All divisions of history into periods are artificial in proportion as they are precise. In history there is, strictly speaking, no end and no beginning. Each event is the product of an infinite series of causes, the starting-point of an infinite series of effects. Language and thought, government and manners, transform themselves by imperceptible degrees; with the result that every age is an age of transition, not fully intelligible unless regarded as the child of a past and the parent of a future. Even so the species of the animal and vegetable kingdoms shade off one into another until, if we only observe the marginal cases, we are inclined to doubt whether the species is more than a figment of the mind. Yet the biologist is prepared to defend the idea of species; and in like manner the historian holds that the distinction between one phase of culture and another is real enough to justify, and, indeed, to demand, the use of distingui-shing names.

The writings of Greek philosopher ARISTOTLE (384Bi322Be-student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great-are among the most influential on Western thought, and indeed upon Western civilization itself. From theology and logic to ethics and even biology, there is no area of human knowledge that has not been touched by his thinking. In Politics-considered a companion piece to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics-the philosopher discusses the nature of the state, of citizenship, of public education and private wealth. In what is a response to the works of his teacher Plato, Aristotle explores the idea of the individual household as a microcosm and building block of the state; examines trade and the economy as functions of human affairs; discusses the battle between self-interest and nationalism; and much more. This edition features the classic introduction by H.W.C. Davis, the renowned English historian of the early 20th century. Students of philosophy, government, and human nature continue to find Aristotle's Politics a provocative work more than two millennia after it was written.

William Stubbs (1825 1901), one of the leading historians of his generation, pursued his academic research alongside his work as a clergyman. He was elected Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1866 and appointed a bishop in 1884. Stubbs was a major figure in medieval English historiography, with special interests in legal and constitutional history. This work was first published in 1870. It begins with an outline of English constitutional history, which he urged should be part of the curriculum, and then presents documents from Roman times up to the thirteenth century. Eight editions followed in Stubbs' lifetime, and it became a core textbook. The ninth edition of 1913, revised by H. W. C. Davis (1874 1928), is reissued here, and contains better editions and translations of Anglo-Saxon and French texts than were available in Stubbs' lifetime, as well as some then newly discovered material and an updated glossary.

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.

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One group of kingdoms was founded under cover of a legal fiction; the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, and the Burgundians claimed to be the allies of the Empire. At one time or another they obtained the recognition of Constantinople for their settlements. Their kings accepted or usurped the titles of imperial administrators, stamped their coins with the effigies of the reigning Emperor, dated their proclamations by the names of the consuls for the year, and in many other ways flaunted their nominal subjection as the legal basis of their actual sovereignty. This fiction did not prevent them from governing their new dominions in true Teutonic fashion, through royal bailiffs, who administered the state demesnes, and military officers (dukes, counts, etc.) who ruled with autocratic sway over administrative districts.

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One group of kingdoms was founded under cover of a legal fiction; the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, and the Burgundians claimed to be the allies of the Empire. At one time or another they obtained the recognition of Constantinople for their settlements. Their kings accepted or usurped the titles of imperial administrators, stamped their coins with the effigies of the reigning Emperor, dated their proclamations by the names of the consuls for the year, and in many other ways flaunted their nominal subjection as the legal basis of their actual sovereignty. This fiction did not prevent them from governing their new dominions in true Teutonic fashion, through royal bailiffs, who administered the state demesnes, and military officers (dukes, counts, etc.) who ruled with autocratic sway over administrative districts.

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One group of kingdoms was founded under cover of a legal fiction; the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, and the Burgundians claimed to be the allies of the Empire. At one time or another they obtained the recognition of Constantinople for their settlements. Their kings accepted or usurped the titles of imperial administrators, stamped their coins with the effigies of the reigning Emperor, dated their proclamations by the names of the consuls for the year, and in many other ways flaunted their nominal subjection as the legal basis of their actual sovereignty. This fiction did not prevent them from governing their new dominions in true Teutonic fashion, through royal bailiffs, who administered the state demesnes, and military officers (dukes, counts, etc.) who ruled with autocratic sway over administrative districts.

An Excellent Standard History Of England Under The Norman's And Angevins, Beginning With The Norman Conquest In 1066, And Culminating With England In Montfort's Day. Prof. Davis Has Used The Same Sources As Other Historians, However, He States That The Great Chronicles Of The Past Were Not Quite Utilized. He Also Includes New Additions To The Bibliography And New Appendices: Local Justice Under Norman Kings, Criminous Clerks, The Provisions Of Oxford And Westminster Have Been Made By Miss N. D. Hurnard In This Edition. This Period Saw The Creation Of English Feudalism, The Rejuvenation Of The English Church And The Decisive Conflicts Of Church And Feudalism With The State. This Period Also Witnessed The Trial And Failure Of Autocracy At Home, And In Foreign Policy A Premature Imperialism; The Creation Of Common Law And The Royal Courts Of Justice; And The General Recognition Of The Principle Of Representative Government.

An Excellent Standard History Of England Under The Norman's And Angevins, Beginning With The Norman Conquest In 1066, And Culminating With England In Montfort's Day. Prof. Davis Has Used The Same Sources As Other Historians, However, He States That The Great Chronicles Of The Past Were Not Quite Utilized. He Also Includes New Additions To The Bibliography And New Appendices: Local Justice Under Norman Kings, Criminous Clerks, The Provisions Of Oxford And Westminster Have Been Made By Miss N. D. Hurnard In This Edition. This Period Saw The Creation Of English Feudalism, The Rejuvenation Of The English Church And The Decisive Conflicts Of Church And Feudalism With The State. This Period Also Witnessed The Trial And Failure Of Autocracy At Home, And In Foreign Policy A Premature Imperialism; The Creation Of Common Law And The Royal Courts Of Justice; And The General Recognition Of The Principle Of Representative Government.

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