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The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King QUOTES

1 " So much dung, filth, and entrails of dead beasts and other corruptions is cast into ditches, rivers and other waterways, and many other places, within about and near to the cities, boroughs and towns of the realm… that the air is greatly corrupted and infected and many maladies and other intolerable diseases do daily happen…’64 They ordered fines of £20 to be levied on all those who had not remedied the situation within a year, and passed the responsibility for keeping the streets clean to local officers. "

― Ian Mortimer , The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King

2 " the commons put forward an exceedingly detailed and comprehensive petition regarding the labour system. It resulted in the statute which made communities responsible for providing for poor people and itinerant labour-seekers, and so established the precedent which remained the basis for the poor law until the nineteenth century. "

― Ian Mortimer , The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King

3 " what exactly the lords wanted from Richard: that he give credence to his council, that he not interfere with the law, that he appoint suitable persons to control access to his chamber and other household offices, that he not appoint anyone to any offices without first seeking advice, that he not grant out lands and offices without advice, nor grant pardons for murder, robbery and rape as lightly as he had done. "

― Ian Mortimer , The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King

4 " Knights were hardly crusaders at all; they were more like a militant Christian state in their own right, making alliances with their neighbours and fighting enemies of various faiths, including fellow Christians. "

― Ian Mortimer , The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King