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Excerpt from The Dictionary of English History Such merits this volume may be found to pomosa are due in great 111mm to the able staff of contributors who have given it their invaluable aid. To all of them the Editors have to render their grateful thanks. For many useful suggestions and much kindly interest displayed in the progrem of the work, they have to acknowledge their obligations to Dr. Mandel] Creighton; Professor Rowley, University College, Bristol; Mr. Arthur L Smith, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford Mr. Lloyd Sanders; m.a. Mr. W. J. Ashley, hla and Mr. T. A Archer, b.a. Their special thanks are due to Mv. T. F. Tout, ma, whose assistance throughout has been of the and who has constantly and most kindly placed the benefits of knowledge of modern history at the service of the Editors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.