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The Making of England to 1399

by C. Warren Hollister, Robert C. Stacey · 1966

A History of England series

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This text, which is the first volume in the best-selling History of England series, tells how a small and insignificant outpost of the Roman empire evolved into a nation that has produced and disseminated so many significant ideas and institutions.

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