History of Civilisation
History of Civilisation
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— Immorality of the Feudal Barons. — Degraded and ignorant Lower Class. — No Constitutional Form of Government in existence.
One of the most conspicuous events in the early part of the History of England, subsequent to the Norman Conquest, was the grant by King John of Magna Charta Communium Libertatum (the Great Charter of Common Liberties). It is well known that he conceded this not from any sense of justice in his own bosom : it was extorted by his fear of the barons, who made a formidable h...ostile demon- stration. These men, though of Norman descent, " had, by degrees," says Rapin, " put on the English genius, were wholly addicted to liberty, and wished to have the Saxon laws re-established;" — more probably from selfish views than desire to benefit the community, though it might seem politic, in their stipulations, to affect a regard for the latter.
" Accordingly they demanded, in plain and express terms, a return to the obsolete laws of Edward the Confessor, with the other rights and privileges con- tained in the disregarded charter of Henry I., which H 3 Digitized by VjOOQIC 102 ENGLAND.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
— Immorality of the Feudal Barons. — Degraded and ignorant Lower Class. — No Constitutional Form of Government in existence.
One of the most conspicuous events in the early part of the History of England, subsequent to the Norman Conquest, was the grant by King John of Magna Charta Communium Libertatum (the Great Charter of Common Liberties). It is well known that he conceded this not from any sense of justice in his own bosom : it was extorted by his fear of the barons, who made a formidable h...ostile demon- stration. These men, though of Norman descent, " had, by degrees," says Rapin, " put on the English genius, were wholly addicted to liberty, and wished to have the Saxon laws re-established;" — more probably from selfish views than desire to benefit the community, though it might seem politic, in their stipulations, to affect a regard for the latter.
" Accordingly they demanded, in plain and express terms, a return to the obsolete laws of Edward the Confessor, with the other rights and privileges con- tained in the disregarded charter of Henry I., which H 3 Digitized by VjOOQIC 102 ENGLAND.
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