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Excerpt from Henry the Third and the Church: A Study of His Ecclesiastical Policy and of the Relations Between England and Rome
In brie?y introducing the present study of the relations between the Church and State in the reign of Henry III, it is perhaps well to make one or two remarks upon the way in which I would desire to approach the question. That attitude of mind, to which I have just referred, SO detrimental to any fair examination of the facts, is con fined to no party and, as far as I know, is induced by no special views on religious matters. As a rule it is obviously increased by direct controversy; as the immediate neces sity of gaining a dialectic triumph over an adversary, of defending a chosen position or of pushing forward an advantage, is not conducive to the tone and temper of mind needful for the formation of a balanced judgement. My endeavour in this volume has been to state the facts as far as possible in the language of the old Chroniclers and of the letters and other documents of the reign.
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