Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . tearthem down he did, several hundred of them. Without acastle, a baron had very little more power than any other rich man; thepeople rejoiced whenthey saw the forces ofthe king demolishing thestrongholds that hadcaused so much suffer-ing, and letting thelight and air into thehorrible dungeons whereprisoners had enduredsuch agonies. Other reforms wereintroduced by Henryto lessen the power ofthe barons. Under thefeudal system, everyman who held land fr
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . tearthem down he did, several hundred of them. Without acastle, a baron had very little more power than any other rich man; thepeople rejoiced whenthey saw the forces ofthe king demolishing thestrongholds that hadcaused so much suffer-ing, and letting thelight and air into thehorrible dungeons whereprisoners had enduredsuch agonies. Other reforms wereintroduced by Henryto lessen the power ofthe barons. Under thefeudal system, everyman who held land fromthe king was requiredto do military was at war onthe continent and re-quired a large numberof soldiers. But the English barons were not willing toleave their own country in order to take part in a warwhich concerned only the French dominions of the crown,and, moreover, the king could not compel them either toserve or to provide soldiers for more than forty days inany one year. They were quite willing, therefore, toaccept Henrys proposal that, instead of serving in per-Bon or providing soldiers, they should pay to the king. 1154-89] THE ANGEVINS 55 a tax called scutage or shield-money, that is, a sumsufficient to pay the hire of as many knights or soldiersas, under the feudal law, they were compelled to this means the king had at his command a largebody of troops who would serve wherever and as longas he pleased, and the barons became less used toserving in war. Henry weakened still further the power of the baronsby arming the people. Every freeman was compelled toprovide himself with armour and weapons according tohis station. This was the old Anglo-Saxon system, whichhad enabled Harold to raise a large army in six the king should thus put arms in the hands of all thefreemen of England, showed that he did not intend to de-pend, for the maintenance of his power, either upon thebarons or upon his own hired troops. A court is a means of securin
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