THE.
LAND OF HOME RULE
An Essay
ON THE HISTORY, AND CONSTITUTION OF
THE ISLE OF MAN
BY
SPENCER WALPOLE

AUTHOR OF " A HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM 18I5 TO 1838

"I mentioned a scheme which I had of making a tour to the Isle of Man,
and giving .a full account of it; and that Mr. Burke had playfully suggested
as a motto,
"The proper study of Mankind is Man,"
-BOSWELL'S "LIFE. OF JOHNSON".

LONDON
LONGMANS. GREEN. AND CO.
AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET
1893

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAP.  
PAGE
   
I THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD
1
II. THE AGE OF MYTH AND LEGEND
23
III. THE COMING OF THE VIKINGS
37
IV. THE RULE OF THE NORSE.
52
V. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
73
VI. THE RULE OF THE TWO FIRST STANLEYS
93
VII. TWO CENTURIES OF STANLEY RULE
109
VIII. THE GREAT EARL, OF DERBY
130
IX. THE CIVIL WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
144
X. THE ISLAND AT THE RESTORATION
161
XI. CHURCH DISCIPLINE
171
XII. THE MANX MAGNA CHARTA
191
XIII. THE ACCESSION OF THE ATHOLES
202
XIV. THE SALE OF THE ISLAND
213
XV. THE LAST OF THE ATHOLES
233
XVI. MODERN TIMES
249
XVII. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLE OF MAN
260
XVIII. CONCLUSION
281

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