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1219 man in England, Ireland, Wales, and Normandy. Strenuous and upright, simple and dignified, the young soldier of fortune bore easily the weight of office and honour which accrued to him before the death of his first patron. Limited as was his outlook, he gave himself entirely to his master-principle of loyalty to the feudal lord whom he had sworn to obey. This simple conception enabled him to subordinate his interests as a marcher potentate to his duty to the English monarchy. It guided him in his difficult work of serving with unbending constancy a tyrant like John.

Even Louis unconsciously worked in that direction, for, had he not gained so strong a hold on the country, there would have been no reason to adopt a policy of conciliation. We must not read the history of this generation in the light of modern times, or even with the eyes of Matthew Paris. The marshal had before him a task essentially similar to that which Henry II. had undertaken after the anarchy of Stephen’s reign. It was with the utmost difficulty that the sum promised to Louis could be extracted from the warstricken and famished tillers of the soil.

In deep disgust Bishop Peter left the court to carry out his long-deferred crusading vows. , who in this same year succeeded Honorius. In April Gregory renewed the bull of 1223 in which his predecessor recognised Henry’s competence to govern. AVD OF Z-HEMZNORZTK 29 Thus ended the first minority since the Conquest. The CHAP. II. successful restoration of law and order when the king was a child, showed that a strong king was not absolutely necessary for good government. From the exercise of royal authority by ministers without the personal intervention of the monarch arose the ideas of limited monarchy, the responsibility of the official, and the constitutional rights of the baronial council to appoint ministers and control the administration.

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