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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. 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
ves against the arbitrary rule of the feudal lords, lay or ecclesiastical: for as to the latter, it must be remembered that the Church included in herself the orders or classes into which lay society was divided, and while by its lower clergy of the parishes and by the friars it touched the people, its upper clergy 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. SERTED THEMSELVES AGAINST THE ARBITRARY RULE OF THE FEUDAL LORDS LAY OR ECCLESIASTICAL FOR AS TO THE LATTER IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THE CHURCH INCLUDED IN HERSELF THE ORDERS OR CLASSES INTO WHICH LAY SOCIETY WAS DIVIDED AND WHILE BY ITS LOWER CLERGY OF THE PARISHES AND BY THE FRIARS IT TOUCHED THE PEOPLE ITS 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
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