The National Movement in the Reign of Henry III. And Its Culmination in the Barons' War (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The National Movement in the Reign of Henry III. And Its Culmination in the Barons' WarThis book does not represent an attempt to rewrite the history of the beginnings of parliamentary govern ment in England, nor does it contain an exhaustive account of the political history of the reign of Henry III. Its object is to portray, first, those movements which tended to denationalize the church and state of England by the perversion of the English constitution and by the introduction of the political doctrines of thirteenth-century France and the empire-church, and second, those counter-movements which resulted in the complete triumph of the national principle as manifested in the dim beginnings of the revolt from Rome, in the completion of race unity, and the estab lishment of the constitution upon a basis both national and popular. The literature of the period is both copious and picturesque, as befits an epoch in which the personality of the actors has unusual weight, and in which the study of motive is of unusual importance. If the author has been enabled to catch the Spirit of the time from the pages of the historians who lived among the events which they so vividly describe, his object will have been accomplished.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.