The Invasions and the Projected Invasions of England, from the Saxon Times; With Remarks on the Present Emergencies

by Edward Shepherd Creasy

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 ... CHAPTER I. THE NORMAN CONQUEST.--INVASIONS AND PROJECTS OF INVASION BETWEEN 1066 AND 1485.--OUB NATIONAL DEFENCE IN THOSE AGES. At a crisis when the public mind is generally and anxiously directed to the liability of England to invasion, and to the state of our National Defences, it has seemed probable, that many would take an interest in, and that some might derive advantage from, a brief sketch of the attempts, which have been actually made to invade this country in former times, and of the manner in which those attempts have been encountered. It has also appeared desirable to describe the projects and preparations which our enemies have at different periods made to invade us, but which never ripened into actual endeavours. I have been partly led to this opinion by observing how often the very numerous writers on the present exposure of England to a sudden attack, have referred in corroboration of their arguments to these bygone events of history. Those references have not always been very accurate as to facts, and their respective authors differ materially among themselves as to deductions. But the frequency of these appeals to the past, as evidence of the probable future, is of itself a sufficient proof that a brief and accurate narrative of former hostile designs upon England would he practically useful, as well as gratifying to historical curiosity. My duties and studies having caused me of late years to pay much attention to the chief epochs, when the conquest of England by a foreign enemy has been adventured, I have thought that I might without presumption compile and lay before my fellowcountrymen the narratives and statistics contained in the following pages. And, as our present peril is a matter that comes home to every man who acknowledges a du...

68 pages, Paperback

Published February 11, 2012

About the author

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy was a British historian. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and called to the Bar in 1837. In 1840, he began teaching history at the University of London. He was knighted in 1860 and assumed the position of Chief Justice of Ceylon. His best known contribution to literature is his Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). Other works include; Historical and Critical Account of the Several Invasions of England (1852), History of the Ottoman Turks, The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution, and Imperial and Colonial Institutions of the British Empire (1872).