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The workings of the mysterious influence of heredity present few greater puzzles than the characters of the English kings. It is indeed strange that Edward I should have been the son of the pious but incapable Henry III and father of the equally incapable Edward II.

— Louis Francis Salzman Edward I (1968)

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Eleanor of Castile is the most attractive personality in the long list of English queens, her only rival being Philippa of Hainault.

Edward I (1968)

In the first place it must be borne in mind that before the extinction of its independence Wales was a geographical expression rather than a nation.

Edward I (1968)

Law, considered historically, may be divided into two branches, Theory or Legislation, and Practice or Administration.

Edward I (1968)

The theoretical supremacy of the king in legal matters was so far practical that his prolonged absence, in Gascony, Wales or Scotland, usually coincided with the periods of greatest lawlessness.

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Eleanor of Provence was a kindly, narrow and commonplace woman, devout to a degree which to modern ideas would seem bigoted but was admirable in the eyes of her contemporaries, affectionate, and even devoted, to her husband, children and relations.

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