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grown to his full mental stature, came to the help of the Crown with his unscrupulous business ability, the struggle was soon over; and with Evesham field the monarchy began to take a new stride, and the longest yet taken, towards bureaucracy. GROWN TO HIS FULL MENTAL STATURE CAME TO THE HELP OF THE CROWN WITH HIS UNSCRUPULOUS BUSINESS ABILITY THE STRUGGLE WAS SOON OVER AND WITH EIFSHAM FIELD THE MONARCHY BEGAN TO TAKE A NEW STRIDE AND THE LONGEST YET TAKEN TOWARDS BUREAUCRACY
 a weak and wayward king on the throne, made their step forward in power and popularity, and the first serious check to the tendency to monarchical bureaucracy, a kind of elementary aristocratic constitution, was imposed upon the weakness of Henry III. Under this movement of the barons, who in their turn had to seek for the support of the people, the towns made a fresh step in advance, and Simon de Montfort, the leader of what for want of a better word must be called the popular party, was forced by his circumstances to summon to his Parliament citizens from the boroughs. Earl Simon was one of those men that come to the front in violent times, and he added real nobility of character to strength of will and persistence. He became the hero of the people, who went near to canonizing him after his death. But the monarchy was too strong for him and his really advanced projects, which by no means squared with the hopes of the Baronage in general: and when Prince Edward, afterwards Edward I., D WITH A WEAKENED WAYWARD KING ON THE THRONE MADE THEIR STEP FORWARD IN POWER AND POPULARITY AND THE FIRST SERIOUS CHECK TO THE TENDENCY TO MONARCHICAL BUREAUCRACY A KIND OF ELEMENTARY ARISTOCRATIC CONSTITUTION WAS IMPOSED UPON THE WEAKNESS OF HENRY THE THIRD UNDER THIS MOVEMENT OF THE BARONS WHO IN THEIR TURN HAD TO SEEK FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE THE TOWNS MADE A FRESH STEP IN ADVANCE AND SIMON DE MONTFORT THE LEADER OF WHAT FOR WANT OF A BETTER WORD MUST BE CALLED THE POPULAR PARTY WAS FORCED BY HIS CIRCUMSTANCES TO SUMMON TO HIS PARLIAMENT CITIZENS FROM THE BOROUGHS EARL SIMON WAS ONE OF THOSE MEN THAT COME TO THE FRONT IN VIOLENT TIMES AND HE ADDED REAL NOBILITY OF CHARACTER TO STRENGTH OF WILL AND PERSISTENCE HE BECAME THE HERO OF THE PEOPLE WHO WENT NEAR TO CANONISING HIM AFTER HIS DEATH BUT THE MONARCHY WAS TOO STRONG FOR HIM AND HIS REALLY ADVANCED PROJECTS WHICH BY NO MEANS SQUARED WITH THE HOPES OF THE BARONAGE IN GENERAL AND WHEN PRINCE EDWARD AFTERWARDS EDWARD THE FIRST
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