. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. n < { (1 \\ \\\. ^fy 448 ELEANOBA OF CASTILE. sorrow-stricken she consoled as became her dignity, and she made them friends that were at ;' Civilization made rapid advances imder the auspices of a court, so weU regulated as that of Eleanora of Castile. Wales, in particular, emer
. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. n < { (1 \\ \\\. ^fy 448 ELEANOBA OF CASTILE. sorrow-stricken she consoled as became her dignity, and she made them friends that were at ;' Civilization made rapid advances imder the auspices of a court, so weU regulated as that of Eleanora of Castile. Wales, in particular, emerged from its state of barbansm in some degree. The manners of the Welsh were so savage at the time when Eleanora kept her court in North Wales, that her royal lord was forced to revive an ancient Welsh law, tlireatening severe punishments on any one " who should strike the queen, or snatch any thing out of her ; The Enghsh had httle reason to pride themselves on their supe- riority. Although there was no danger of their beating the queen in her hall of state, they had pelted her predecessor from London-bridge. Moreover, in the commencement of the reign of Edward I., London was so ill governed, that mur- ders were committed in the street at noon-day.^ Sculpture, architecture, and c^u * in brass aaid bronze, were not only encouraged by kiiig- Edward and his queen, but brought to great perfection by the English artists whom they patriotically employed. Carving in wood, an art purely English, now richly decorated both ecclesiastical and domestic struc- tures. Eleanora of CastUe first introduced the use of tapestry as hangings for walls: it was a fashion appertaining to Moorish luxury, and adopLc.^. by the Spaniards. The coldness of our chmate must have made it indispensable to the fair daughter ' The common people have not dealt so justly hy her; the name of this virtuous woman and excellent queen is only known by them to be slandered by means of a popular ballad, ca
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