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1. Describe the leading features of the Anglo-Saxon constitution.

2. Compare the attitude of William I, Henry III, and Edward I, towards the Papacy.

3. What were the chief sources of contention between England and France during the reign of Philip Augustus?

4. Give an account of the history of the House of Lancaster previous to the accession of Henry IV to the throne.

5. Comment on the following sentences:—

(1) In primis concessisse Deo .... quod Anglicana ecclesia libera sit.

(2) Nullum scutagium vel auxilium ponatur in regno nostro, nisi per commune consilium regni nostri.

(3) Nullus liber homo capiatur vel imprisonetur aut dissaisiatur aut utlagetur nisi per legale iudicium parium suorum vel per legem terrae.

6. Sketch the course of political events from the death of Henry V to the outbreak of the wars of the Roses.

7. Compare the power of the House of Commons under Henry VIII, James I, and Charles II.

On what occasions

8. Trace the rise of Puritanism. have attempts been made to reconcile non-conformists with the Church of England?

9. Explain the political relations of Cromwell with (1) France, (2) Spain, (3) the United Provinces.

10. The Revolution can only be justified on Whig principles. Comment on this statement.

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11. Give instances of George III being governed by his own personal views in the choice of his ministers, and in the character of his policy.

12. Where are the following places, and for what are they historically remarkable ?-Bridgnorth, Falkirk, Avignon, Verneuil, Marston Moor, Ryswick, Minden, Malplaquet.

13. Give short notices of the following persons:Bede, Penda, Roger of Salisbury, Warham, Lady Jane Grey, Walsingham, Graham of Claverhouse, Harley, Henry Pelham, Lord Thurlow.

[T. T. 1878.]

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Milman's Latin Christianity, 1048-1254.

1. Sketch the history of the relations of the Popes with the Normans in Southern Italy and Sicily from 1050 to

1200.

2. Enumerate the various provisions made by the Popes against simony and marriage of the clergy. To what extent did the practice of marriage of the clergy prevail in the Western Church in the latter half of the eleventh century?

3. What was the origin of the struggle about investitures? How was it eventually settled and when?

4. Give a short account of the reign of Henry IV after the death of Gregory VII.

5. Summarize the provisions of the Constitutions of Clarendon.

6. Give the names of the chief cities of the Lombard league. Which of the Italian cities were most consistently Ghibelline?

7. In what respects was the idea of Papal supremacy under Innocent III in advance of that under Gregory VII?

8. Who were the leaders of the Fourth Crusade? How came it to be deflected to the conquest of Constantinople?

9. Give a short life of Saint Francis. Show how the institution of the mendicant Orders helped the growth of the Papal power.

10. What was the character of the legislation of Frederic II?

11. State what you know of Adalbert of Bremen, Berengar of Tours, Peter de Brueys, Stephen Harding, Markwald.

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