History for Common Entrance 13+ Revision Guide reflects the style and content of the new ISEB Common Entrance syllabus and provides essential support and guidance for thorough exam preparation.
- Endorsed by ISEB
- Consolidates all the key information required for Common Entrance
- Provides tips and advice on how to answer both the evidence and essay questions
- Includes 'Test yourself' exercises for focused revision
Also available from Galore Park www.galorepark.co.uk:
- History for Common Entrance 13+ Exam Practice Questions
- History for Common Entrance 13+ Exam Practice Answers
- History for Common Entrance: Medieval Realms Britain 1066-1485
- History for Common Entrance: The Making of the UK 1485-1750
- History for Common Entrance: Britain and Empire 1750-1914
Suitable for ISEB 13+ History exams from Autumn 2013 onwards.

This book is part of a book series called History For Common Entrance .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 208 pages in this book. This is a study guide book. This book was published 2014 by Hodder Education .

Ed Adams was educated at Sutton Valence School and the University of Exeter, where he gained degrees in Law and Medieval Studies. He lives in Kent.

This book has the following chapters:

• • • 3. 5: Monasteries and nunneries
    • 5. 1: The First Crusade
    • 5. 2: Richard I (1189-99) and the Third Crusade
    • 5. 3: John and the Angevin Empire
    • 5. 4: John and the Church
    • 5. 5: Magna Carta
  • 6: Henry III and the Edwards
  • • 6. 1: Henry III (1216-72)
    • 6. 2: Edward I (1272-1307)
    • 6. 3: Wales and Scotland
    • 6. 4: Edward II (1307-27)
    • 6. 5: The fall of Edward II
    • 6. 6: Edward III (1327-77)
    • 6. 7: The Battle of Crecy, 26 August 1346
    • 6. 8: The last years of Edward III
  • 7: Life in the Middle Ages
  • • 7. 1: Castles
    • 7. 2: The Jews
    • 7. 3: Medieval women
    • 7. 4: Medieval health and the Black Death
  • 8: Richard II and life in the towns
  • • 8. 1: Richard II (1377-99) and the Peasants' Revolt
    • 8. 2: The fall of Richard II
    • 8. 3: Towns
    • 8. 4: Guilds
    • 8. 5: Town government, law and order
  • 9: The three Henrys
  • • 9. 1: Henry IV (1399-1413)
    • 9. 2: Henry V (1413-22)
    • 9. 3: The Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415
    • 9. 4: Joan of Arc
    • 9. 5: Henry VI (1422-71)
    • 9. 6: The coming of civil war
    • 3. 4: The Church
    • 3. 3: Matilda
    • 3. 2: Henry I (1100-35)
    • 3. 1: William II (1087-1100)
  • 3: The sons of William I
  • • 2. 5: Life in the manor
    • 2. 4: The Domesday Book
    • 2. 3: New buildings
    • 2. 2: Revolts and rebellions
    • 2. 1: Medieval rule and the Feudal System
  • 2: Conquered England
  • • 1. 4: The Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066
    • 1. 3: The Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066
    • 1. 2: Preparations for the invasion
    • 1. 1: Background to the Conquest
  • 1: The Norman Conquest
• A: Medieval Realms: Britain 1066-1485
• i: Introduction
• • 5: Richard I, the Crusades and King John
  • • 4. 4: Eleanor of Aquitaine and the sons of Henry II
    • 4. 3: Thomas Becket
    • 4. 2: Henry II (1154-89)
    • 4. 1: Stephen (1135-54)
  • 4: From civil war to Henry II
  • 10: The Wars of the Roses
  • • 10. 1: The first war (1459-61)
    • 10. 2: Edward IV (1461-83)
    • 10. 3: The second war (1470-71)
    • 10. 4: Edward V and Richard III (1483-85)
    • 10. 5: The Battle of Bosworth, 22 August 1485
• B: The Making of the United Kingdom: 1485-1750
• • 11: Henry VII (1485-1509)
  • • 11. 1: Securing the throne
    • 11. 2: The two pretenders
    • 11. 3: The tax rebellions
    • 11. 4: Foreign policy
  • 12: Henry VIII (1509-47)
  • • 12. 1: Early life and reign
    • 12. 2: Thomas Wolsey
    • 12. 3: The rise of Protestantism
    • 12. 4: The King's Great Matter
    • 12. 5: Cromwell and the Reformation
    • 12. 6: The six wives of Henry VIII
  • 13: Edward VI (1547-53) and Mary I (1553-58)
  • • 13. 1: Edward VI and the Protestant surge
    • 13. 2: Lady Jane Grey and Mary I
    • 13. 3: Wyatt's Rebellion (1554)
    • 13. 4: The Catholic resurgence
  • 14: Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
