Identifier: storyofgreatestn06elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ittany through his marriage with Constance, the heiress. In1173, they, in conjunction with a number of nobles of England and Normandy,including the kings of France and Scotland, formed a league against KingHenry. He subdued the rebellion and showed leniency toward all except theKing of the Scots, who was compelled to submit to a more humiliating vassal-age than before, although Henrys successor allowed him to buy back his free-dom, with only a shadowy lordship remaining over Scotland. But soon the quarrelsome sons were wrangling again with one another, aswell as with their father. Henry the younger died in 1183, begging hisfathers forgiveness; Geoffrey was pardoned, rebelled once more, and died in1186. Richard was quiet for a time, but it was against his nature, and in1188 he fled to the King of France for protection, and then seized upon hisfathers foreign dominions. Henry made only a weak resistance, and thenbowed to his enemies. In answer to his request for a list of the barons who
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Vl-20 England—Richard Coeur de Lion 999 had joined the last league against him, he read among the very first names thatof his favorite and youngest son, John. He was so shocked and grieved thathe fell into a fever and died in July, 1189. The work done by Henry H. was the laying of the foundations of a justgovernment in his country. It is said he levelled more than a thousand of thecastles which had been illegally built during the reign of Stephen, and whichhad caused widespread woe and suffering in England. He abolished the debasedcoinage and substituted pieces of silver of full weight and value. When hisbarons refused to furnish men to fight for his continental possessions, he com-promised by accepting the scutage, which gave him the means of hiringmercenaries. This was afterward supplemented by the passage of a law reviv-ing the national militia, and virtually made him independent of the barons.After much fighting in Ireland, Henry went thither in 1171, and his sover-eignty was ge

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