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![[picture: Front Cover, A Short History of the English People]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/tn/000-Front-Cover-q75-346x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, A Short History of the English People]")
Pictures from “A Short History of the English People” by J. R. Green M.A., Macmillan, 1902. This book was first published in 1874, and was very successful. I have the illustrated edition, which was edited posthumously by his widow; this is a reissue of the 1892 edition as far as I can tell from the Impressions page. John Richard Green was an English historian (1837 – 1883). I also have England by the same author.
Title: A Short History of the English People
Published by: Macmillan
City: London
Date: 1902
Total items: 15
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Frontispiece: Map of England]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/000-Frontispiece-map-q75-141x200.jpg "[picture: Frontispiece: Map of England]")
This 1902 map shows an England of over 100 years ago. It is attributed to Stanford’s Geographical Establishment. [$]
![[picture: Durtal, Anjou.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/0190-durtal-q75-279x200.jpg "[picture: Durtal, Anjou.]")
![[picture: Wooden Church, Greenstead, Essex, A.D. 1013 (as it was in 1748)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/121-wooden-church-greenstead-essex-q75-240x200.jpg "[picture: Wooden Church, Greenstead, Essex, A.D. 1013 (as it was in 1748)]")
Wooden Church, Greenstead, Essex, A.D. 1013 (as it was in 1748)
This is said to be the oldest surviving wooden church in England, and is dedicated to Saint Andrew. It was built within 50 years of the Norman Conquest (before or after), probably in place of an older church in [...] [more...] [$]
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![[picture: Silver Cup.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/0101-Silver-Cup-q75-178x200.jpg "[picture: Silver Cup.]")
![[picture: Title Page, A Short History of the English People]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/000-Title-Page-q75-132x200.jpg "[picture: Title Page, A Short History of the English People]")
