An Essay on the Study of the History of England (Paperback)

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.1809 Excerpt: ... issue;--Edward the Third was Grandson of Philip the Fair; but the peers of France chose Philip de Valois, who was nephew to Philip the Fair; giving as a reason, that the females were excluded by the Salique Law.-v-r i-i Acl King Edward did not deny the Salique Lawj he acknowledged that it excluded the females. themselves; but he denied that it excluded the descendants of those females;--read carefully king Edward's letter to the Pope on this occasion, dated the 16th July, 1339- "-iU This dispute occasioned the memorable battle of Cressy, and the taking of Calais; when you are on this subject, by all means look at a map of France; the facts will be more firmly fixed in your memory; and you will know, what a great many careless readers do not know, whether Cressy is in the province of Artois, or the lake of Geneva.-. . k Looking to the authorities cited by Barnes, you will remark, that contemporary writers are silent on the first use of cannon by the English at the battle of Cressy;--whether the cannon were silent, amounts to a question. Mezeray, who wrote many years afterwards, does mention them. The creation of the Prince of Wales, his being Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester will not escape your observation.' Have recourse to your map again, when you are on the subject of the battle of Poictiers. A very short sketch of the Prince's march in France may open the way. On his arrival at the river Garonne, he proceeded to Toulouse, and passed the river there, advancing as far as Navarre. The Prince then retrogaded into Guienne, and took up his quarters there. The next spring he took the field, marched back into Berry, attacked Bourges and other places; his intention was to march into Normandy, hut finding that the bridges on the Loir were broken, he thought ...