  • • 14. 1: Early life and reign
    • 14. 2: The Elizabethan Settlement
    • 14. 3: Mary, Queen of Scots
    • 14. 4: War with Spain
    • 14. 5: Elizabeth's government
  • 15: Life in the sixteenth century
  • • 15. 1: Trade
    • 15. 2: Poverty and the Poor Laws
    • 15. 3: Town and country
    • 15. 4: Women in the sixteenth century
  • 16: James I (1603-25) and Charles I (1625-49)
  • • 16. 1: James I and religion
    • 16. 2: James I and Parliament
    • 16. 3: Charles I and religion
    • 16. 4: Charles I and Parliament
    • 16. 5: Causes of the Civil War
  • 17: Civil War (1642-49) and the Interregnum (1649-60)
  • • 17. 1: The English Civil War
    • 17. 2: The Battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644
    • 17. 3: Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army
    • 17. 4: The trial and execution of Charles I
    • 17. 5: Cromwell and Parliament
    • 17. 6: Ireland and Scotland
    • 17. 7: Richard Cromwell and the Restoration
  • 18: Charles II (1660-85) and James II (1685-88)
  • • 18. 1: Charles II
    • 18. 2: Plague and fire
    • 18. 3: Charles II and religion
    • 18. 4: James II and the Monmouth Rebellion
    • 18. 5: The Glorious Revolution
    • 18. 6: Culture and science
  • 19: William III and Mary II (1689-1702) and Anne (1702-14)
  • • 19. 1: William III and Mary II
    • 19. 2: Ireland and France
    • 19. 3: The Act of Settlement (1701)
    • 19. 4: Anne and war with France
    • 19. 5: The Battle of Blenheim, 13 August 1704
    • 19. 6: The Act of Union (1707)
  • 20: George I (1714-27) and George II (1727-60)
  • • 20. 1: George I and the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion
    • 20. 2: Parliament and Walpole
    • 20. 3: Trade and the empire
    • 20. 4: George II and war with Europe
    • 20. 5: The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion
• C: Britain and Empire: 1750-1914
• • 21: The Seven Years' War
  • • 21. 1: Background
    • 21. 2: William Pitt the Elder
    • 21. 3: Wolfe and the fall of Quebec
    • 21. 4: British victories and the end of the campaign
  • 22: The American Rebellion and World War
  • • 22. 1: Background
    • 22. 2: The outbreak of war
    • 22. 3: The early war
    • 22. 4: The later war
  • 23: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
  • • 23. 1: The French Revolution
    • 23. 2: William Pitt the Younger
    • 23. 3: Horatio Nelson
    • 23. 4: The Trafalgar campaign
    • 23. 5: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
    • 23. 6: The Waterloo campaign
  • 24: Dissent and calls for political reform, 1815-48
  • • 24. 1: The rise of protest
    • 24. 2: The Reform Acts
    • 24. 3: Chartism
  • 25: The Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions
  • • 25. 1: The Agricultural Revolution
    • 25. 2: The Industrial Revolution
    • 25. 3: Public health
  • 26: The transportation revolution
  • • 26. 1: Roads
    • 26. 2: Canals
    • 26. 3: Rail
    • 26. 4: Telford and Brunel
  • 27: Social and industrial reform
  • • 27. 1: The slave trade
    • 27. 2: The abolition movement
    • 27. 3: Prison reform
    • 27. 4: Poor Law reform
    • 27. 5: Employment reform
  • 28: Religious life, 1750-1914
  • • 28. 1: Catholicism and the Oxford Movement
    • 28. 2: Methodism and the Evangelical movement
  • 29: Victorian England: success, war and politics
  • • 29. 1: Victoria's life
    • 29. 2: Victorian politics
    • 29. 3: The Great Exhibition
    • 29. 4: The Crimean War
    • 29. 5: Seacole and Nightingale
    • 29. 6: Women's suffrage
  • 30: The British Empire and the road to war
  • • 30. 1: India
    • 30. 2: The Indian Mutiny
    • 30. 3: South Africa
    • 30. 4: The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
    • 30. 5: Great Power rivalries, 1871-1914
• ii: Essay question answers
• iii: Test yourself answers
• Appendix 1: Timelines
• • iv: The monarchs of England, 1066-1485
  • v: The monarchs of England, 1485-1750
  • vi: The monarchs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, 1750-1900
• Appendix 2: Family trees
• • vii: For Chapters 1-2
  • viii: For Chapters 3-5
  • ix: For Chapter 6
  • x: For Chapters 8-11
  • xi: For Chapters 12-14
  • xii: For Chapters 16-20
  • xiii: For Chapters 21-30