A HISTORY

OF

THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE

A HISTORY

OF

THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE

BY

JOHN HILL BURTON, D.C. L.

CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

The Beginning.

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THE ACCESSION—THE CRISIS AND ITS TRANSIT-PERIL OF THE

ABJURATION BILL-THE EXPIRING PARLIAMENT--THE QUEEN

- HER DESCENT AND KINDRED — HER HUSBAND — HER

FRIENDS— MARLBOROUGH, DUCHESS SARAH, GODOLPHIN-THE

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GROUP OF FRIENDS - HER CHILD-

LESS CONDITION AFTER THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GLOUCES-

TER--THE NECESSITY FOR A PARLIAMENTARY REVISION OF THE

SUCCESSION—THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER

-HISTORICAL POSITION OF THIS HOUSE —THE CORONATION-

THE PROCESSIONS—THE CEREMONIES IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY

AND IN THE HALL-THE NEW PARLIAMENT—" QUEEN ANNE'S

BOUNTY”—ITS CONNECTION WITH THE QUEEN'S ZEAL FOR THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND-HOW ITS OBJECT WAS DEFEATED, 1-58

CHAPTER II.

The Beligious World.

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: HIGH CHURCH AND LOW CHURCH —

THE THREE GROUPS OF DISSENTERS : PRESBYTERIANS, INDE-

PENDENTS, AND BAPTISTS — THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, AND

THEIR ENEMIES — WILLIAM PENN --- THE PRESBYTERIANS IN