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History is in many cases misconstrued and falsified in order to serve the beliefs of the one studying it. In the cases of the royal kings from Normandy who can be believed by the English to be a righteous king delivering the Anglo-Saxons and Celts from their tribal ways into European civilization, while seen by the Welsh as the final nail in the coffin of the lands independence from the English.

my book is a different edition and has more pages so I'm gonna go by like 2 pages on Goodreads and write what page I'm on in the progress.
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Charles Cromwell had his legacy decided by paragraphs of the writers working after him. those with malicious intent on the man who fought against the tyranny of the king. those who determined the legacy of a man by smearing him to assure no fight against the king.

in the wish to end hunger men may sacrifice liberty in pursuit of ending their hunger. no better example has been sent in England as after the overthrowing of king Charles by Cromwell people turned their backs on the newfound potential for freedom from the monarchy in a desire for the easier lives they had lived under the monarchy.

The advent of democracy in Britain led to the creation of dozens of isms both economic and social that fought for the vote of the people, whether through policy or by empty speech, they would attempt to capture the newfound power left open in the government of Britain.

The corn laws and tarrifs on england are akin to noah setting fire to the ark for warmth as the are only temporary gains that show no real gain.

The slow buildup in accusations that they other throws at the governemt of england is more impactful than if it was said all at once due to the slow buildup and explanation of each accusation until it reaches a high point.

the value of property has changed from being what that property can bring and how long it can last to frivolous purchases of items that bring no value into the world asides from temporary usage and wasting more and more space in the world.

The greatness behind the laws of the past is not intrinsic and they are viewed more highly or more valuable than others based simple on how yellow the parchment is and how much more yellow it could becom

England's government is compared to that of a tree with a dying branch. The branch siphoning resources from the tree while producing nothing and being immovable by the tree which needs external help to remove the rot infecting it and the rest of the lands.

Speaks about the meaning behind the concept of hell and its use in secular ideologies and schools of thought such as mammonism and dilettantism in which mammonism the former and most mentioned school of thought conceives hell as being the lack of purpose, power, and most of all money which is viewed as the greatest descriptor of hell in a secular sense.

during a war with the Welsh in which king Henry is killed during a ineffective parthian retreat. Which lead to a king who was deemed unfit to bear English standards was challenged to a duel by earl Robert de Montfort and wore armor in which he appeared like king martyr Edmund of East Anglia. and during a flurry of blind attacks and unskilled defence was struck down and vanquished.

The king of England Richard was kidnapped which made parliment attempt to pay his ransom by taking the gold of the monastery of Reading which was stopped by the abbot of the monastery who opened up the monastery but told the parliament that they would have to fight for the gold in the monastery which made them rethink their position and if it was worth it to take from the monastery.