Scriptores Rerum Gestarum Willelmi Conquestoris (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Scriptores Rerum Gestarum Willelmi ConquestorisThe history of England presents to the eye of the student an uniform and complete picture of life and manners, such as hardly any other country either ancient or modern can display. Its insular position and limited extent have combined to pro duce this result. Its govern ment has been almost the same during the long period of eight hundred years, and no great feudal lords, like those of Burgundy, Champagne, Bretagne and, N ormandy, in France, have held territories divided from the main body, and falling one after another at distant intervals, under the power of the crown. It is this circumstance which makes the history of our country so interesting even to foreigners, and so easily studied by ourselves. Besides which, the existence of its powerful monarchy, continued by hereditary descent, enables us to subdivide the long space of time which has elapsed since its commencement, . Into so many distinct portions and thus to apply a micro scopio examination to each reign, which cannot fail to convey to the reader's mind, the most minute and perfect knowledge of its transactions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.