The Dawn of the Constitution, or the Reigns of Henry III and Edward I: A. D. 1216-1307 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James Henry Ramsay

9780365466529: The Dawn of the Constitution, or the Reigns of Henry III and Edward I: A. D. 1216-1307 (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0365466522 ISBN 13: 9780365466529

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from The Dawn of the Constitution, or the Reigns of Henry III and Edward I: A. D. 1216-1307

I continue to give special attention to military affairs, and the geography of campaigns. I present plans to illustrate the Fair of Lincoln, and the battles of Lewes, Evesham, and Stirling Bridge. I have studied the accounts of these actions, as well as those of the battle of Falkirk, on their several sites.

I still seize Opportunities of exhibiting and refuting the absurd exaggerations of chroniclers in their estimates of numbers; English history, from the wealth of our public records, offers special facilities for the correction of such errors.

In my efforts to get at the revenues of our Kings I still seem to have a field all to myself. I have been careful to point out the difficulties of the subject. The figures taken from the public accounts Speak for themselves, and are indisputable. My final estimates are given under reserve, and must be considered open to revision in case of the production of further evidence.

The reign of Henry III generally passes for a dreary period. But from the time that the King begins to intervene actively in public affairs the consistent perversity of his conduct, if given in sufficient detail, has a dismal comicality about it that must strike the reader endowed with a sense of humour. In fact the whole life of. The times lies in detail, and, without the detail, cannot be realized. Any detail that I can give is all too scanty.

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