols., 1899, a remarkably interest- ing and thoroughly scholarly presentation of the subject ; MAITLAND, Domesday Book and Beyond ; ROUND, Feudal England. The above are examples of the careful work on English institutional history which has been carried on since the appearance of STUBBS' well-known Con- stitutional History. STEPHENS and HUNT, History of the English Church, 1898 sqq. t Vols. I and II (to Edward I). To be completed in seven volumes, by various writers. ASHLEY, English Economic History, Vol. I, Part I. CUNNINGHAM, Growth of English Industry and Commerce, 2 vols., 3d ed., 1901-1903. Other works relating to the social and economic history will be found at the close of Chapter XVIII, pp. 429 sq. GAIRDNER, Early Chroniclers of England. A useful introduction to The sources, the historiography of mediaeval England. Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional His- tory from the Earliest Times to the Reign of Edward I, edited by WILLIAM STUBBS. A very remarkable and convenient collection of documents in the original tongues. The great national collection of sources for England is The Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain, London, 1858 sqq. This is issued under the direction of the Master of the Rolls, and is commonly called " The Rolls Series." Some 230 volumes and parts have appeared. For a list of the contents, see GROSS, Sources and Literature of English History to 1485, 1901. Fortunately some of the more important chronicles have been translated into English in the Bohn Library.