Mr. Buckle's thesis and method -- Mr. Buckle's philodophy of history -- Political causes of the American Revolution -- Secret history of Charles II -- Nationality -- Ultramontanism -- The rise and fall of the Mexican Empire -- The history of freedom in Antiquity -- The history of freedom in Christianity -- Inaugural lecture on the study of history -- The heralds of revolution -- The influence of America -- Letter to contributors to the Cambridge Modern History -- Beginning of the modern state