"The workings of the mysterious influence of heredity present few greater puzzles than the characters of the English k…"

"In the first place it must be borne in mind that before the extinction of its independence Wales was a geographical e…"

"That it was the king’s intention to govern the parts of Wales that were now under his control with justice and gain t…"

"So far as the popes were concerned it was Edward I’s habitual practice to become enthusiastic over crusading proposit…"

"There may have been some connection between his convalescent vow of crusade and the arrest by his orders, in May 1287…"

"Although he must have seen that the position was serious it was impossible for him to realise the disastrous effect t…"

"Eleanor of Castile is the most attractive personality in the long list of English queens, her only rival being Philip…"

"Eleanor of Provence was a kindly, narrow and commonplace woman, devout to a degree which to modern ideas would seem b…"

"No more was heard of the proposal for this extraordinary extension of popular control, but the attacks on the Treasur…"

"The Prince, now at the end of his seventeenth year, had been with his father on the last Scottish campaign and had on…"