"Although he must have seen that the position was serious it was impossible for him to realise the disastrous effect that the death of the Maid of Norway was to have upon the history of England. The discussion of hypothetical history is not very profitable, but it may be pointed out that if the marriage planned between Maid of Norway and Edward had been consummated the union of England and Scotland might have been anticipated by several centuries, the wearisome and disastrous wars between those two kingdoms would at least have been avoided, and also the Hundred Years’ War with France, arising out of Edward’s actual marriage with Isabel of France. Had Maid of Norway lived Bannockburn, Crécy and Agincourt would never have been fought."
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Chapter 5, “High Noon” (p. 97; the reference to "Isabel" appears to be an error in the text for "Margaret")
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Louis Francis Salzman
Louis Francis Salzman (26 March 1878 – 4 April 1971) was a British economic historian who specialised in the medieval period.
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