The History of England

74 The Wheel of Fortune

In 1264 when De Montfort set out from London he would have been conscious that this was a last throw; after losses to the Royalists in the midlands his only chance was a decisive victory. Lewes gave him that victory, and opened a remarkable period in England's history, a period of constitutional monarchy. <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=MmkZWEu5NYU:FHu6BKOXe5Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=MmkZWEu5NYU:FHu6BKOXe5Y:63t7Ie-LG7Y"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=MmkZWEu5NYU:FHu6BKOXe5Y:qj6IDK7rITs"></a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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