Concise History of England, in Epochs

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: . A. D. 132".] EDWARD III. 55 THIRD EPOCH. A. D. 1327-1453. THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR WITH FRANCE PROVOKED BY EDWARD HI. ASSUMING THE TITLE OP KING OF THAT COUNTRY, AND WHICH WAS TERMINATED BY THE EXPULSION OF THE ENGLISH IN 1453 PROGRESS OF PARLIAMENT ADOPTION OF THE SAXON TONGUE IN THE COURTS OF LAW. [During this Epoch jlovrisJied Chaucer the father of English poetry and Wycliffe the reformer 1. Edward III. A.d. 1327-1377. Failure In Scotland - War For The French Crown - Battle Of Cressy - Siege Of Calais - Poictiers - Death Of The Black Prince ? Pro- Gress Of Parliament ? Introduction Of Thf. Cloth Manufacture - Wycliffe. Edward II. married Isabella of France HE Jjjng keu1g minor, Edwardin. timer assumed the direction of affairs. The unfortunate issue of an expedition against Scotland, and the disgust felt at seeing the queen-dowager Isabella and Mortimer living together, excited general discontent. This feeling Mortimer attempted to overawe by inspiring terror, and, with this view, he ordered, on some false pretext, the execution of his enemy the Earl of Kent, brother of Edward n. But as soon as Edward in.56 Edward's Claim To The Throne Of France. [a.d. 1334. had reached his eighteenth year, he resolved to free himself and the kingdom from this odious thraldom. Accordingly, accompanied by some friends, he entered the castle of Nottingham, and there seized Mortimer, who, without trial, was condemned by Parliament and hanged at Tyburn, near London (1330). Edward, pursuing the policy of his grandfather, first directed his energies to the subjection of Scotland. He supported the title of Edward Balliol, who promised homage and fealty, in opposition to that of David Bruce, who represented the independence of Scotland. The victory gained by Edward ...