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A History of England Volume 1

A History of England Volume 1

Bright, James Franck

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150876166
ISBN13: 9781150876165
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.38 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...English earldom. Thus, on various grounds, all parts of the Kingdom of Scotland acknowledged the English King as their overlord. When England fell into the hands of the Normans, William, professedly assuming the position which his predecessor had held, would naturally expect the same homage to be paid to him. It is equally certain that the Scotch kings would object to pay it. It had therefore been a constantly open and disputed question till the time of Edward. Meanwhile the feudal law, which had not existed at the time of the original commendation, had grown up and been formulated. Edward, as we have seen, intended to use it to the Ml. He therefore desired the uncertain acknowledgment of the old supremacy to be brought, as it had never hitherto been, within the precise and clearly-defined limits of feudal overlordship. The character of Alexander III. was such as to strengthen such ideas. In 1275, his wife, Edward's sister Margaret, had died. The tie of relationship thus broken, Edward had demanded and received, in 1278. a homage, which he declared to his chancellor 129O RELATIONS WITH SCOTLAND 181 was complete and without reservation;1 and since that time, more than once, Alexander had seemed to acknowledge the supremacy. But it was the rapid extinction of that monarch's family which brought matters to a crisis. Margaret had had two _ o Extinction of sons and one daughter, Margaret. Both the sons had the scotch royal died young, and the daughter had married Eric, King famflyof Norway, with the promise that she was to retain her rights to the Scotch succession. In accordance with this, when she died in her first confinement, her little child of the same name, spoken of as the Maid of Norway, was, in 1284, declared heiress of the throne. In 1286 King Alexand...

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