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I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. PRE-ROMAN LANCASHIRE 5

III. THE ROMANS AS CONQUERORS AND RULERS 13

IV. ROMAN REMAINS 20

V. THE SAXON AND THE DANE 41

VI. THE NORMANS AND THE PLANTAGENETS (A.D. 1066-1485) 52

VII. LANCASHIRE IN THE TIME OF THE TUDORS (A.D. 1485-1603) 88

VIII. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 113

IX. RELIGION 176

X. THE REBELLIONS 241

XI. PROGRESS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 253

XII. THE DAWN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 278

XIII. MISCELLANY 285

INDEX 293

HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE.