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The successor of the deposed king, the third Edward, ushers in the complete and central period of the Middle Ages in England. THE SUCCESSOR OF THE DEPOSED KING THE THIRD EDWARD USHES IN THE COMPLETE AND CENTRAL PERIOD OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN ENGLAND
 the circumstances; as it was they had little to gain. The king did his best to throw off the restraint of the feudal constitution, and to govern simply as an absolute monarch. After a time of apparent success he failed, of course, and only succeeded in confirming the legal rights of feudalism by bringing about his own formal deposition at the hands of the Baronage, as a chief who, having broken the compact with his feudatories, had necessarily forfeited his right. If we compare his case with that of Charles I. we shall find this difference in it, besides the obvious one that Edward was held responsible to his feudatories and Charles towards the upper middle classes, the squirearchy, as represented by Parliament; that Charles was condemned by a law created for the purpose, so to say, and evolved from the principle of the representation of the propertied classes, while Edward’s deposition was the real logical outcome of the confirmed feudal system, and was practically legal and regular. ADVANTAGE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS IT WAS THEY HAD LITTLE TO GAIN THE KING DID HIS BEST TO THROW OFF THE RESTRAINT OF THE FEUDAL CONSTITUTION AND TO GOVERN SIMPLY AS AN ABSOLUTE MONARCH AFTER A TIME OF APPARENT SUCCESS HE FAILED OF COURSE AND ONLY SUCCEEDED IN CONFIRMING THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF FEUDALISM BY BRINGING ABOUT HIS OWN FORMAL DEPOSITION AT THE HANDS OF THE BARONAGE AS A CHIEF WHO HAVING BROKEN THE COMPACT WITH HIS FEUDATORIES HAD NECESSARILY FORFEITED HIS RIGHT IF WE COMPARE HIS CASE WITH THAT OF CHARLES THE FIRST WE SHALL FIND THIS DIFFERENCE IN IT BESIDES THE OBVIOUS ONE THAT EDWARD WAS HELD RESPONSIBLE TO HIS FEUDATORIES AND CHARLES TOWARDS THE UPPER MIDDLE CLASSES THE SQUIREARCHY AS REPRESENTED BY PARLIAMENT THAT CHARLES WAS CONDEMNED BY A LAW CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE SO TO SAY AND EVOLVED FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PROPERTIED CLASSES WHILE EDWARD'S DEPOSITION WAS THE REAL LOGICAL OUTCOME OF THE CONFIRMED FEUDAL SYSTEM AND WAS PRACTICALLY LEGAL AND REGULAR
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