. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . :(? -^^m mn ^, <^. m;.u. or n. probably better based than that of Henry her husband, heir ashe was only to the weak Beaufort title. Nor, obscure and gloomy as it is, does this reign lack episodes obscureand subsidiary questions which invite inquiry. The obsciuity ^^^° ^^is parth due to the surprising way in which the primaryauthorities for the period differ on decisive points. Even whereall substa
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . :(? -^^m mn ^, <^. m;.u. or n. probably better based than that of Henry her husband, heir ashe was only to the weak Beaufort title. Nor, obscure and gloomy as it is, does this reign lack episodes obscureand subsidiary questions which invite inquiry. The obsciuity ^^^° ^^is parth due to the surprising way in which the primaryauthorities for the period differ on decisive points. Even whereall substantially agree, as in bearing out the traditions a,s to thewild escapades of Prince Henrys youtlifid years, their testimonyis hard to reconcile; with other evidence, such as the facts ofhis strenuous militar\ career and his active leadership of thecouncil. Nor, though we may discern some of the causes ofthe unusual success of the Welsh insurrection (p. 387^ con-tinued through the whole reign, is it to thread the intricatemaze of contemporary Scottish history, or to trace the connectionof Scottish affairs with the rebellion of the Percies. Very startling,again, are the reversals of policj-, by which
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