The British nation a history / by George MWrong . e laborious dayshe was able to ride only six miles,and on July 7, 1307, at Borough-on-Sauds, near Carlisle, thoroughlyworn out, Edward died at the ageof sixty-eight; no other Englishking had lived so long. His dy-ing wishes were that his heartshould be sent to the Holy Land,with one hundred knights to fightfor the Holy Sejjulchre, that hisson Edward should continue thewar against the Scots, and that hisbones might be carried at the headof the army until Scotland was subdued. The unworthyson abandoned the war, and sent his fathers body withscant
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . e laborious dayshe was able to ride only six miles,and on July 7, 1307, at Borough-on-Sauds, near Carlisle, thoroughlyworn out, Edward died at the ageof sixty-eight; no other Englishking had lived so long. His dy-ing wishes were that his heartshould be sent to the Holy Land,with one hundred knights to fightfor the Holy Sejjulchre, that hisson Edward should continue thewar against the Scots, and that hisbones might be carried at the headof the army until Scotland was subdued. The unworthyson abandoned the war, and sent his fathers body withscant ceremony to Westminster. Edward failed to do the things that perhaps he mostdesired. Jerusalem was never rescued ; Scotland was notconquered, but rather was aroused to a newwotl^ ^ patriotism in resisting the English foe. Yet he wrought better than he dreamed, for hegave England a form of government in which the inter-ests of all classes were so united that it still endures, andalmost every great state of the present time has adoptediiis EoBERT BuLCE (1274-13:^9). Summary of Dates Ricluird I went on crusade in 1190, he was captured by Leopold ofAustria in 1193 and not liberated until 1194. Meanwhile the baronsat home showed llnir power by dcposiiiiT his justiciar. >VilliamLoiig°(1iani|>. ill IIJU. To cheek Frencli designs in Xortnaiidy. in1197 Kicliard built in a single year the enormous Ciiateau (Jaillard. lost it in T2()4 :nid Normandy was finally severed from England,in 12()S llie l*o|u Kiit;:Iand iindorau Interdict, which ended M^ > V THE REIGN OF EDWARD I 131 only ill 1213 with Johns becoming the vassal of the Pope. JohnVlost Bouviiies in 1214 and his own barons forced him to sign theGrecat Charter in 1215. The French invasion of 1216 was checked^j by Johns deatli in the same year. Henry III did little of momenty until Simon de Montfort and other barons foiced him to restricthis authority by the Provisions of Oxford in 125S. Civil warv
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