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Excerpt from Middle England From the Accession of Henry II: To the Death of Elizabeth Such tyranny could only make the Saxons loathe the Normans more than ever; union between tyrant and Slave seemed impossible. We Shall see, however, that all helped to work out the final grand result - a single race, speaking one language, subject to the same law. The Normans desire a Change - Neither Stephen nor Matilda had been able to rule firmly. TO retain their followers, both had allowed them to do whatever they pleased. Many a noble not only acted as was right in his own eyes, but (having no fear of the law) eagerly did what he knew to be wrong. One tyrant fought with another; not a single Norman had any rest - it was just like an outbreak of riot in a crew of pirates - each one struggled with his neighbour, and all were worn out. 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.