The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth. Volume 08 of 11.

John Lingard

1771–1851

A Roman Catholic priest with a historian’s eye, he became known for a major multivolume history of England that aimed to weigh evidence carefully and challenge old sectarian myths. Writing in the late 18th and first half of the 19th century, he helped bring a more critical style of historical research to English history.