Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye (1850 – 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. Jim “jimmowatt” Mowatt is a distinguished LibriVox volunteer, widely known for his continued devotion both to regularly producing the LibriVox Community Podcast and to regularly creating more and more history audiobooks for the public domain, renowned for his humor and his historically kind demeanor, lately recognized as holding a diploma as well as a mic. In light of that new holding, in celebration of graduation, this bit of history has been recorded with Jim in mind, owing to all that we owe him, glowing with glee that we know him, it’s what we’ve done just to show him that he’s a jolly good fellow. (Summary by Anita and Alan)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
02:11 - Chapter 2
Invasion of Caesar: The Discovery of Tin and Subsequent Enlightenment of Britain
08:26 - Chapter 3
The Various Roman Yokes: Their Growth, Degeneration, and Final Elimination
07:05 - Chapter 4
The Advent of the Angles: Causes Which Led to the Rehabilitation of Britain on New Lines
09:13 - Chapter 5
The Influx of the Danes: Facts Showing Conclusively Their Influence on the Britain of Today
08:51 - Chapter 6
The Troublous Middle Ages: Demonstrating a Short Reign for Those Who Travel at a Royal Gait
08:07 - Chapter 7
The Danish Oligarchy: Disaffections Attending Chronic Usurpation Proclivities
10:32 - Chapter 8
Other Disagreeable Claimants: Foreign Foibles Introduced, Only to be Expunged with Characteristic Pugnacity
12:04 - Chapter 9
The Norman Conquest: Complex Commingling of Facetious Accord and Implaccable Discord
11:43 - Chapter 10
The Feudal System: Successful Inauguration of Homogeneal Methods for Restricting Incompatable Demagogues
06:43 - Chapter 11
The Age of Chivalry: Light Dissertation on the Knights-Errant, Maids, Fools, Prelates, and Other Notorious Characters of that Period
11:53 - Chapter 12
Conquest of Ireland: Uncomfortable Effects Following the Cultivation of an Acquisitorial Propensity
10:05 - Chapter 13
Magna Charta Introduced: Slight Difficulties Encountered in Overcoming an Unpopular and Unreasonable Prejudice
08:12 - Chapter 14
Further Disagreements Recorded: Illustrating the Amiability of the Jew and the Perversity of the Scot
08:35 - Chapter 15
Irritability of the French: Interminable Dissension, Assisted by the Plague, Continues Reducing the Population
09:50 - Chapter 16
More Sanguinary Triumphs: Onward March of Civilization Graphically Delineated with the Historian's Usual Completeness
10:48 - Chapter 17
Unpleasant Caprices of Royalty: Introduction of Printing as a Subsidiary Aid in the Progress of Emancipation
09:06 - Chapter 18
Biography of Richard III: Being an Allegorical Panegyric of the Incontrovertible Machinations of an Egotistical Usurper
07:11 - Chapter 19
Disorder Still the Popular Fad: General Admixture of Pretenders, Religion, Politics, and Disgruntled Monarchs
13:11