In Literis Graecis Et Latinis Author:Oxford univ General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1879 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: GROUP B. I. English History. 1. Compare the Anglo-Saxon, the Danish, and the Norman Conquests of England in their mode of operation and in their effects. 2. State accurately the relations of Normandy to England between the Norman Conquest and the final separation of the two countries. Was the separation a gain or a loss to England ? Give reasons for your answer. 3. What was the subject of dispute between Henry I and Anselm ? How was- it settled ? In what sense can the assertion of ecclesiastical privileges or exemptions by Anselm and Becket be looked upon as an assertion of political liberty ? 4. Show by examples whether the Church was a help or a hindrance to the growth of political freedom before the Reformation. 5. State accurately what were the constitutional restrictions on the legislative, judicial, and financial powers of the king at the end of the reign of Edward I. 6. What was the exact nature of the claim of Edward III to the French crown ? What was the greatest extent of territory ever held at one time by the English king in France? 7. What were the effects upon the Constitution of the Wars of the Roses ? 8. Illustrate the way in which considerations of home and foreign policy influenced the course of the Reformation in England. 9. Give an account of the proceedings of the Long Parliament from its assembling to the outbreak of the Civil War. 10. Explain the nature and principles of the foreign policy of William III. In what sense svas he his own foreign minister ? 11. Account for the long duration of Sir Robert Walpole's Ministry. 12. On what occasions and with what results d...« less