Winston's Cumulative Encyclopedia Volume 5; A Comprehensive Reference Book (English, German, Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...of approached manhood he displayed a that nobleman and other Scottish prisoncharacter wholly unfit for his station, crs was regarded as an indignity by the lie discarded his most able minister Hu-Percies, who set Douglas free, made an bert de Burgh, and after 1230, when he alliance with him, and joined Glendower. received homage in Poitou and Gascony, The king met the insurgents at Shrewsbegan to bestow his chief favors upon bury (1403), the battle ending in the deforeigners. His marriage in 1236 with feat and death of Percy. The Earl of Eleanor of Provence, increased the dis-Northumberland was pardoned, and but like to him felt by his subjects, and al-few victims were executed. A new insurthough he received frequent grants of rection, headed by the Earl of Nottingmoney from parliament, on condition of ham and Scrope or Scroop, archbishop of confirming the Great Charter, yet his con-York, broke out in 1405. but was supduct after each ratification was as arbi-pressed by the king's third son, Prince I rary as before. At length the nobles rose John. The rest of this king's reign was in rebellion under Simon de Montfort, comparatively untroubled. In 1405 James, earl of Leicester and husband of the son and heir to King Robert of Scotland, king's sister; and in 1258, at a parlia-was captured at sea on his way to France, ment held at Oxford, known in history as and was detained a prisoner in England, the Mad Parliament, obliged the king to Henry died in 1413, and was succeeded sign the body of resolutions known as the by Henry V. Provisions of Oxford. A feud arose, how-"fTp-nT-v "y King of England, born at ever between Montfort and Gloucester, icl" J T Monmouth in 1388. On and Henry recovered some of his power, succeeding his...