Alice Stopford Green.

14, Kensington Square,
March, 1894.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
THE ENGLISH TOWNS[1]
CHAPTER II.
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY[35]
CHAPTER III.
THE COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY[75]
CHAPTER IV.
THE COMMON LIFE OF THE TOWN[124]
CHAPTER V.
THE TOWNSPEOPLE[169]
CHAPTER VI.
THE PROBLEM OF GOVERNMENT[197]
CHAPTER VII.
BATTLE FOR FREEDOM (TOWNS ON ROYAL DEMESNE)[226]
CHAPTER VIII.
BATTLE FOR FREEDOM (TOWNS ON FEUDAL ESTATES)[250]
CHAPTER IX.
BATTLE FOR FREEDOM (TOWNS ON CHURCH ESTATES)[277]
CHAPTER X.
BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY[309]
CHAPTER XI.
THE TOWNS AND THE CHURCH[333]
CHAPTER XII.
CONFEDERATION[384]

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