"Overlordship" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... from accepting their invitation to become English king in his stead. It was only by a repudiation of this policy, and by an acceptance of the Great Charter, that the papacy could secure the English throne for John's young son, Henry III, and thus continue for a time its precarious overlordship over England. ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume VI. • Various |
