4. History of English Law.

History of English Legal and Political Institutions.

Candidates must possess such an acquaintance with the history of the Institutions referred to under the head of the Law of the Constitution as is necessary to explain their present character and working. They may refer to—

Dr. Stubbs, Select Charters, and Constitutional History (omitting
those chapters which relate especially to Political History).
Hallam, Constitutional History.

Sir T. E. May, Constitutional History.
R. Gneist, Englische Verfassungsgeschichte.

5. International Law.

The subject may be studied in—

W. E. Hall, International Law, or T. Woolsey, Introduction to
International Law.

Heffter, Europäisches Völkerrecht.

Reference may also be made to

Dana, Notes to Wheaton's Elements.

Sir R. Phillimore, International Law, Vols. I-III.

Sir T. Twiss, Law of Nations.

7. Honour School of Modern History.

I. GENERAL REGULATIONS.

1. The Examination in the School of Modern History includes

(1) The continuous History of England.

(2) General History during some period, selected by the Candidate from periods named from time to time by the Board of the Faculty.

(3) Those who aim at a place in the First or Second Class are also required to offer a special portion of History or a special Historical subject, carefully studied with reference to original authorities, or a select portion of Law, approved by the Board of the Faculty of Law. (But no Candidate can offer any portion of either Legal or Historical study which he has already offered in the School of Jurisprudence.)

2. Every Candidate is required to have a knowledge of Political Economy, of Constitutional Law, and of Political and Descriptive Geography.

3. A subject or period of Literature may also be added as an optional subject.

4. Candidates proposing to offer any special portion of History, or any special Historical subject, or any subject or period of Literature not included in the list suggested by the Board of the Faculty, must submit it to the approval of the Board, six months before the Examination.

2. REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS (MODERN HISTORY).

The subjects of Examination in this School are:

I. The History of England:

A. Continuous Constitutional History.
B. Continuous Political History to 1837.
C. A selected period to be studied in detail.

II. A period of General History.

III. (In the case of those Candidates who aim at a place in the First or Second Class), a Special Subject carefully studied with reference to original authorities.

IV. Political Science and Political Economy.

Every Candidate is required by the Statute to have a knowledge of Political Economy, of Constitutional Law, and of Political and Descriptive Geography.

I. HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

A. Constitutional History.

The following books are recommended :—

Stubbs' Select Charters.

Stubbs' Constitutional History.

Hallam's Constitutional History.

May's Constitutional History.
Bagehot's English Constitution.

B. Continuous Political History to 1837.

The following portions of books are suggested, with a view of indicating the amount of detailed knowledge which Candidates will be expected to exhibit :Freeman's Norman Chaps. i, ii, iii, xxiii.

Conquest,

Green's History of the English
People, Vol. I.

Stubbs' Constitutional History,
Chaps. x, xii, xiv, xvi, xviii.

Ranke's History of England, Books
i, ii, iii, xxii.

Macaulay's History of England,
Chaps. i, ii, iii.

Bright's History of England, Vols.
II. and III.

C. One of the following periods, to be studied in detail :—

1. 449-1087.
2. 802-1272.
3. 1215-1485.
4. 1399-1603.

5. 1603-1714.
6. 1714-1815.
7. 1760-1848.

II. GENERAL HISTORY. One of the following periods.

N.B. Candidates are required to take the period corresponding to the period of English History which they select for detailed study, and to study the two in connection with each other.

1. 476-1085.

2. 936-1272.
3. 1272-1519.

4. 1414-1610.

5. 1610-1715.

6. 1715-1815.

7. 1763-1848.

In studying the selected periods of English and of General History, Candidates will be expected to make themselves acquainted with the Social and Literary History of their period, and also with the Geography necessary for understanding it.

The following books may be read with advantage: