The Eagle of Eastern Europe

"My achievement adds another honor to the family. No one has ever reached such a distance, and I am the first.

Stefan walked in Lancaster's cathedral, followed by the newly appointed Patriarch.

"This is all your Majesty's credit. Now the Plantagenet people have fled to Scotland, and they will probably not come out for a long time."

"Yes, but with Scotland here, we still can't take it lightly now."

Stefan also knows the current situation in Europe. The three brothers are all in difficulty, so he naturally has to contribute. But France must be very busy right now.

In fact, it is true that the Duke of Orleans, who was on his way to HRE, was shocked by the news that Stefan had captured London. In just a few years, a penniless Duke of Normandy became the King of England. And what surprised him even more was that Stefan actually returned the Gascon region to France. The Duke of Orleans' territory was the closest to here, so it's not as good as...

In fact, the only role of Magna Carta in this era was to prevent the stupid king from seeking death, rather than promoting the development of Britain.

Stefan can be sure that in order to abolish the Magna Carta, England will once again be littered with corpses. When Stefan seizes the throne, most of the targets are the big nobles. This time, the king will target the small nobles and burghers.

Fortunately, England was still an agricultural country in this era, and citizens only accounted for a minority of the population. Therefore, there is no need to kill too many people.

Moreover, most of the citizens are craftsmen and merchants with certain assets. Those civilians will not just follow them and shout slogans. As long as the rebellion in London can be quelled, other places will also be pacified.

England's army and navy in Ireland and England's territories in France also surrendered to Stefan. After pacifying most of the areas, in order to obtain more resources, Stefan once again set his sights on Ireland.

Friesland has felt something different recently. The wool they imported from England has become more expensive. When they inquired about it, they found out that the king had become a human being and was a member of the Bartland family.

But when Henry III succeeded to the throne, because Henry III was a child who succeeded to the throne at the age of 9, he was bullied by the nobles. Then, the Magna Carta was restored.

In short, the Magna Carta was the product of the king's submission to the nobility, and certainly no king was really willing to accept it. In particular, the Magna Carta separated the judicial power and deprived the king of the right to pronounce judgments. Although this may seem progressive to later generations, in this era of seeking absolute monarchy, England was unique and a disgrace to the king. Because, in this way, even if the king hates someone to death, without the judgment of the court controlled by the nobles, the king has nothing to do with the enemy, and it is difficult to put him in prison. Such a king must be a coward.

However, the disbanded Parliament will one day be pushed out by the citizens to re-establish it, which will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. For this reason, Stefan has also prepared a very radical action: abolition of the Magna Carta.

For a king, Magna Carta was really not a good thing. At the beginning, the reason why John I accepted the Magna Carta was because Britain had just paid a ransom of 150,000 marks of silver to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI because Richard I had been captured. All of this money was raised by the whole of Britain, draining the British finances and making the British people angry. Richard I even went to France to rob France in order to collect ransom, and died in the process. After John I succeeded to the throne, the royal family owed a lot of debt and was unable to fight against the aristocracy, so it had to sign a treaty of humiliation. But once John I gained a foothold, he tore up the Magna Carta.

Because the Magna Carta of this era did not safeguard the interests of the bourgeoisie, let alone the interests of the common people, but only the interests of the aristocracy.

The Duke of Orleans suddenly returned with his army, saying that there was some commotion in Gascony. He was worried and hoped that the alliance would understand.

But the problem is that the nobles of this era are as stupid as the kings, and they suppress and exploit the bourgeoisie and civilians alike. Therefore, it is absolutely nonsense to say that the Magna Carta of this era is a progressive thing. The Magna Carta will only become a driving force for social development after the bourgeoisie enters the political stage and is revised. In this era when kings and nobles are as stupid as pigs, the Magna Carta, which represents the interests of the noble class, is simply an obstacle to social development.

Cities in this era were basically pocket-sized, especially European cities. For example, a capital city like Vienna only has a population of 20,000. Milan, with a population of more than 100,000, can already be considered a large city in Europe. As for Constantinople, which can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, this is the only one. No other country can reach this level.

Some people may think that Magna Carta is the ideological source of British progress and can promote the development of the British economy, bring more tax revenue, and enhance national strength... There is nothing wrong with this statement hundreds of years later, and it is indeed the case. . However, in this era, the Magna Carta is not a driving force for British progress, but a huge and powerful resistance to Britain.

In order to make Ireland more integrated into England, Stefan adopted a different governing policy, allowing Irish people to trade in England, and promoted a group of Irish nobles, which gained the hearts of the local people.

However, although he is the king, his power is still restricted by the parliament. In addition, he has only been here for a short time and has not yet formed a group to support him. If he wants to shut them up, he can only disband.

England began to rule Ireland from the Plantagenet dynasty. But the scope was limited to the vicinity of Dublin, and the first Irish Parliament was established in 1297. Over the next hundred years there were many riots against English rule in Ireland. During the war with France England concentrated its efforts on France and neglected its rule over Ireland.

Many nobles feel that marrying the Bartlan family can guarantee their continuous wealth for ten lifetimes, so they are constantly looking for partners to marry and try to sell their sons or daughters. Even if they cannot formally marry, they can be their lovers. Especially the Roman emperor. A little leakage from his fingers would be enough for them to spend their whole life.

Soon they found out that Alexander, the heir to the Roman Empire, was not engaged yet, so they promoted his daughter or sister to him. This was the heir to the Roman Empire. In the future, when he ascended the throne, his daughter would be the queen. What a great title it was. . It is said that he initially fell in love with a Scottish princess, but she was rejected by her. Such a stupid move made the Stuart royal family a joke. They gave away all their wealth and wealth, and they still had to thank each other.