. Essentials in English history (from the earliest records to the present day). DuncansbuHead. CHAPTER XTI. FIRST STEPS IN PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT (1272-1307) Henry son, Edward L, who became king in 1272, wasthirty-three years of age at his accession. His military expe-rience in the barons wars, and later in the seventh and , ^^ „^ 180. Char- last of the Crusades, made him an able soldier; but his acter of claim to greatness lay in his strong political instinct. ^^^ The legal bent of his mind led him to ask of every action,both of king and of subject, Is this act constitutional ?To answ
. Essentials in English history (from the earliest records to the present day). DuncansbuHead. CHAPTER XTI. FIRST STEPS IN PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT (1272-1307) Henry son, Edward L, who became king in 1272, wasthirty-three years of age at his accession. His military expe-rience in the barons wars, and later in the seventh and , ^^ „^ 180. Char- last of the Crusades, made him an able soldier; but his acter of claim to greatness lay in his strong political instinct. ^^^ The legal bent of his mind led him to ask of every action,both of king and of subject, Is this act constitutional ?To answer this question, he was compelled to give definiteform to constitutional principles: and he therefore standsforth as the greatest English lawgiver. Edwards instinct for system made him anxious to unite allBritain under a single monarch, and, at the very beginning ofhis reign, events made it possible for him to change 181. An-Wales from a vassal principality into an integral part ^^^^-^alesof the kingdom. At Edwards coronation, Llewelyn, (1284) Prince of Wales, refused to attend and do h
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