A History of the English People, Vol. 3 1307-1461 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A History of the English People, Vol. 3: 1307-1461 <p>Wars Of the English in France and Blondel's work, De Beductione Normanniae (both in Rolls Series), give ample information on the military side of this and the next reign. But with the accession of Henry the Sixth we again enter on a period of singular dearth in its historical authorities. The Procés de Jeanne d'arc (published by the Société de l'histoire de France) is the only real authorityfor her history. For English affairs we are reduced to the meager accounts of William of Worcester, of the continuator of the Crowland chronicle, and. Of Fabyan. Fabyan is a london alderman with a strong bias in favor'of the house of Lancaster, and his work is useful for London ordy. The continuap tor is one of the best of his class and though con nected with the house of York, the date of. His work, which appeared soon after Bosworth Field, makes him fairly impartial; but he is sketchy and deficient in information. The more oopious narrative of Poly dore Vergil is far superior to these in literary ability, but of later date, and strongly Lancastrian in tone. For the struggle between Edward and, Warwick the valuable narrative of The Arrival of Edward the Fourth (camden Society) may be taken as the foifi cial account on the royal side. The Paston letters are the first instance in English history of a family correspondence, and throw great light on the social condition of the time. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This 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.