CONTENTS. PAGE I. INAUGURAL. (February 7,1867.) 1 II. ON THE PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF HISTORICAL STUDY. (May 17, 1876.) 29 III. ON THE PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF HISTORICAL STUDY. (May 20, 1876.) 55 IV. ON THE PURPOSES AND METHODS OF HISTORICAL STUDY. (May 15, 1877.) 81 V. METHODS OF HISTORICAL STUDY. (May 18, 1877.) . 107 VI . LEARNING AND LITERATURE AT THE COURT OF HENRY II. (June 11, 1878.) 132 VII. LEARNING AND LITERATURE AT THE COURT OF HENRY II. (June 13, 1878.) 156 VIII. THE MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS OF CYPRUS AND ARMENIA. (October 26 and 29, 1878.) 179 IX. ON THE CHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY. (April 15,1880.) 238 X. ON THE CHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY. (April 17,1880.) 257 XI. THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII. (June 7, 1881.) . . 277 XII. ' PARLIAMENT UNDER HENRY VIII. (June 9,1881.) . 305 XIII. THE HISTORY OF THE CANON LAW IN ENGLAND. (April 19, 1882.) 335 XIV. THE HISTORY OF THE CANON LAW IN ENGLAND. (April 20, 1882.) 359 XV. -THE REIGN OF HENRY VII. (April 24,1883.) . .38 2 XV L THE REIGN OF HENRY VII. (April 25,1883.) . . 403 XVII. A LAST STATUTORY PUBLIC LECTURE. (May 8, 1884.) 425 INDEX 443