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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ... But in the reign of Edward I., a parliament assembled (1295), and the principle that where all were concerned all should have a voice was acknowledged. Great powers were left to the king, but parliament was armed with the right to tax, and steadily increased its grip on affairs till at the close of Edward III.'s reign, it could impeach the ministry. Richard II.'s unwise claim of the sole power of the crown, brought on the revolution that closed the struggle, and Henry IV. came to the throne as the choice of parliament, while the council named by parliament became, in fact, a body of national ministers. Edward I. died before he had finished the conquest of Scotland, and his weaker son, Edward II., had been badly defeated by the Scots at Bannockburn. Edward III.'s attempts to make himself king of France were mere raids of no lasting value, except in so far as the life of the peasant soldier helped to free the lower orders from serfdom. The French wars of Henry V. were much more successful than those of Edward III., and the union of the two kingdoms seemed to be promised when the great king died. The infancy of Henry VI. ushered in the wars of the Roses between the two branches of the Plantagenets, the houses of Lancaster and York. The Yorkists won and the powerful and despotic Edward IV. ruled with a strong hand, and parliament in his reign had little power. But his successor, Richard III., made himself hated by all classes of the people, and the battle of Bosworth put on the throne Henry VII., the first of the Tudors, who acknowledged that he was king by the will of the people. In Henry VIII., determination to have his own will was blended with a real desire for the wellbeing of his people. Driven by his passion for Anne Boleyn, Henry demanded a divorce fro...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781231180099
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 522
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1231180099
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 921 gr


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