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Chapter IX: Condition of the People

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Results of the Lancastrian usurpation . . . . . . . . . . 103
Effects of the Wars of the Roses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
No destruction of the nobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Scenery. Country life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Castles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Hunting and hawking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
The Peerage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Town residences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Magnificence of the Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Wealth of merchants. City Companies . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Introduction of printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Caxton's works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115
Literary noblemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 116
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Bishops. Clergy. Monasteries. Pilgrimages . . . . . . . 118-119
Lawlessness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Manor houses. Cultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Condition of the people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122-123
Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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