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Excerpt from Chronicon Abbatiæ Rameseiensis, a Sæc. X. Usque Ad An. Circiter 1200, in Quatuor Partibus: Partes I., II., III., Iterum Post Th. Gale, Ex Chartulario in Archivis Regni Servato, Pars IV. Nunc Primum Ex Aliis Codicibus While in the general chronicles of the kingdom we find the records of the conquest of race by race, and the establishment of an individual sovereignty, in the chronicles of the earliest religious houses we trace continually, On the other hand, the record of the gradual consolidation of the several races in one people, the spread of civilization, as Well as of religion, from common centres, the establishment of law and custom, and the formation of national life. It is almost a truism to' say that it is from the side lights thrown on 'the general history by biographies and thagiographies, by. Charters of foundation and gift, by ecclesiastical 'decree's as well as civil, that we can often best under stand how through the midst of wars and wastings the English nation in its earliest days grew on and grew up: Because the centre of unity in the religious life was maintained, therefore the national life waxed strong. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.