London and the Kingdom - Volume 1

chapter in Mr. Loftie's book on London ("Historic Towns" series, chap.

ix), so its main features are delineated in that chapter. "It would be interesting"--writes Mr. Loftie--"to go over all the recorded instances in which the City of London interfered directly in the affairs of the Kingdom. Such a survey would be the history of England as seen from the windows of the...