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fourteenthofthatyear,hedestroyedtheesofharold</p>
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hielfaskingofengland.butheorhis</p>
suessorsofthehouseofanjouandplantageregarded</p>
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partoftheirgreatiaheasortof</p>
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forcedtheiroion.graduallyhowever</p>
the``lonyofenglandgainedupoher</p>
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soil.joanherself,takenaprisohebattleofpiegne</p>
intheyear1430andsoldbyherburgundiancaptorstothe</p>
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nevergainedfootholdupoiandtheirkingswere</p>
atlastabletodevotealltheirtitotheirbritishpossessions.</p>
asthefeudalnobilityoftheislandhadbeenengagedinoneof</p>
thosestrangefeudsnintheddleages</p>
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landedproprietorshadbeenkilledduringthesesocalledwars</p>
oftheroses,iteeasyforthekingstoiheir</p>
royalpoheendofthefifteeury,england</p>
ronglytraliseduntry,ruledbyhenryvii</p>
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``starery,suppressedallattets</p>
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uponthegoventoftheuntryostseverity.</p>
intheyear1509henryviiceededbyhisson</p>
henryviii,andfrohatntooryofengland</p>
gainedaaheuntryceasedtobea</p>
diaevalislandandbecaadestate.</p>
henryhaderestinreligion.hegladlyuseda</p>
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subjeationof1034notonlygave</p>
thehouseoftudorthesupportoftheenglishclergy,who</p>
foralongtihadbeenexposedtotheviolentattaany</p>
lutheranpropagandists,butitalsoincreasedtheroyalpower</p>
throughthenfiserpossessionsofthe</p>
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in1517henrydied.heleftthethroohissllson,</p>
agedten.theguardiansoftheode</p>
lutherando.</p>
buttheboydiedbeforeheeen,andceeded</p>
byhissisterry,thewifeofphilipiiofspain,who</p>
buedthebishopsoftheneionalchurdinother</p>