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A French aristocrat who inherited the earldom of Leicester, Simon became convinced that he was more English than the English. What was good for de Montfort was good for the nation. Love him or hate him, everyone knew that Simon de Montfort was a man with a mission. That mission, embarked on with his fellow barons, was to bring the wayward, selfglorifying monarchy to book, to make it the servant, not a master of the realm. At Oxford, amidst wildfire rumours, a camp of soldiers, and the growling hunger of a famine, Henry III was treated to the emasculation of his sovereignty. A document was drawn up for the King to sign, not discuss, just to accept. What it said was so startling, so genuinely revolutionary, that 1258 ought to be one of those dates engraved on the national memory. The Provisions of Oxford were at least as important as Magna Carta. |
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zhè gè shì xí le lái sī tè bó jué jué wèi de fǎ guó guì zú, jiān xìn zì jǐ bǐ zhēn zhèng de yīng guó rén gèng xiàng yīng guó rén. dé méng dé fú tè de lì yì jiù shì zhè gè guó jiā de lì yì, wú lùn ài dài hái shì zēng wù, rén rén dōu zhī dào xī méng dé méng dé fú tè jiān fù zhuó zhòng dà de lì shǐ shǐ mìng. zhè yī lì shǐ shǐ mìng, dé dào le tā nán jué tóng liáo de zhī chí, jiù shì yāo qiú rèn yì wàng wéi, kuáng wàng zì dà de jūn zhǔ zhì. wèi mín fú wù, ér bú shì dú lǎn dà quán. zài niú jīn chéng, yáo yán sì qǐ, jūn bèi sēn yán, āi hóng biàn yě, hēng lì sān shì bù dé bù xuē ruò zì jǐ de wáng quán. tā de miàn qián chéng shàng le yī fèn wén jiàn, děng dài qiān shǔ, bù róng tǎo lùn, zhǐ néng jiē shòu. wén jiàn nèi róng hài rén tīng wén, gé mìng de yì yuàn jǐn xiàn. 1258 nián yīng xiàng qí tā zhòng dà de rì zi yí yàng, yǒng zài shǐ shū, bèi guó rén míng jì. niú jīn tiáo kuǎn de zhòng yào xìng, zhì shǎo néng yǔ dà xiàn zhāng xiāng pì měi. |