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Dinesh ^club

When we look over the course of human affairs we are mote likely than not to find only error and confusion. . . . . that the writing of history is often another way of defining chaos. There is in fact a case for saying that human history, as it is generally described and understood, is a sum of total of accident and unintended consequence.

So the great movements of the period, as described in the present narrative, may seem to be without direction and without explanation except in terms of day-to-day expediency, in that sense they are without historical meaning. What seems to be, in retrospect, the greatest and most important changes tend to go unnoticed at the time. We may take the slow progress of the English parliament as an example. The government of king with parliament was not framed after a model; the various parts and powers of the national assembly emerged from occasional acts, the significance of which we not understood or from decisions reached by practical considerations and private interests. The entry of the knights and townsmen, later to become known as ‘the Commons,’ provoked no interest or surprise. It was a matter of indifference. ~ Page 442

17 months ago. Edited 17 months ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Lovely still life.

17 months ago.

Ulrich John ^club

Fine stillife with very nicely chosen icon of the past !

17 months ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne ^club

I love history Dinesh. It can be quite gruesome at times, especially with the Tudors!
A good picture, which I like very much.

17 months ago.

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