A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs's Court

Download or read book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs's Court written by Mark T. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale arehistorical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate themare also historical. It is not pretended that these laws andcustoms existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is onlypretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and othercivilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it isno libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been inpractice in that day also. One is quite justified in inferringthat whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in thatremote time, its place was competently filled by a worse one