EDWARD I.

Position and character of Edward—The Crusade—The accession—The conquest of Wales—Edward’s legal reforms—Financial system—Growth of Parliament Page [212]

CHAPTER XI.

THE CONFIRMATION OF THE CHARTERS.

Punishment of the Judges—Banishment of the Jews—Scottish succession—The French quarrel—The Ecclesiastical quarrel—The Constitutional crisis—The Confirmation of the Charters—Parliament of Lincoln—Its sequel—War of Scottish Independence—Edward’s deathPage [238]

CHAPTER XII.

EDWARD II.

Character of Edward II.—Piers Gaveston—The Ordinances—Thomas of Lancaster—The Despensers—The King’s ruin and deathPage [263]

Index Page [291]

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