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He was a staunch man of business, and turned himself with his whole soul towards the establishment of order and the consolidation of the monarchy, which accordingly took a great stride under him towards its ultimate goal of bureaucracy. HE WAS A STAUNCH MAN OF BUSINESS AND TURNED HIMSELF WITH HIS WHOLE SOUL TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ORDER AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE MONARCHY WHICH ACCORDINGLY TOOK A GREAT STRIDE UNDER HIM TOWARDS ITS ULTIMATE GOAL OF BUREAUCRACY
ergy were simply feudal lords; and as the religious fervour of the higher clergy, which was marked enough in the earlier period of the Middle Ages (in Anselm, for example), faded out, they became more and more mere landlords, although from the conditions of their landlordism, living as they did on their land and amidst of their tenants, they were less oppressive than the lay landlords. The order and progress of Henry I.’s reign, which marks the transition from the mere military camp of the Conqueror to the mediæval England I have to dwell upon, was followed by the period of mere confusion and misery which accompanied the accession of the princes of Anjou to the throne of England. In this period the barons widely became mere violent and illegal robbers; and the castles with which the land was dotted, and which were begun under the auspices of the Conqueror as military posts, became mere dens of strong-thieves. No doubt this made the business of the next able king, Henry II., the easier.  UPPER CLERGY WAS SIMPLY FEUDAL LORDS AND AS THE RELIGIOUS FERVOR OF THE HIGHER CLERGY WHICH WAS MARKED ENOUGH IN THE EARLIER PERIOD OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN ANSELM FOR EXAMPLE FADED OUT THEY BECAME MORE AND MORE MERE LANDLORDS ALTHOUGH FROM THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR LANDLORDISM LIVING AS THEY DID ON THEIR LAND AND AMIDST OF THEIR TENANTS THEY WERE LESS OPPRESSIVE THAN THE LAYLANDLORDS THE ORDER AND PROGRESS OF HENRY THE FIRST'S REIGN WHICH MARKS THE TRANSITION FROM THE MERE MILITARY CAMP OF THE CONQUEROR TO THE MEDIAEVAL ENGLAND I HAVE TO DWELL UPON WAS FOLLOWED BY THE PERIOD OF MERE CONFUSION AND MISERY WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE ACCESSION OF THE PRINCES OF ANJOU TO THE THRONE OF ENGLAND IN THIS PERIOD THE BARONS WIDELY BECAME MERE VIOLENT AND ILLEGAL ROBBERS AND THE CASTLES WITH WHICH THE LAND WAS DOTTED AND WHICH WERE BEGUN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CONQUEROR AS MILITARY POSTS BECAME MERE DENS OF STRONG THIEVES NO DOUBT THIS MADE THE BUSINESS OF THE NEXT ABLE KING HENRY THE SECOND THE EASIER
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