History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . rt of the revolutionary Es-tates, but the violence of its alliesdiscredited rather than helped themovement, and France was soonglad to accept the unrestrictedrule of its king once more. 567. Contrast between theEstates General and the EnglishParliament. The history of theEstates General forms a curiouscontrast to that of the EnglishParliament, which was laying thefoundation of its later power during this very period. While theFrench king occasionally summoned the Estates when he neededmoney, he did so only in
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . rt of the revolutionary Es-tates, but the violence of its alliesdiscredited rather than helped themovement, and France was soonglad to accept the unrestrictedrule of its king once more. 567. Contrast between theEstates General and the EnglishParliament. The history of theEstates General forms a curiouscontrast to that of the EnglishParliament, which was laying thefoundation of its later power during this very period. While theFrench king occasionally summoned the Estates when he neededmoney, he did so only in order that their approbation of new taxesmight make it easier to collect them. He never admitted that hehad not the right to levy taxes if he wished without consultinghis subjects. In England, on the other hand, the kings ever since the timeof Edward I had repeatedly agreed that no new taxes shouldbe imposed without the consent of Parliament. Edward II, aswe have seen, had gone farther and accepted the representativesof the people as his advisers in all important matters touching. Fig. 94. Royal Arms ofEdward III On the upper left-hand quarter and the lower right-hand are the lilies as represented in heraldry England in the Middle Ages 379 the welfare of the realm. While the French Estates gradually sankinto insignificance, the English Parliament soon learned to grantno money until the king had redressed the grievances which itpointed out, and thus it insured its influence over the kings policy. 568. Edward III finds it Impossible to conquer III found it impossible, however, to conquer France,and Charles V, the successor of the French king John II, managedbefore Edward died in 1377 to get back almost all the landsthat the English had occupied. For a generation after the death of Edward III the war withFrance was almost discontinued. France had suffered a greatdeal more than England. In the first place, all the fighting hadbeen done on her side of the Channel, and
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