The British nation a history / by George MWrong . untryshappiness and greatness. He hadlittle sense of duty and spent uponselfish pleasure vast sums that Ed-ward I would certainly have used tolighten the peoples burdens. Hewas licentious and cruel and readylightly to break his word, or even totake a bribe. In war, though hegained victories, he was rash andtrusted foolishly to chance. His wifePhilippa was a good woman, andafter her death in 1369 he sank intodeeper moral degradation. It was not long before Edwardtook up again the war with 1314 the English horsemen had been routed by
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . untryshappiness and greatness. He hadlittle sense of duty and spent uponselfish pleasure vast sums that Ed-ward I would certainly have used tolighten the peoples burdens. Hewas licentious and cruel and readylightly to break his word, or even totake a bribe. In war, though hegained victories, he was rash andtrusted foolishly to chance. His wifePhilippa was a good woman, andafter her death in 1369 he sank intodeeper moral degradation. It was not long before Edwardtook up again the war with 1314 the English horsemen had been routed by Scot-Revived war tisl^ pikemen on foot. At Halidon Hill in1333 English archers, themselves out of range,poured their ariows into the Scots mount-ing the hill, and won victory almost withoutloss. France, anxious to secure Aquitaine,ruled by Edward, helped the Scots and he in turn pressedhis claim as heir to the French throne. Under the so-called Salic la^v no woman could reign in France. Ed-wards mother was the sister of the late kins: Charles IV. Edward III. At Bannockburn with Scotlandwidens into warwith France,whose throneEdward claims. 17C THE BRITISH NATION while tlie actual king Philip YI, being only a cousin, wasless nearly related.^ Edward admitted that the king-dom of France was too great for a woman to hold, byreason of the imbecility of her sex, but he claimed thata woman might transmit a right to a male heir, and heassumed the title of King of France. War broke out thatAvas long to desolate France and to bring England barrenvictories paid for by the blood and misery of the nation. As yet England had played no part on continentalbattle-fields, but since the foreign conquerors victory atEntriands mili Hastings the spirit of the nation had strength-tary strength ened, and the Englishman now looked withascompared scorn upou the Frenchman, before whose with i ranee. ?? . ancestors his own trembled. On Englishvillage greens incessant practice had developed amongthe peasant
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