. England, from earliest times to the Great Charter . power,who was insensible to the rights of others, who was utterlycareless of his peoples good, should have had wrung from himthis standard of government showed clearly that the dangerof despotic rule had passed. That was all that could behoped for. Many a fight was yet to be waged before a freedemocracy could arise ruled by a constitutional king. Centurieswere to roll by before the people was to emerge the stage of development which we have now reached thebest that the people could hope for was a balance of powerbetween king a
. England, from earliest times to the Great Charter . power,who was insensible to the rights of others, who was utterlycareless of his peoples good, should have had wrung from himthis standard of government showed clearly that the dangerof despotic rule had passed. That was all that could behoped for. Many a fight was yet to be waged before a freedemocracy could arise ruled by a constitutional king. Centurieswere to roll by before the people was to emerge the stage of development which we have now reached thebest that the people could hope for was a balance of powerbetween king and barons. In past days for a season thenobility had appeared to be getting the upper hand, andEngland knew years of oppression ; then came the greatHenrys, striking the lords temporal and spiritual with thehammer made of legal and administrative reforms. Sosurely had they struck that the nobility was becoming tooweak and the monarchy threatened to become a was from this that England was saved on the banks of theThames at Runnymede. 572. ?Mlrcbealj-, itoiBAY OF BISCAY S^^\ ENGLAND & FRANCE rNNORMAM TIMES S P A I lir— LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES The numbers in parentheses indicate the pages in the text in which thesubject is chiefly dealt with. c. 2000 Beginning of the Bronze Age (7). c. 1000 Coming of the Gaels (8). c. 400 Coming of the Britons (9). 55 Caesars first landing (18). 43. Roman occupation begins (24). c. 52. Caratacus overthrown (30). 78. Agricolas campaigns begin (36). c. 120. Hadrians Wall built (38, 70). 208. Septimiuss campaign begins (41). 287. Carausius acknowledged Augustus (45). 306. Constantine in Britain (46). 383. Maximus leads the Britons to Gaul (48). 407-409. Constantine the Tyrant (51). c. 429. Hallelujah Victory (86). 449. Hengist and Horsa land (83). 495. Cerdic and the West Saxons arrive (89). c. 500. Battle of Mount Badon (89). 547. Kingdom of Northumbria established (91). c. 560-616. Ethelbert King of Kent (91,
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